Women's Tennis Tops Rice

March 24, 2001

HOUSTON, Texas - - The Tulane women's tennis team won five of six singles matches to cruise to a 6-1 victory over Rice at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium on Saturday.

The Green Wave also won two of three matches in doubles play to take an early 1-0 lead. The Tulane tandem of Joyce Bergman and Julie Morris posted an 8-4 win over Rice's Jeri Gonzales and Yasmin Fisher at No. 1 doubles, while Anna Monhartova and Anneli Axsater were 8-6 victors against the Owls' Natalie Briaud and Annie Goodrich at No. 3 doubles.

In singles play, Tulane captured wins at all but the No. 5 spots as Monhartova, Morris, Bergman and Axsater also posted singles wins at the top four postions. The Wave's Olga Mikhailova also claimed a 6-1, 6-1 win over Goodrich at the No. 6 spot.

The win was Tulane's fifth in a row and improved the Wave to 7-9 overall. The Green Wave will return to action on Sunday, taking on Conference USA rival Houston.

Tulane 6, Rice 1

Singles:Tulane               Rice           Winner  ScoreAnna Monhartova         Erin Waters    Tulane  6-3, 6-3Julie Morris       Judith Hagedorn    Tulane  1-6, 6-1, 6-0Joyce Bergman         Natalie Briaud Tulane  6-3, 7-5Anneli Axsater       Jeri Gonzales  Tulane  6-3, 6-3Maiko Cook       Yasmin Fisher  Rice    6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)Olga Mikhailova         Annie Goodrich Tulane  6-1, 6-1
DoublesMorris/Bergman       Gonzales/Fisher    Tulane  8-4Lucy Wood/Mikhailova Waters/Hagedorn    Rice    8-4Monhartova/Axsater   Briaud/Goodrich    Tulane  8-6

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