April 15, 2007

TULSA, Okla. - Saint Louis hung with No. 43 Tulsa through the No. 1 singles and doubles matches but the Hurricane proved to be too much for the Billikens (12-13) as they fell 7-0 in their final match of the regular season.

In singles action, Katerina Lozanova beat Kindsay Grimes 6-3 in the first set at the No. 1 position but Grimes battled back to win the second set 6-4 and the tiebreaker 10-7 for the victory. Ana Renda and Tara Grant each fell to their Golden Hurricane (18-4) counterparts 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 and 3 singles while Rachel McCullagh and Caitlin Bokulic both lost 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 4 and 5 positions, respectively. At No. 6 singles, Allison Dobbins dropped her match 6-1, 6-2.

Lozanova and Grant's doubles match at the No. 1 position was the closest but the Billikens ultimately fell 9-8. The remaining SLU tandems dropped their matches 8-0 and 8-2 at the No. 2 and 3 spots.

Now Saint Louis awaits its seed for this week's Atlantic 10 Championship at Club 4 Life in Monroeville, Pa.

Doubles
No. 1 - Kindsay Grimes/Carla Zabaleta (UT) def. Katerina Lozanova/Tara Grant (SLU) - 9-8
No. 2 - Santie Delport/Marta Marcinkowska (UT) def. Caitlin Bokulic/Ana Renda (SLU) - 8-0
No. 3 - Thalia Diaz-Barriga/Jie Zeng (UT) def. Allison Dobbins/Rachel McCullagh (SLU) - 8-2

Singles
No. 1 - Kindsay Grimes (UT) def. Katerina Lozanova (SLU) - 3-6, 6-4 (10-7)
No. 2 - Santie Delport (UT) def. Ana Renda (SLU) - 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 - Carla Zabaleta (UT) def. Tara Grant (SLU) - 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 - Thalia Diaz-Barriga (UT) def. Rachel McCullagh (SLU) - 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 - Agostina Santoro (UT) def. Caitlin Bokulic (SLU) - 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 - Marta Marcinkowska (UT) def. Allison Dobbins (SLU) - 6-1, 6-2