April 13, 2008

Results

The Loyola Marymount women's tennis team played their last match of the regular season Sunday at 17th-ranked Fresno State. The Bulldogs (14-7) swept the doubles point and carried their momentum into singles for a 6-1 win over the Lions (9-13).

Fresno State began the day with a bang, winning all three doubles matches. At the No. 1 spot, Melanie Gloria and Tinesat Rowe, ranked fourth nationally, defeated seniors Pavla Mesterova and Tamara Tanner, 8-3 freshmen Jasmin Heckel and Shauna Morgan lost to 30th-ranked Renata Kucerkova and Anastasia Petukova on court two, 8-2, and The Bulldogs' Danon Beatty and Jacqueline Haskett beat freshman Caroline Nothnagel and junior Tina Razloznik, 8-5.

The Lions got their only point of the day at No. 6 singles where Nothnagel defeated her opponent, Bruna Paes 6-0, 6-1.

The Bulldogs earned wins in five-of-six singles matches with No. 14 Gloria taking the match from 67th-ranked Mesterova at No 1 (6-0, 6-1), No. 21 Petukhova defeating Tanner at the No. 2 slot (6-0, 6-1), and Kucerkova beating Razloznik on court three (6-4, 6-4).

On courts four and five, Heckel lost to Rowe (6-3, 6-4) and Bulkley fell to Beatty in straight sets (6-1, 6-0).

LMU will head to Moraga, CA next weekend to participate in the WCC Championships April 18-20.

Doubles
1) No. 4 Gloria/Rowe (FS) def. Mesterova/Tanner (LMU), 8-3
2) No. 30 Kucerkova/Petukhova (FS) def. Heckel/Morgan (LMU), 8-2
3) Beatty/Haskett (FS) def. Nothnagel/Razloznik (LMU), 8-5
Order of completion: 2, 3, 1

Singles
1) No. 14 Melanie Gloria (FS) def. No. 67 Pavla Mesterova (LMU), 6-0, 6-1
2) No. 21 Anastasia Petukhova (FS) def. Tamara Tanner (LMU), 6-0, 6-1
3) Renata Kucerkova (FS) def. Tina Razloznik (LMU), 6-4, 6-4
4) Tinesta Rowe (FS) def. Jasmin Heckel (LMU), 6-3, 6-4
5) * Danon Beatty (FS) def. Audrey Bulkley (LMU), 6-1, 6-0
6) Caroline Nothnagel (LMU) def. Bruna Paes (FS), 6-0, 6-1
Order of completion: 2, 1, 6, 5, 4, 3
* clinched match