Murray State University Athletics
Racers fall at OVC leader UTM
4/6/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
The Murray State women's tennis team brought its unbeaten Ohio Valley Conference record to Tennessee-Martin yesterday in a battle of unbeatens, but the host Skyhawks came away with a 5-2 win.
For Murray State (10-5, 6-1 OVC), Jaclyn Leeper won at No. 2 singles over Gayatri Ramesh 6-3, 7-5, while Casady Pruitt won at No. 5 singles over Jeanne de Wet 6-1, 6-4.
For Tennessee-Martin (13-3, 8-0 OVC), Sari Nortje won at No. 1 singles over Anna Lask 6-4, 6-1, while Elly Shearman won at No. 3 singles over Jennifer Ward 6-2, 6-2. Katrina Domela won at No. 4 singles over Rachael Lask 6-1, 1-0 (ret.), while Elizma Schoonees won at No. 6 singles over Christina Hall 6-1, 6-0.
In doubles play, the Lasks fell at No. 1 doubles to Schoonees and Shearman 8-6 in the eight-game pro set, while Pruitt and Ward lost at No. 2 doubles to Domela and Nortje 8-2, and Leeper and Whitney Robards fell at No. 3 doubles to de Wet and Ramesh 9-7. UTM won the doubles point 3-0.
Murray State will visit Middle Tennessee State on Thursday at 2 p.m., then return home to take on Memphis on Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the MSU intramural courts.
