WOMEN'S TENNIS LOSES AT NO. 28 ARIZONA

3/14/2011

Katharina Knoebl moved to 6-3 on the season with a win at Arizona.

TUCSON, Ariz. - The No. 29 ranked Sacramento State women's tennis team lost, 6-1, to No. 29 ranked Arizona on Monday afternoon in a non-conference dual match at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center.

The Hornets fall to 6-5 (1-0 Big Sky) on the season while the Wildcats improve to 13-2 (2-0 Pac-10) with the win.

Sacramento State earned a win at No. 2 doubles but lost at No. 3. The doubles point was decided at No. 1 where Arizona's No. 67 ranked tandem of Sarah Landsman and Natasha Marks pulled out an 8-6 win over Sacramento State's No. 45 ranked duo of Tatsiana Kapshai and Rebeca Delgado.

Clarisse Baca and Maria Meliuk's win at No. 2 doubles was the their eighth of the season. They improved to a team-best 8-2 in doubles play.

Kapshai, still feeling the effects of a sprained ankle, did not compete in singles.

Arizona nearly swept the singles portion but Katharina Knoebl pulled out a win a 6-3, 6-1 win versus June Huh at No. 5.

Knoebl, a freshman, pushed her individual singles record to 6-3 this season - 4-2 at No. 5.

The Hornets will host Northern Colorado in a Big Sky Conference match at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Rio Del Oro RC.

Tennis Match Results
Sacramento State vs Arizona
3/14/2011 at Tucson, Ariz.
(LaNelle Robson Tennis Center)

#28 Arizona 6, #29 Sacramento State 1

Singles competition
1. LANDSMAN, Sarah (ARIZ) def. DELGADO, Rebeca (SAC) 6-3, 6-3
2. SMYTH, Lacey (ARIZ) def. MELIUK, Maria (SAC) 6-3, 7-6
3. STUBBE, Kim (ARIZ) def. BACA, Clarisse (SAC) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. McRANN, Susan (ARIZ) def. LOHSCHEIDT, Sophie (SAC) 7-5, 6-4
5. KNOEBL, Katharina (SAC) def. HUH, June (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-1
6. CASTANY, Debora (ARIZ) def. ZIVANOVIC, Milica (SAC) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. #67 LANDSMAN, Sarah/MARKS, Natasha (ARIZ) def. #45 KAPSHAI, Tatsiana/DELGADO, Rebeca (SAC) 8-6
2. BACA, Clarisse/MELIUK, Maria (SAC) def. SMYTH, Lacey/STUBBE, Kim (ARIZ) 8-4
3. McRANN, Susan/HUH, June (ARIZ) def. LOHSCHEIDT, Sophie/KNOEBL, Katharina (SAC) 8-4

Match Notes
Sacramento State 6-5 (1-0 Big Sky); National ranking #29
Arizona 13-2 (2-0 Pac-10); National ranking #28
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,5,6,2,4,3)