Murray State University Athletics
Racers win two this weekend in Gulfport
3/14/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
The Murray State women's tennis team won two matches this weekend in Gulfport, Miss., where the Racers began Spring Break play. This afternoon (Sunday), Murray State (5-3) beat Centenary 7-0 after beating Georgia Southern on Saturday 5-2.
Against Centenary, the Racers lost only four games in the five played matches. Melissa Spencer beat Anju Schmidt at No. 1 singles 6-1, 6-0, while Jaclyn Leeper won over Christine Majchrowicz 6-0, 6-1. Anna Lask beat Heather Kelley 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles, while Jennifer Ward won over Elizabeth Pitts 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles and Tami McQueen beat Sarah Myers 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles. Christina Hall won at No. 6 singles by default.
In doubles play, Leeper and Spencer beat Kelley and Schmidt 8-1 in the eight-game pro set, while Lask and sister Rachael Lask won at No. 2 doubles over Pitts and Majchrowicz 8-0. Ward and Casady Pruitt won at No. 3 doubles by default.
Against Georgia Southern yesterday, Spencer won at No. 1 singles over Ciara Finucane 6-1, 6-3, while Leeper won at No. 2 singles over Charlotte Bruneteaux 3-6, 6-4, 14-12 in the tie-breaking game. Anna Lask won at No. 3 singles over Szilvia Zsakay 6-0, 6-3, while Ward won at No. 4 singles over Krystal Sauvageau 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Rachael Lask fell at No. 5 singles to Amy Pazahanick 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, while Pruitt lost at No. 6 singles to Heather Reynolds 6-2, 6-4.
In doubles play, the Lasks won at No. 2 doubles over Pazahanick and Callie Ward 8-1, while Pruitt and Ward won at No. 3 doubles over Bruneteaux and Kim Wollett 8-6. Leeper and Spencer fell at No. 1 doubles to Finucane and Zsakay 8-4.
Murray State concludes play in Gulfport this week, taking on Southern Mississippi on Monday at 2 p.m. The Racers then visit New Orleans on Tuesday at 1 p.m., then go to Louisiana-Lafayette on Wednesday at 2 p.m. MSU concludes its Spring Break play at Memphis, where the Racers play Southern Illinois on Friday at 9 a.m., Memphis on Friday at 2:30 p.m. and Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday at 9 a.m.
