Feb. 15, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. - - The University of Memphis women's tennis team (2-4, 0-1 C-USA) dropped its league opener to Southern Miss, Friday, at a neutral site match in Baton Rouge, La.

Memphis trailed early after losing the No. 2 and 3 doubles matches, 8-4. The Lady Tigers answered back with singles wins from Ashley Murdock and Lindsey Wiseman at No. 1 and 5 singles, respectively, but USM used wins at No. 3, 4 and 6 singles to close out the victory.

"We played well and had a chance to win this match," head coach Lee Taylor Walker said. "But we're definitely getting better. This is the exact same line-up for USM that beat us in two hours last year, 7-0, so we're making good progress."

Memphis remains in Baton Rouge and will face Murray State and Southern University, Saturday and Sunday.

Southern Miss 4, Memphis 2
Doubles
No. 1 - Steph Dellacono/Brittany Serratt vs. Ashley Murdock/Marjorie Ondeck (UM), unfinished
No. 2 - Sherry Price/Lauren Gutterman def. Ekin Zafir/Amanda Brown (UM), 8-4
No. 3 - Ali Blackett/Rogers def. Kristin Chamberlain/Dara Toulch (UM), 8-4
Singles
No. 1 - Ashley Murdock (UM) def. Sherry Price, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 - Amanda Brown (UM) vs. Brittany Serratt, dnf
No. 3 - Ali Blackett def. Marjorie Ondeck (UM), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 - Steph Dellacono def. Kristin Chamberlain (UM), 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 - Lindsey Wiseman (UM) def. Zoe Lee, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
No. 6 - Laurne Gutterman def. Dara Toulch (UM), 6-4, 6-2