Lady Paladins Fall In First Round Of NCAA Tournament

May 12, 2006

Clemson, SC - The Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Furman Lady Paladins, 4-0, in the first round of the NCAA regionals on Saturday at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center on the campus of Clemson University. Kentucky advances to face host Clemson in the regional final on Saturday at 11:00 AM. The second-round appearance will be the sixth straight for the Wildcats and eighth in the last nine years. With the win, Kentucky improved to 18-9, while the Paladins' 2006 season ends with a 19-7 record.

Kentucky captured a hard-fought doubles point by winning matches at the flights one and two positions. The Wildcat team of Kim Coventry and Carolina Escamilla defeated Laura Gioia and Marti Morris in the top match-up, 8-2. The second and third flights remained tight before Kentucky's Lara Maurer and Joelle Schwenk clinched the point with a victory over Jacqueline Eckert and Lauren Osborne at number two. The Wildcat team trailed, 5-3, in the match before fighting for a 6-5 advantage. Maurer and Schwenk then led 7-5 and won the match by a final score of 8-6.

The flight three contest, played between Danielle Petrisko and Caroline Winebrenner of Kentucky and Shannon Moore and Lisa Bornt-Davis of Furman, was knotted a 7-7 when play was called.

In singles competition, the Wildcats picked up their second point of the match as Carolina Escamilla defeated Bonnie Baird at the flight five position, 6-0, 6-2. Danielle Petrisko then put Kentucky ahead, 3-0, with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Shannon Moore in the number four contest. Joelle Schwenk clinched the match for the Wildcats, winning a 6-1, 6-0 decision against Lauren Osborne at flight three.

Doubles

1. #27 Coventry/Escamilla (UK) def. Gioia/ Morris (FU) 8-2

2. Maurer/Schwenk (UK) def. Eckert/Osborne (FU) 8-6

3. Petrisko/Winebrenner (UK) vs. Bornt-Davis/Moore (FU) DNF

Singles

1. #49 Kim Coventry (UK) vs. Laura Gioia (FU) DNF

2. Lara Maurer (UK) vs. Marti Morris (FU) DNF

3. Joelle Schwenk (UK) def. Lauren Osborne (FU) 6-1, 6-0

4. Danielle Petrisko (UK) def. Shannon Moore (FU) 6-0, 6-2

5. Carolina Escamilla (UK) def. Bonnie Baird (FU) 6-0, 6-2

6. Jessica Guiggioli (UK) vs. Lauren Tomory (FU) DNF