Lady Vols Pick Up Third Straight Home Victory

Sunday, April 1

Knoxville

University of Tennessee

Ole Miss

April 01, 2001 | Women's Tennis

4/1/2001

Vilmarie Castellvi

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Apr. 1, 2001) -- The No. 4 ranked University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer tennis team defeated Southeastern Conference rival Mississippi on Sunday, April 1, in a 6-1 decision to mark the team's third consecutive win. The match was played indoors at the Goodfreind Tennis Center due to cool temperatures and swirling winds.

"Mississippi is a hard team for us to play because they don't have a lot of a visual fire. Our team feeds off their opponents emotions," said co-head coach Sonia Hahn-Patrick. "Coming off of three very tough matches our team has incentive to keep on winning. I think we played an even six-on-six match today, something that we didn't do in some of our earlier matches. Everyone competed at their spot."

Mississippi entered the match with a 1-6 SEC record and one player and one doubles team ranked in the ITA national rankings. After the match Mississippi fell to 7-10 overall and 1-7 in league play.

UT's doubles shined on Sunday as every team picked up a "W". The No. 46 rated tandem of junior Kim Gates and sophomore Vilmarie Castellvi defeated No. 34 Julie DeRoo and Mira Radu, 9-8 (3) at the first doubles slot. Tennessee's No. 2 pairing of junior Alison Ojeda and sophomore Crystal Cleveland raced off the court with an 8-2 victory over Karem Harboe and Audra Adams. In the No. 3 match, freshman Brooke Cordell and junior Agnes Wiski got the better of Hanna-Katri Aalto and Camille Gould, 8-4.

Kim Gates

In singles play, Ojeda, who is ranked No. 65 in the most recent ITA singles rankings, fell to No. 34 Julie DeRoo, 6-2, 6-1. Castellvi brought the Lady Vols back to their winning ways, defeating Radu in a 6-2, 6-0 decision at No. 3. Wiski would deliver the No. 4 match at 6-0, 7-6 (1) over Harboe and Gates then clinched the league contest for her team when she came off court two with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) triumph over Aalto.

Crystal Cleveland

Cleveland extended her singles winning streak at No. 5 slot, dealing Sabrina Peppl a 6-0, 6-3 setback. She has now won every match she has been entered in for six weeks straight. Cordell brought home the No. 6 tilt, topping Adams, 7-5, 6-2.

The Lady Vols improve to 17-2 overall and 6-1 in league play.

Tennessee will play host to SEC rival Mississippi State on Friday. The match is set to begin at 5 p.m. on the Varsity Courts.

Singles:1. # 31 Julie DeRoo (MISS) def #65 Alison Ojeda (UT)    6-2, 6-12. Kim Gates (UT) def Hanna-Katri Aalto (MISS)      6-4, 7-6 (4)3. Vilmarie Castellvi (UT) def Mira Radu (MISS)     6-2, 6-04. Agnes Wiski (UT) def Karem Harboe (MISS)     6-0, 7-6 (1)5. Crystal Cleveland (UT) def Sabrina Peppl (MISS)  6-0, 6-36. Brooke Cordell (UT) def Audra Adams (MISS)       7-5, 6-2Doubles:1. # 45 Castellvi/Gates (UT) def #34 DeRoo/Radu (MISS)  9-8 (3)2. Cleveland/Ojeda (UT) def Harboe/Adams (MISS)     8-23. Cordell/Wiski (UT) def Aalto/Camille Gould (MISS)    8-4