Feb. 14, 2003

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The University of Memphis women's tennis team (2-2) posted its second straight win of the season to pull back to .500 with a 6-1 victory at UT-Chattanooga.

Memphis started the day off by taking the doubles point to go up 1-0 early. The No. 56 ranked team of Sabrina Lindemann and Monica Gonzalez-Gordo posted their first No. 1 doubles win of the season, 8-0, over the team of Catherine Allen and Saskia van Velze. The Lady Tigers No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams closed out the doubles portion with a pair of 8-3 wins to go up early.

Lindemann then posted her first No. 1 singles win of the season with a 6-2, 6-2 victory of Cynthia Oulevay. Fellow senior Gonzalez-Gordo stretched the Lady Tiger lead to 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 2 singles, but UT-Chattanooga looked to start a comeback when UT-Chattanooga junior Charlotte Goude posted her first singles win of the season over Memphis' Sumitra Rao, 6-4, 6-0.

But the Lady Tiger newcomers held off the Lady Mocs, picking up straight set victories at No. 4, 5 and 6 singles to give the Lady Tigers their second straight win after falling at Mississippi State and Ole Miss to start the season.

Memphis will face its second nationally-ranked opponent in five matches when they square off against No. 75 Georgia State, Saturday, at UT-Chattanooga. The Lady Tigers will then start back for Memphis, stopping to face Tennessee Tech in a non-conference clash, Sunday.

Memphis 6, UT-Chattanooga 1
Singles
No. 1 -- Sabrina Lindemann (UM) def. Cynthia Oulevay, 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 -- Monica Gonzalez-Gordo (UM) def. Catherine Allen, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 -- Charlotte Goude def. Sumitra Rao (UM), 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 -- Viktoria Gruber (UM) def .Saskia van Velze, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 -- Marlene Dirnstorfer (UM) def. Bethany Everett, 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 -- Andrea Feichtinger (UM) def. Lauren Snipes, 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 -- Lindemann/Gonzalez-Gordo (UM) def. Allen/van Velze, 8-0
No. 2 -- Rao/Dirnstorfer (UM) def. Oulevay/Everett, 8-3
No. 3 -- Gruber/Feichtinger (UM) def. Goude/Snipes, 8-3

Records
Memphis: 2-2
UT-Chattanooga: 0-5