Lady Rams Fall Short At Nationals

MOBILE, Ala—The University of Mobile women's tennis team ended the 2008 season with a 6-3 loss at the hands of Westmont (Calif.) in the opening round of the 2008 NAIA Women's Tennis National Championship Monday.

The Lady Rams (12-6) ended the season ranked #25 in the NAIA Top-25 and won the GCAC Tournament to help earn the host-berth to the tournament field.

Westmont jumped out to a 2-1 lead after taking 2-of-3 doubles matches and then held on in singles play after Mobile took the No. 1 and No. 2 matches by sweeping the remaining matchups.

Doubles:

#1 - Josey Soares/Claudia Borges (M) def. Lauren Combs/Erin McGurty (W) 8-2
#2 - Llissa Mathews/Jennie Dunn (W) def. Pam Boykin/Mayra Leal (M) 8-3
#3 - Kristin Lee/Christina Klein (W) def. Michelle Machen/Camilla Hovden (M) 8-4

Singles:

#1 - Soares (Mobile) def. Combs (Westmont) 6-3, 6-0
#2 - Borges (Mobile) def. Matthews (Westmont) 6-1, 6-4
#3 - McGurty (Westmont) def. Boykin (Mobile) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
#4 - Lee (Westmont) def. Machen (Mobile) 6-0, 6-1
#5 - Klein (Westmont) def. Leal (Mobile) 6-0, 6-3
#6 - Dunn (Westmont) def. Hovden (Mobile) 6-0, 6-4