Lady Cards Tennis Falls to SELA 7-0 :: Lamar looks to bounce back on Sunday against Nicholls State

March 24, 2007

HAMMOND, La. - The Lamar University women's team dropped their first Southland Conference match of the season on Saturday, falling 7-0 to the No. 59 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions in Hammond, La.

Playing shorthanded, the Lady Cards were unable to overcome Southeastern who improved to 13-2 overall and 4-0 in SLC play with the win. Lamar falls to 8-6 overall and 3-1 in SLC play with the loss.

In singles play Emilija Arnaudovska defeated LU's Kaltrina Harbuzi when Harbuzi retired after the first set at No. 1, Iva Velkovska knocked out Maria Gutierrez 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2 and Breda Kovac took down Pamela Martinez 7-5, 6-4 at No. 3. Jana Simurkova outlasted Manijee Ashrafi 2-6, 6-2, 10-5 at No. 4 and Bonnie Phillips took down Manami Kuroda 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5. The match at No. 6 was defaulted to Southeastern.

In doubles play Nina Knavs and Kovac def. Martinez and Ashrafi 8-5 and Arnaudovska and Velkovska defeated Gutierrez and Harbuzi 9-7.

The Lady Cardinals will be in action again on Sunday, when they take on Nicholls State at 10 a.m.

Tennis Match Results

Singles competition
1. #104 Emilija Arnaudovska (SLU) def. Kaltrina Harbuzi (LU-W) 5-7, retired
2. Iva Velkovska (SLU) def. Maria Gutierrez (LU-W) 6-1, 6-3
3. Breda Kovac (SLU) def. Pamela Martinez (LU-W) 7-5, 6-4
4. Jana Simurkova (SLU) def. Manijee Ashrafi (LU-W) 2-6, 6-2, 10-5
5. Bonnie Phillips (SLU) def. Manami Kuroda (LU-W) 6-2, 6-3
6. Nina Knavs (SLU) def. Tanya Roberts (LU-W), by default

Doubles competition
1. Nina Knavs/Breda Kovac (SLU) def. Pamela Martinez/Manijee Ashrafi (LU-W) 8-5
2. Emilija Arnaudovska/Iva Velkovska (SLU) def. Maria Gutierrez/Kaltrina Harbuzi (LU-W) 9-7
3. Aleksandra Coric/Jana Simurkova (SLU) def. Tanya Roberts/Manami Kuroda (LU-W), by default