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Marta Sans (pictured) rallied from a set down to close out a 9-0 UNO win over Xavier.

Women's Tennis

Privateer Women's Tennis Posts Decisive Victory over Xavier in Opener

UNO Wins All Nine Matches in Victory at City Park

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)

 
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