May 12, 2001
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Kentucky women's tennis team won its opening round match at the NCAA Championships Regional at Northwestern's Vandy Christie Tennis Center, defeating Virginia 4-0. The second-seeded Wildcats took the early lead by winning the doubles point. The 29th-ranked pair of Carolina Mayorga and Sarah Witten easily won at No. 2, 8-0. Twentieth-ranked Brooke Skeen and Lauren Rookledge secured the first point by winning at No. 1, 8-3.
After dropping the first two games to Laura James at No. 5 singles, Rookledge knocked out 12 straight to take the match 6-2, 6-0 and give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead. Skeen quickly gave Kentucky its third point of the day by defeating Christie Schweer at No. 3 (6-3, 6-2). Leigh Bradwell fired an ace on match point at No. 4 (6-4, 6-1) to clinch the Wildcat win.
Kentucky will face the winner of the Northwestern/UIC match tomorrow at noon.
2001 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship
Regional First Round Match
Saturday, May 12, 2001
#2 Kentucky vs. #3 Virginia
Vandy Christie Tennis Center (Evanston, Ill.)
Kentucky 4, Virginia 0
Singles
No. 1 - #40 Carolina Mayorga (Kentucky) led Amy O'Donnell (Virginia) 6-4, 2-3 (abandoned)
No. 2 - Henreitte Williams (Virginia) led #83 Sarah Witten (Kentucky) 7-6, 3-1 (abandoned)
No. 3 - #82 Brooke Skeen (Kentucky) def. Christie Schweer (Virginia) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 - Leigh Bradwell (Kentucky) def. Jennifer Tuchband (Virginia) 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 - Lauren Rookledge (Kentucky) def. Laura James (Virginia) 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 - Shannon Stafford (Kentucky) led Kelly Weaver (Virginia) 6-4, 4-3 (abandoned)
Doubles
No. 1 - #20 Skeen/Rookledge (Kentucky) def. Schweer/Williams (Virginia) 8-3
No. 2 - #29 Mayorga/Witten (Kentucky) def. Christine Kim/O'Donnell (Virginia) 8-0
No. 3 - Amy Trefethen/Jill Buckley (Kentucky) led Tuchband/Weaver (Virginia) 5-3 (abandoned)
RECORDS: Kentucky 14-10, Virginia 11-11 ATTENDANCE: 50
Kentucky will meet Northwestern/UIC winner in Sunday's regional final (noon)