April 22, 1999

The 20th-ranked University of Kentucky women’s tennis topped Auburn forthe second time in five days on Thursday, besting the Tigers 5-3 inopening-round action at the Southeastern Conference Tennis Championships inBaton Rouge, La.

Carolina Mayorga avenged a Sunday loss to AU’s Carolina Maurer with a 3-6,6-0, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles and teamed with fellow freshman ShannonStafford to clinch the UK victory with a 8-2 win over the Tigers’ JudithBoban and Lucy Altman at No. 3 doubles. Stafford, Kelly Brown and BrookeSkeen also claimed singles wins for the Cats (14-8).

With the win over Auburn (10-11), UK advances to face eighth-ranked OleMiss (18-4) in second-round action at 2 p.m. on Friday.

1999 SEC Women’s Tennis Championships

at Baton Rouge, La. – First Round Results

Kentucky 5, Auburn 3

Singles

1. Andrea Piski (AU) def.  Massoumeh Emami (UK)       6-1, 6-22. Simone Jardim (AU) def. Christy  Sigurski (UK)     3-6, 6-3, 6-13. Kelly Brown (UK) def. Lucy Altman  (AU)            6-3, 6-24. Carolina Mayorga (UK) def. Caroline Maurer (AU)    3-6, 6-0, 6-15. Brooke Skeen (UK) def. Judith Boban (AU)           6-4, 6-26. Shannon Stafford (UK) def. Caroline Thompson (AU)  5-7, 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

1. Piski/Heidii Stewart (AU)  def. Brown/Emami (UK)   8-32. Did not finish3. Mayorga/Stafford (UK) def. Boban/Altman (AU)       8-2