April 18, 2005

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Memphis women's tennis program (5-12) will face No. 5 seed DePaul in the opening round of the Conference USA Women's Tennis Championships in Ft. Worth, Texas, beginning Thursday. The two teams faced one another earlier in the season on the U of M Varsity Courts, with the Blue Demons winning, 6-1.

In the last meeting with DePaul, the Blue Demons swept the three doubles matches, and Lady Tiger senior Marlene Dirnstorfer was the lone Memphis player to get a point on the board with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 1 singles, where she is 7-7 on the season.

"Based on the results of this year, I'm not surprised at our being seeded No. 12," Head Coach Charlotte Peterson said. "But we have a history of playing higher than our seed and are looking forward to playing DePaul again. Hopefully we're more ready now than we were in the early part of the year."

The winner of the Memphis/DePaul match will face the winner of the No. 4 Houston/No. 13 Cincinnati match at 3 p.m. on Friday, while the loser will fall into the consolation bracket, where they will play the loser of the No. 3 USF/No. 14 Saint Louis match at 6 p.m., Friday.

Tulane received the top seed for the tournament, with host TCU being seeded second to round out the first round byes. USF and Houston round out the top four seeded teams. All 14 C-USA women's teams compete in the league championships.

Thursday, April 21, 2005
Match 1 - No. 4 Houston vs. No. 13 Cincinnati, 9 a.m.
Match 2 - No. 5 DePaul vs. No. 12 Memphis, 9 a.m.
Match 3 - No. 3 USF vs. No. 14 Saint Louis, Noon
Match 4 - No. 6 Louisville vs. No. 11 Marquette, Noon
Match 5 - No. 8 Southern Miss vs. No. 9 East Carolina, 3 p.m.
Match 6 - No. 7 Charlotte vs. No. 10 UAB, 3 p.m.
Friday, April 22, 2005
Match 7 - Loser Match 2 vs. Loser Match 3, 9 a.m. (Loser Match 7, Tied for 13th)
Match 8 - Loser Match 4 vs. Loser Match 1, 9 a.m. (Loser Match 8, Tied for 13th)
Match 9 - No. 1 Tulane vs. Winner Match 6, Noon
Match 10 - Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, Noon
Match 11 - No. 2 TCU vs. Winner Match 5, 3 p.m.
Match 12 - Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 3 p.m.
Match 13 - Winner Match 8 vs. Loser Match 6, 6 p.m. (Loser Match 13, Tied for 11th)
Match 14 - Winner Match 7 vs. Loser Match 5, 6 p.m. (Loser Match 14, Tied for 11th)
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Match 15 - Loser Match 9 vs. Loser Match 10, 9 am. (Loser Match 15, Tied for 7th)
Match 16 - Loser Match 11 vs. Loser Match 12, 9 a.m. (Loser Match 16, Tied for 7th)
Match 17 - Winner Match 9 vs. Winner Match 10, Noon
Match 18 - Winner Match 14 vs. Winner Match 13, Noon (Ninth Place Match)
Match 19 - Winner Match 12 vs. Winner Match 11, 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Match 20 - Loser Match 17 vs. Loser Match 19, 9 a.m. (Third Place Match)
Match 21 - Winner Match 15 vs. Winner Match 16, 9 a.m. (Fifth Place Match)
Match 22 - Winner Match 17 vs. Winner Match 19, Noon (Championship Match)