BATON ROUGE — After a hard-fought battle, the LSU women’s tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 15 Tennessee Friday at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.
“We put ourselves in a position to win the doubles point and the overall match, but we didn’t execute,” said head coach Tony Minnis. “All credit to Tennessee for playing a solid match.”
In doubles, Lady Tigers Whitney Wolf and Kaitlin Burns finished first on court one as they fell to No. 58 Caitlin Whoriskey and Maria Sorbello. Hannah Robinson and Keri Frankenberger gave a great effort on court two but were not able to take their match over 18th-ranked Rosalia Alda and Zsofia Zubor and lost 8-5.
LSU’s (6-11, 1-4 SEC) Nicole Kantor and Kylie Adamek led the score for most of their match against Jennifer Meredith and Katie Lee on court three, but the Lady Vols bounced back tying the score at 7-7. With the score knotted, Kantor and Adamek fought back to win the match by a close 8-7(5) margin. The duo picked up its first conference win of the season.
In singles, Wolf fell short to No. 12 Whoriskey 6-1, 6-1 on court one. Burns followed suit on court two as she dropped her match to No. 58 Sorbello 6-2, 6-1.
Tennessee’s (10-5, 4-1 SEC) Alda clinched the overall match against Kantor on court three 6-1, 6-4. With the score at, 4-0, freshman Ebie Wilson provided LSU’s first point as she took down Kata Szekely 6-4, 6-0 on court six.
Lady Tiger Frankenberger racked up another win as she raced past Zubor 6-3, 6-2 on court four and extended her win streak to four matches.
Senior Robinson put up a good fight but was not able to capture the win as she lost to Lee 0-6, 6-3, 1-0(3).
The Lady Tigers will travel to Athens, Ga., to face 14th-ranked Georgia Sunday at noon CT.
#15 Tennessee 5, LSU 2
March 26, 2010 at Baton Rouge, La.
(W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium)
Singles
1. #12 Caitlin Whoriskey (UT) def. Whitney Wolf (LSU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #58 Maria Sorbello (UT) def. Kaitlin Burns (LSU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Rosalia Alda (UT) def. Nicole Kantor (LSU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Keri Frankenberger (LSU) def. Zsofia Zubor (UT) 6-3, 6-2
5. Ebie Wilson (LSU) def. Kata Szekely (UT) 6-4, 6-0
6. Katie Lee (UT) def. Hannah Robinson (LSU) 0-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3)
Doubles
1. #57 Caitlin Whoriskey/Maria Sorbello (UT) def. Whitney Wolf/Kaitlin Burns (LSU) 8-3
2. #18 Rosalia Alda/Zsofia Zubor (UT) def. Hannah Robinson/Keri Frankenberger (LSU) 8-5
3. Kylie Adamek/Nicole Kantor (LSU) def. Jennifer Meredith/Katie Lee (UT) 8-7 (7-5)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,2,3,5,6,4)
Match Notes:
Tennessee 10-5 (4-1 SEC); National ranking #15
LSU 6-11 (1-4 SEC)