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Memphis (Fifth place tie)
Women's Tennis Loses Close Match in Fifth Place Finals
4/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 15, 2003
Milwaukee-It came down to the No. 6 singles match today at the Conference USA Championships to decide who would share the fifth place spot with East Carolina. Kristin Nobel held on in the three-set match to defeat Alexandra Stankovic, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, to secure the win for fourth-seeded Memphis (16-7). Marquette, who had the 10th-seed, ends the season 5-18.
The Tigers got the early lead by capturing the doubles point with the duo of Sabrina Lindemann and Monica Gonzalez-Gordo defeating the Marquette tandem of Gen Charron and Veronica Garcia Briseno, 8-2, at the top doubles spot. Memphis's No. 3 doubles team of Sumitra Rao and Noble posted an 8-5 victory over Stankovic and Michelle Mojzis.
Mojzis started out singles play with a No. 1 win over Lindemann in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6, to end her season at 6-14.
Garcia Briseno's No. 4 victory over Viktoria Gruber, 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, gave her the top spot on the team in wins with her 24-12 season record.
Charron's win in the No. 5 spot, 6-3, 6-4, over Andrea Feichtinger, left it up to Stankovic to determine the match outcome after Eva Trujillo Herrera and Annabelle Espinosa suffered losses at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots. Charron ends the season, 6-9, while Trujillo Herrera owns a 10-18 record and Espinosa posts a 3-15 record.
Top-seeded Tulane captured the overall title for the second year.
COMPLETE RESULTS
(4) Memphis 4, (10) Marquette 3 Conference USA Tournament - Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - New Orleans, La. (Tulane)
Doubles 1) Lindemann/Gonzalez-Gordo (Memphis) def. Charron/Garcia Briseno (Marquette), 8-2 2) Feichtinger/Gruber (Memphis) vs. Trujillo Herrera/Espinosa, DNF 3) Rao/Noble (Memphis) def. Stankovic/Mojzis (Marquette), 8-5
Singles 1) Michelle Mojzis (Marquette) def. Sabrina Lindemann (Memphis), 6-4, 7-6 2) Monica Gonzalez-Gordo (Memphis) def. Eva Trujillo Herrera (Marquette), 6-2, 6-2 3) Sumitra Rao (Memphis) def. Annabelle Espinosa (Marquette), 6-3, 6-1 4) Veronica Garcia Briseno (Marquette) def. Viktoria Gruber (Memphis), 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 5) Gen Charron (Marquette) def. Andrea Feichtinger (Memphis), 6-3, 6-4 6) Kristin Noble (Memphis) def. Alexandra Stankovic (Marquette), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
