Marquette University Athletics
Women's Tennis Downed at Alabama
4/9/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Playing their eleventh match against ranked-competition, the Golden Eagles came up short against Alabama, losing to the Crimson Tide, 2-5. Marquette (4-15) will wrap up its regular season on Sunday at UAB before heading to Louisville for the Conference USA Championships. Alabama improved to 11-8 on the season.
After losing the top two matches of the doubles point 8-2, the Golden Eagles looked to come back strong in the singles points, only to be outscored there 4-1. Senior Annabelle Espinosa picked up the only win for Marquette, at No. 4, defeating the Tide's Melissa Minor, 6-2, 7-6 (3). The top of the Marquette order once again faced stiff competition, losing to ranked opponents. Veronica Garcia Briseno was topped by #44 Robin Stephenson 6-1, 6-2, and Genevieve Charron lost to #71 Ashley Bentley by the same score.
The remaining Golden Eagle point came after Alabama defaulted the last singles match.
at #26 Alabama 5, Marquette 2
DOUBLES
no. 1 Stephenson/Koppelle (UA) d. Briseno/Smith (MU), 8-2
no. 2 Bentley/Minor (UA) d. Charron/Espinosa (MU), 8-2
no. 3 Marquette wins by default
SINGLES
no. 1 #44 Robin Stephenson (UA) d. Veronica Briseno (MU), 6-1, 6-2
no. 2 #71 Ashley Bentley (UA) d. Genevieve Charron (MU), 6-1, 6-2*
no. 3 Nathalie Koppelle (UA) d. Callan Smith (MU), 6-1, 6-0
no. 4 Annabelle Espinosa (MU) d. Melissa Minor (UA), 6-2, 7-6 (3)
no. 5 Sonja Nikolic (UA) d. Dominika Dabrowski (MU), 6-4, 7-5
no. 6 Marquette wins by default
*Clinched Match
