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MOBILE, Ala. - The University of South Alabama women's tennis team, the No. 3 seed at the 2006 Aeropostale Sun Belt Conference Championships, dropped a 4-3 decision to second seeded Denver Saturday at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
“We had our chances but just didn't convert on them,” said Jaguar women’s tennis head coach Jaco Keyser. “Our team might be young, but we have been in these types of situations before and we need to battle through them.”
The Lady Jags (15-9) opened doubles play by taking two of the three matches. Denver (11-10) came out and captured the No. 1 position when Rachel Sackmaster and Suzana Maksovic defeated the 57th-ranked Jag team of Adrianna Solarova and Klara Jarova, 8-4. USA battle back and took the No. 2 spot to even things out with a 8-3 win by Sylvanie Spanenberg and Maria Zivcicova. South Alabama captured the point when the duo of Michaela Babicova/Dijana Stanic were victorious over Annette Aksdal/Lorinda Boothman, 8-5, at No. 3
Denver picked up two quick points with a pair of wins at the Nos. 2 and 4 spots, respectively. Zivcicova evened things back up at 2-2 when she was able to take down Rachel Sackmaster in three sets at No. 3. The Jag netter dropped the first set 6-4 but bounced back to take the next two 6-0 and 6-4. Stanic gave USA the lead again with a pair of 6-1 victories at the No. 5 position over Marisa Mechem.
The Pioneers, however, tied the contest back up at 3-3 when 112th-ranked Suzana Maksovic defeated 62nd-ranked Adrianna Solarova in three sets (6-4, 5-7, 6-3) at No. 1. Lorinda Boothman clinched the match when she defeated USA's Jarova 6-2, 6-3 at the No. 6 spot.
Denver will now take on Florida International in the championship match at 10 a.m. at the Lubel Courts, while USA will face Troy in the consolation match at the Mobile Tennis Center.
Tennis Match Results
Denver vs University of South Alabama
Apr 22, 2006 at Mobile, Ala.
#58 Denver 4, #54 University of South Alabama 3
Singles competition
1. #112 Suzana Maksovic (DEN-W) def. #62 Adrianna Solarova (USAW) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
2. Annette Aksdal (DEN-W) def. Jelena Krivacevic (USAW) 7-5, 6-1
3. Maria Zivcicova (USAW) def. Rachel Sackmaster (DEN-W) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Kyla Iwinski (DEN-W) def. Michaela Babicova (USAW) 6-1, 0-6, 6-4
5. Dijana Stanic (USAW) def. Marisa Mechem (DEN-W) 6-1, 6-1
6. Lorinda Boothman (DEN-W) def. Klara Jarova (USAW) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Rachel Sackmaster/Suzana Maksovic (DEN-W) def. #57 Adrianna Solarova/Klara Jarova (USAW) 8-4
2. Sylvanie Spanenberg/Maria Zivcicova (USAW) def. Kyla Iwinski/Marisa Mechem (DEN-W) 8-3
3. Michaela Babicova/Dijana Stanic (USAW) def. Annette Aksdal/Lorinda Boothman (DEN-W) 8-5
Match Notes:
Denver 11-10; National ranking #58
University of South Alabama 15-9; National ranking #54
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,4,3,5,1,6)
Denver advances to play No. 1 seed Florida International on Sunday in the
Championship Match of the 2006 Aeropostale Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
at 10 a.m.
USA will now face Troy in the consolation match at 10 a.m. at MTC.
