Updated Team Statistics
UNO v Xavier Results
NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans women's tennis team rolled Xavier 9-0 to open the 2012 season at City Park on Friday evening.
The decisive victory improved UNO to 9-0 against XULA (0-2) dating back to 1995.
The Privateers got off to a solid showing in doubles' play highlighted by a win by
Marta Sans and
Manuela Gomez at the No. 1 court against the Gold Nuggets' NAIA nationally-ranked tandem of Kourtney Howell and Nicole DeLoach. Sans and Gomez won 8-4 over the No. 22 ranked duo.
Kristina Martic and
Sofija Karalic won 8-1 at the No. 2 position with
Fanny Benincasa teaming with Juliet LaBarthe for an 8-0 victory on the No. 3 court.
As play turned to singles, UNO continued to win in convincing fashion.
Benincasa and Gomez were the first two players off the court after posting 6-0, 6-0 victories at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions, respectively. Karalic soon joined the duo after posting a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 4 over Jordyn Goody with Martic closing out a 6-1, 6-0 result against Amber Brown at No. 2.
The top two positions of the lineup provided the most closely contested matches.
Making her singles' debut with the Privateers, LaBarthe won a second-set tiebreaker for a 6-2, 7-6 (3) win at No. 3 over Amanda Materre. Sans completed the clean sweep for the Privateers, rallying from a set down to defeat Howell 1-6, 6-4, 10-4 at the No. 1 court.
The UNO women's team will play their next three matches at the University Tennis Center starting with No. 8 ranked West Florida on Sunday at 11 a.m. Matches against Alcorn State on Feb. 8 and Middle Tennessee on Feb. 10 are also on tap during this homestand.
University of New Orleans 9, Xavier (La.) 0
Feb. 3, 2012 at New Orleans, La. (City Park)
Singles competition
1.
Marta Sans (UNO-W) def. Kourtney Howell (XU) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
2.
Kristina Martic (UNO-W) def. Amber Brown (XU) 6-1, 6-0
3.
Juliet Labarthe (UNO-W) def. Amanda Materre (XU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
4.
Sofija Karalic (UNO-W) def. Jordyn Goody (XU) 6-0, 6-1
5.
Fanny Benincasa (UNO-W) def. Nicole DeLoach (XU) 6-0, 6-0
6.
Manuela Gomez (UNO-W) def. Ashley McGill (XU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1.
Marta Sans/
Manuela Gomez (UNO-W) def. Kourtney Howell/Nicole DeLoach (XU) 8-4
2.
Kristina Martic/
Sofija Karalic (UNO-W) def. Amber Brown/Jordyn Goody (XU) 8-1
3.
Fanny Benincasa/
Juliet Labarthe (UNO-W) def. Ashley McGill/Amanda Materre (XU) 8-0
Match Notes
University of New Orleans 1-0
Xavier (La.) 0-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,5,4,2,3,1)
