May 14, 2007

NCAA Women's Tennis Recap
The University of Tulsa's women's tennis team (21-5) saw one of the best seasons in school come to an end at the hands of Tennessee with a 4-0 loss on Friday in Nashville, Tenn., in the first round of the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Tournament.

The No. 21 ranked Lady Vols put the Hurricane down 1-0 early after winning the doubles point with victories at the two and three positions. Kindsay Grimes and Carla Zabaleta had jumped to a 7-6 lead at the number one doubles, but a pair of 8-4 losses doomed TU to a 1-0 deficit.

TU fell behind 2-0 in singles after Marta Marcinkowska dropped a 6-1, 6-0 decision to Zsofia Zubor on court six, and that deficit moved to 3-0 when No. 26 Blakely Griffith grabbed a 6-0, 6-1 win over Grimes at the one position.

The Lady Vols got the clincher when Samantha Orlin pulled off a feat that only one other person had pulled off this spring and that was hand Agostina Santoro a loss. Orlin took a 6-4, 6-2 decision that sent Tulsa home after the first round of competition.

The 21 wins were the most in program history and the team won its first ever conference championship finishing ranked No. 42 in the nation.