Marquette University
Notre Dame
Women's Tennis Falls to #2 Notre Dame
4/15/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 15, 2007
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - In their final home meet of the season, the Marquette women's tennis team fell to #2 Notre Dame, 7-0, today at the Helfaer Tennis Stadium. With the loss, the Golden Eagles drop to 11-14 overall, while the Fighting Irish improve to 23-2.
All five Marquette seniors were able to get on the court in their final home meet of their careers. Seniors Andrea Bukacek and Katie Donovan teamed up at no. 3 but could not handle the play of Kali Krisik and Bailey Louderback, losing 8-3. The Notre Dame sister duo of Catrina and Christian Thompson earned a victory at over Shannon Brown and Beba Calbeto at no.1, 8-1.
"It was great to be able to get all our seniors on the court today," said head coach Jody Bronson. "We have a great group of seniors and all of these ladies have given a lot to Marquette."
In singles play, Marquette was outplayed at all six positions by a tough Fighting Irish squad. Elly Strother played well for Marquette at no. 5 but dropped a tight first set, 7-6 before losing the second, 6-2, to Katie Potts.
"Today was a great opportunity for us to play the number two team in the nation," Bronson said. "I thought we played hard and strong. We are looking forward to being healthy and hopefully we'll be ready to go this week."
The Golden Eagles will play at the BIG EAST Championships this week in Tampa, Fla. Play gets underway on Thursday.
-COMPLETE RESULTS-
Singles
No. 1- Catrina Thompson (ND) def. Beba Calbeto (MU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2- Christian Thompson (ND) Def. Robin Metzler (MU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3- Colleen Rielley (ND) def. Shannon Brown (MU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4- Kelcy Tefft (ND) def. Dominika Dabrowski (MU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 5- Katie Potts (ND) def. Elly Strother (MU) 7-6, 6-2
No. 6- Kali Krisik (ND) def. Francina Bonnelly (MU) 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1- Thompson/Thompson (ND) def. Brown/Calbeto (MU) 8-1
No. 2- Ciobanu/Rielley (ND) def. Bonnelly/Wilson (MU) 8-1
No. 3- Krisik/Louderback (ND) def. Bukacek/Donovan (MU) 8-3
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