April 21, 2005

FT. WORTH, TEXAS - The Lady Tiger tennis team (5-13) fell 4-0 to No. 5 seed DePaul in the first round of the Conference USA women's tennis championships at TCU, Thursday. With the loss, Memphis drops into the consolation bracket, and will face Saint Louis at 9 a.m., Friday. The winner of that match will advance, while the loser finishes the season tied for 13th place in the league standings.

DePaul opened with a sweep of the doubles matches, winning 8-4 at No. 1, 8-2 at No. 2 and 8-1 at No. 3 to go up 1-0 heading into the singles competition.

The Blue Demons sealed the victory with wins at No. 2, 3 and 6 singles to drop Memphis into the consolation bracket.

No. 5 DePaul 4, No. 12 Memphis 0
Doubles
No. 1 - Beatrix Csordas/Marina Parashkevova def. Marlene Dirnstorfer / Brooke Cowie (UM), 8-4
No. 2 - Gergana Ganeva/Petra Rehusova def. Andrea Feichtinger / Alex Tjioe (UM), 8-2
No. 3 - Anja Mihaldinec/Bojana Murisic def. Kristin Noble / Christina Wieser (UM), 8-1
Singles
No. 1 - Beatrix Csordas led Marlene Dirnstorfer (UM), 6-4, 2-3, dnf
No. 2 - Marina Parashkevova def. Andrea Feichtinger (UM), 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 - Gergana Ganeva def. Brooke Cowie (UM), 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 - Petra Rehusova led Kristin Noble (UM), 6-2, 1-1, dnf
No. 5 - Brenda Leung led Christina Wieser (UM), 6-2, 3-0, dnf
No. 6 - Bojana Murisic def. Alex Tjioe (UM), 6-0, 6-1