March 18, 1999

NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Texas Tech women's tennis team fell to the University of New Orleans on Thursday by a score of 6-3. The loss drops Tech to 4-9 overall (2-4 in Big 12).

The Red Raiders split the six singles match-ups with UNO but were swept in the three doubles matches. One singles and one doubles match were defaulted to UNO.

Winning again for Tech at No. 2 singles was sophomore Alenka Ovin who defeated Mandi Liebenberg 6-1, 6-0. The win was her fourth in a row and moved her mark on the year to 9-4. Senior Misty Meyer picked up her second singles victory of the season with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Yolanda DuPreez. Also winning for Tech was freshman Noel Ruiz at No. 5 singles.

The Red Raiders will be in action again Saturday, March 20 at Tulane University. The match is slated to begin at noon.

Singles:
1.  Isabelle Benoit (UNO) def. Zana Zlebnik (TT) 6-3, 6-3
2.  Alenka Ovin (TT) def. Mandi Liebenberg (UNO) 6-1, 6-0
3.  Sylvia Lokollo (UNO) def. Ghislaine Hernandez (TT) 6-1, 6-0
4.  Misty Meyer (TT) def. Yolanda DuPreez (UNO) 6-4, 6-2
5.  Noel Ruiz (TT) def. Stacie Maratea (UNO) 6-0, 6-0
6.  Asa Persson (UNO) won by default

Doubles:
1.  Benoit/Liebenerg (UNO def. Zlebnik/Ovin (TT) 8-6
2.  DuPreez/Lokollo (UNO) def. Hernandez/Meyer (TT) 8-2
3.  Maratea/Persson (UNO) won by default