Women's Tennis Advances to C-USA Tournament Finals

Saturday, April 21

Hattiesburg, Miss.

All Day

Tulane University

C-USA Championships

Julie Morris gave Tulane <br> a win at No. 2 singles <br> against South Florida

Women's Tennis Advances to C-USA Tournament Finals

Apr 21, 2001 | Women's Tennis

April 21, 2001

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - - The Tulane women's tennis team advanced to the championship match of the Conference USA Women's Tennis Tournament with a 4-1 win over South Florida at the Hattiesburg Racquet Club on Saturday.

Tulane improves to 12-11 with its fifth consecutive win and next faces top-seeded UAB in the tournament championship match on Sunday.

The Green Wave, seeded second in the tournament, picked up wins in four singles matches after having dropped the opening doubles point. Tulane won at No. 3 doubles when Anna Monhartova and Anneli Axsater posted an 8-2 win, but dropped the match on Court 1 by the same score, leaving No. 2 doubles to decide the point. The South Florida team of Genevieve Houle and Natalie Schwartz posted a 9-8 victory over Nancy Kockott and Olga Mikhailova, prevailing 7-3 in the tiebreaker, to give USF the opening doubles point.

However, Tulane cruised through singles to capture the dual match win. The Green Wave have not lost a singles match in five straight dual matches.

Anna Monhartova turned in a 7-5, 6-3 win over Tina Harrison at No. 1 singles, while Julie Morris had an easy time at the No. 2 spot, turning in a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Jennifer Sinclair. Joyce Bergman gave Tulane a win at No. 3 singles with her 6-4, 7-5 win over Houle before Anneli Axsater recorded a 6-2, 7-6 victory at No. 6 singles.

Tulane advances to the C-USA Tournament championship match for the first time in school history and will face UAB at noon.

Tulane 4, South Florida 1Singles:Tulane               South Florida  Winner  ScoreAnna Monhartova         Tina Harrison  Tulane  7-5, 6-3Julie Morris       Jennifer Sinclair  Tulane  6-2, 6-3Joyce Bergman         Genevieve Houle    Tulane  6-4, 7-5Nancy Kockott        Natalie Schwartz   -   DNFMaiko Cook       Ashlee Callahan    -   DNFAnneli Axsater       Ildiko Zubor   Tulane  6-2, 7-6 (11-9)
DoublesMorris/Bergman       Harrison/Sinclair  USF 8-2Kockott/Mikhailova   Houle/Schwartz USF 9-8 (7-3)Axsater/Monhartova   Nieto/Romero   Tulane  8-2