March 15, 1998

New Orleans-The University of Kentucky women’s tennis team defeated Tulane 7-2 Sunday.

In singles action, Kentucky blanked the Green Wave 6-0 in straight sets. UK’s junior Kelly Brown defeated Tulane’s Jeanie Legator 6-2, 6-3 at the No. 1 spot. Brown teamed up with junior Massoumeh Emami to upset Tulane’s No. 1 doubles duo, Steph Michael and Mika Anami, 8-3.

The Wildcats (8-4, 3-4) defeated LSU 6-3 on Saturday to win their third Southeastern Conference match of the season. They will play next at Tennessee on Wednesday, March 18.

AGATEKENTUCKY 7, TULANE 2Women's singlesKelly Brown     (K) def. Jeanie Legator (T) 6-2, 6-3Kathy Herring   (K) def. Jessica Kessler(T) 6-4, 7-5Massoumeh Emami (K) def. Steph Michael  (T) 6-1, 6-1Christy Sigurski(K) def. Molly Rollaun  (T) 6-3, 6-0Caroline Kirk   (K) def. Mika Anami     (T) 6-1, 6-4Brooke Skeen    (K) def. Sarah Stone    (T) 6-0, 6-0 Women's doublesBrown/Emami    (K) def. Michael/Anami      (T) 8-3Legator/Stone  (T) def. Lori Heimerl/Skeen (K) 8-5Kessler/Rollaun(T) def. Herring/Kirk       (K) 8-6