03/15/06–
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JAGUAR WOMEN'S TENNIS COMES UP SHORT IN UPSET
BID OF NO. 18 VCU
Box
Score
CONTACT:
Kevin Beasley
MOBILE
Ala.
- The 75th-ranked South Alabama women's tennis team (7-5,
1-0 SBC) came up just short in its upset bid of 18th-ranked Virginia
Commonwealth (17-0) Wednesday afternoon when the Jag women fell
4-3 at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
"VCU is
a great team and their record speaks for itself," said South
Alabama women's tennis head coach Jaco Keyser. "If we can compete
like we did today, as the season goes along, there's no doubt we
will improve."
The Lady Rams
came out and took the early momentum, picking up wins at all three
doubles matches. VCU's Tatsiana Uvarova/Vera Petrashevitch defeated
Slyvannie Spangenburg and Maria Zivicicova, 8-6 at the No. 2 position
and the 18th-rated duo of Marianna Yuferova/Olga Borisova defeated
USA's Adriana Solarova/Klara Jarova, 8-3 to clinch the point.
In singles action,
Virginia Commonwealth increased its lead to 2-0 when Vera Petrashevitch
won 6-2, 6-3, over Michaela Babicova at the No. 5 spot and set just
one match point away from sealing the victory when No. 44 Marianna
Yuferova won in straight sets (6-3, 6-1) over Krivacevic at No.
2. USA got on the board and cut the lead to 3-1 when Solarova defeated
her first ranked opponent of the season, No. 107 Tatsiana Uvarova
at the No. 1 position, 6-4, 6-4.
The Lady Rams
sealed the match however when Borisova won at the No. 4 spot (6-3,
6-2) over Stanic. The Jags did capture the final two singles matches
of the day, highlighted by Zivcicova's win over No. 125 Viktoria
Konstantinova at the third spot. The doubles duo of Borisova and
Yuferova are also ranked 18th in the nation.
South Alabama
will continue its homestand Thursday when it takes on Indiana State
in Mobile. The Sycamores enter play this week with a 6-0 record
and faced Spring Hill on Monday and Troy on Tuesday.
Doubles (Order
of FInish - 2,1,3)
No.1 - (VCU) No. 18 Marianna Yuferova/Olga Borisova def. (USA) Adriana
Solarova/Klara Jarova, 8-3
No.2 - (VCU) Tatsiana Uvarova/Vera Petrashevitch def. (USA) Slyvannie
Spangenburg/ Maria Zivicicova, 8-6
No.3 (VCU) Camille Ripert/Voktoria Konstantinova def. (USA) Dijana
Stanic/Jelena Krivacevic, 8-6
Singles (Order of Finish - 5, 2, 1, 4, 3, 6)
No. 1 Solarova (USA) def. #107 Uvarova, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 #44 Yuvferova def. Krivacevic, 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 Zivicicova def. #125 Konstantinova, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
No .4 Borisova def. Stanic, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 Petrashevitch, def. Michaela Babicova, 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 Jarova def. de Beaucoudrey, 3-6, 6-3, 4-4 (retired, injury)
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