April 2, 2006
Results
BEAUMONT - The Lamar University women's tennis team fell to 4-2 in Southland Conference play as they dropped their home finale 4-3 to Texas State at the Cardinal Courts.
The Lady Cardinals started the match by sweeping the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead. Andrea Martinez and Tara Shelander defeated Ashley Ellis Lainy Chafitz 8-4 at No. 1 doubles, Tanya Roberts and Pamela Martinez took out Leja Sirola Jana Cucciniello 8-2 at No. 2 and Kendall Gibbs and Maria Guiterrez beat Natalie McLeod Christina Amo 8-4 at No. 3.
In singles competition Andrea Martinez picked up one of the two Lamar wins in singles play, knocking off Amo 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, while Gutierrez took out Muller 6-4, 6-1 at No. 5.
The Bobcats were able to pull off the upset by collected wins in the rest of the singles matches. In the deciding match, Sirola held off Pamela Martinez in to win 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 at No. 4. After falling behind 2-0, Sirola rattled off five straight wins to take control, and win 6-3.
In the other matches, Ellis knocked out Shelander 6-4, 7-6 at No. 2, Chafitz took out Roberts 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 and Cucciniello took out Gibbs 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6.
The Lady Cardinals will be in action again next Saturday when they take on Sam Houston State at 10 a.m. in Huntsville.
