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Tulsa Women's Tennis Falters at LSU, 4-1
3/17/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 17, 2001
Tulsa, Oklahoma - The 25th-ranked LSU Tigers won three singles matches as well as the doubles point to hand the 34th-ranked Tulsa women's tennis team a 4-1 setback in Baton Rouge in a late match on Friday.
LSU (10-3) opened the match with wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles position to capture the doubles point. At the top doubles spot, the Tigers' 20th-ranked tandem of Bruna Colosio and Rocio Fantilli upset Tulsa's 17th-ranked duo of senior Jennifer DeSpain and junior Jana Sedivec, 8-3. LSU also claimed the No. 2 slot to secure the doubles point. The Hurricane (8-3) avoided a shutout in doubles when the freshmen combination of Mariana Barrios and Zoe Buhagiar won an 8-6 decision over Lauren Haddix and Mandy Rice.
In singles, LSU continued to roll as Colosio, the nation's 43rd-ranked singles player, eased past TU junior Bianca Posada, 6-3, 6-0, at the top singles position. The Tigers increased its lead to 3-0 when Amy McIlhaney slipped past Barrios at the sixth slot in the singles lineup, 7-5, 6-2.
Tulsa got on the board late in the match when DeSpain downed Tami Botts at the No. 4 spot, 6-3, 6-4, but LSU captured the decisive fourth and final point of the match when Haddix topped Sedivec at the No. 3 slot, 7-6, 6-2.
RESULTS
Singles-
Bianca Posada (TU) lost to Bruna Colosio (LSU), 6-3, 6-0
Jana Sedivec (TU) lost to Lauren Haddix (LSU), 7-6, 6-2
Jennifer DeSpain (TU) def. Tami Botts (LSU), 6-3, 6-4
Mariana Barrios (TU) lost to Amy McIlhaney (LSU), 7-5, 6-2
Doubles-
DeSpain/Sedivec (TU) lost to Colosio/Fantilli (LSU), 8-3
Aleksandra Durska/Marjolein van Dongen (TU) lost to Fernanda Tsucamoto/McIlhaney (LSU), 8-2
Barrios/Buhagiar (TU) def. Haddix/Rice (LSU), 8-6
