March 25, 2007

Pocatello, ID-- ISU Women's Tennis was overcome by Eastern Washington 7-0 at Reed Gym on a windy Sunday afternoon on the outdoor courts. The Bengals lost six of the six singles matches. The Bengals' season record falls to 1-4 with a Big Sky record of 0-2.

The Bengals lost three of the three doubles matches putting them behind 1-0 early in the match. Sophie Dang and Lisel Lewis' first doubles match together was a close match. They were eventually defeated by Marie Demerath and Amanda Mankovits 8-5 at number three doubles.

Idaho State then lost six of the six singles contests to take the 7-0 loss. Freshman, Lewis started off strong but was defeated in a tie-breaker by Kasey Knox 7-6(4), 6-2 at the number one singles spot. Senior, Katherine Zigars was up 5-2 in the first set but was overcome by Rachel Berger 7-5, 6-0 at number four. Sophomore, Stephanie Roldan nearly put her opponent Amanda Mankovits into a three set match but was defeated 6-1, 7-5 at the number five spot. Eastern Washington's season record improves to 6-9 with a Big Sky record of 4-2.

The Bengals will hit the road to play University of Northern Colorado April 7th in Greeley at 11 a.m.

Doubles:

1. Yoshimoto/Berger (EWU) def. Zigars/Espinosa(ISU) 8-0

2. Knox/Dolack (EWU) def. Roldan/Sazykina (ISU) 8-3

3. Demerath/Mahkovits (EWU) def. Dang/Lewis (ISU) 8-5

Singles:

1. Kasey Knox (EWU) def. Lisel Lewis (ISU) 7-6 (4), 6-2

2. Iliana Petrova (EWU) def. Valerie Espinosa (ISU) 6-2, 6-3

3. Kerstyn Dolack (EWU) def. Sophie Dang (ISU) 6-2, 6-4

4. Rachel Berger (EWU) def. Katherine Zigars (ISU) 7-5, 6-0

5. Amanda Mahkovits (EWU) def. Stephanie Roldan (ISU) 6-1, 7-5

6. Marie Demerath (EWU) def. Anastasia Sazykina (ISU) 6-3, 6-1

Final Score: EWU 7, ISU 0