March 18, 2006

The University of Memphis women's tennis team won five singles matches and the doubles point in a 6-1 win over SIU, Saturday morning, at Rhodes College. The win improves Memphis to 3-6 on the season.

Memphis opened the competition with wins at No. 2 and 3 doubles to jump ahead 1-0 early in the match. Memphis finished the No. 1 doubles match in a tiebreaker, falling 8-7 (10-8), then moving into the singles competition, where the Lady Tigers got wins from Brooke Cowie, Andrea Feichtinger, Kristin Noble, Christina Wieser and Alex Tjioe to snap a five-match losing streak.

Memphis will travel to Myrtle Beach, S.C. to face C-USA foe East Carolina, Friday. The Lady Tigers will then face Coastal Carolina, Saturday, and UAB, Sunday. Memphis will next play at home Mar. 28th against Troy.

Memphis 6, Southern Illinois 1
Doubles
No.1 -- Maria Blanco/Zuzana Palovic def. Brooke Cowie/Alex Tjioe (UM), 8-7 (10-8)
No. 2 -- Andrea Feichtinger/Christina Wieser (UM) def. Amanda Taillefer/Laura Bredniak, 8-1
No. 3 -- Kristin Noble/Ekin Zafir (UM) def. Zoya Honarmand/Kathleen Maher, 8-3
Singles
No. 1 -- Brooke Cowie (UM) def. Maria Blanco, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 -- Andrea Feichtinger (UM) def. Zuzana Palovic, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 -- Kristin Noble (UM) def. Amanda Taillefer, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 -- Zoya Honarmand def. Ekin Zafir (UM), 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 -- Christina Wieser (UM) def. Laura Bredniak, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
NO. 6 -- Alex Tjioe (UM) def. Kathleen Maher, 6-0, 6-0