April 11, 2008

CINCINNATI - Kara Courtney, Kaitlyn Zinn and Jeanette Feider each won their singles match to lead the Xavier University women's tennis team to a 5-2 victory over crosstown rival Cincinnati on Friday evening at the Queen City Racquet Club in Cincinnati.  With the win, the Musketeers improve to 13-7 on the year while UC concludes its regular season at 5-15.

"I thought we competed extremely well. UC really played us tough," said head coach Eric Toth.  A match like this can go a long way for us heading into the conference tournament next weekend. But first we have another hurdle versus Dayton on Sunday and we hope to come out and take care of business against the Flyers."

The Musketeers got off to a good start by securing the doubles point.  Courtney and Feider took an 8-5 decision from UC's No. 1 doubles team.  Freshmen Christie Pleiman and Tifanie Treece then defeated the Bearcats No. 2 team, 8-2, while Jill Ducro and Aylin Seyalioglu rounded out doubles play with an 8-1 thrashing at No. 3 doubles.

Courtney improved to 9-7 at No. 1 singles while Ducro ran her record to 14-3 this spring with a win at No. 4 singles.  Feider improved to 12-5 with a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the No. 6 singles match.

Xavier will wrap up its regular season on Sunday, April 13 when the team welcomes Dayton to campus for a 12 p.m. match.  

Results

Xavier 5, Cincinnati 2

April 11, 2008 • Queen City Racquet Club • Cincinnati, Ohio

Doubles

1. Courtney/Feider (XU) def. Paradis/Rowen (CIN) 8-5

2. Pleiman/Treece (XU) def. Dandik/Young (CIN) 8-2

3. Ducro/Seyalioglu (XU) def. Keiner/Mayo (CIN) 8-1

Singles

1. Kara Courtney (XU) def. Alizee Paradis (CIN). 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6)

2. Jennifer Keiner (CIN) def. Tifanie Treece (XU) 7-5, 6-2

3. Elizabeth Young (CIN) def. Kelsey Kinnard (XU) 6-3, 6-4

4. Jill Ducro (XU) def. Val Dandik (CIN) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

5. Kaitlyn Zinn (XU) def. Jennifer Rowen (CIN) 7-6 (5), 6-4

6. Jeanette Feider (XU) def. Ashley Hale (CIN) 6-0, 6-0