Monday, February 11, 2008

Feb. 8, 2008

The Lady Bisons played UT-Martin in their third match of the 2008 season on February 8th. The Lady Bisons lost 7-0. Three players went into tie breakers in their singles matches including; Britt Kuertz, Kara Jackson, and Caitlin Khouri.

SINGLES:

Leavy def. Jann 6-4, 6-2
Schoones def. Jackson 6-7 (6), 6-4, (10-8) (Third set tiebreak)
Wahl def. Ellis 6-4, 6-3
Brito def. Landry 6-3, 6-3
Koornhot def. Khouri 6-4, 3-6, (10-7) (Third set tiebreak)
Gunn def. Kuertz 3-6, 6-3, (10-5) (Third set tiebreak)


DOUBLES:

Elizma Schoones/Ernestine Koornhot def.Raphaela Jann/Kara Jackson 8-5
Sara Leavy/Belisa de Brito def. Olivia Ellis/Claire Landry 8-3
Martie Wahl/Mary Beth Gunn def. Caitlin Khouri/Mariana Rangel 8-1


Coach Kristin Lusk commented, "We played UT Martin better in every singles match than we did this fall. It definitely shows improvement on our part and the girls competed well," she said.

Possibly the highlight of the night were the three tiebreaker matches in the singles area.

"We had three matches that went into third set tiebreakers and we lost all three - that just happens sometimes in tennis. We had our chances in every match, but UT Martin played really tough. I think the girls can take a lot of good things away from this match as we head to Western Kentucky this Friday."

The Lady Bisons will travel to Western Kentucky this Friday, February 15th.