Women’s Tennis Back on Track with Win over USC

4/9/2006

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Commodores improved their SEC record to 9-1 after downing South Carolina 5-2 in Columbia on Sunday.

After VU tandems Ferrell/Taylor and Ulery/Sveke notched the doubles point, Taka Bertrand, Amanda Taylor, and Maggie Yahner took straight set wins in singles to secure the Commodore victory.

Freshman Courtney Ulery recovered after her 4-6 loss in the first set to take the win at No. 4 6-4, 6-3 in the final two sets to take the ‘Dores up 5-1.

Amanda Fish fell to Gira Schofield after downing the Lady Gamecock in a first set tie-breaker (9), but falling 1-6 in the second set. Fish and Schofield battled the final point of the night in a super-tiebreaker, where Schofield
took the win 10-5.

The Commodores will play their final regular season home match on Saturday in Nashville, followed by the SEC tournament on April 20 in Gainesville.

RESULTS

Singles:
1. #53 Gira Schofield (USC), def. #15 Amanda Fish, VU 6-7(9), 6-1, 1-0(5)
2. #45 Taka Bertrand, VU def. #122 Natasa Vuckovic (USC) 6-3, 7-5
3. #88 Amanda Taylor, VU def. Christyn Lucas (USC), 7-5, 6-4
4. Courtney Ulery, VU def. Miranda Gutierrez (USC), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
5. Megan McGavock (USC) def. Caroline Ferrell, VU 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
6. Maggie Yahner, VU def. Justine Walsh (USC), 6-2, 6-2

Doubles:
1. Schofield/Vuckovic (USC), def. Bertrand/Fish, VU 8-7(3)
2. Liberty Sveke/Ulery, Vu def. Gutierrez/Lucas (USC) 8-5
3. Ferrell/Taylor, VU def. McGavock/Walsh (USC) 8-2