Oct. 7, 2000

Cullowhee, N.C. - The Lady Catamount tennis team had an outstanding showing when they hosted Elon Saturday afternoon. Although Elon came out on top in many of the singles matches the Lady Cats fought hard.

Western Carolina made an impact in singles when Western Carolina's junior, Emmy King came out with a singles win. King defeated Elon's Laura Knutson (6-3, 6-2).

In the doubles match ups the Lady Cats showed they know how to win. The second seat of the doubles match was Western's dynamic duo Emmy King and Erin Johnson took on Elon's Jennifer Fulmer and Aubrey Rhoads. The final score was 8-1. The third match also won with the outstanding partner effort of WCU's Amy Rex and Kristin Munn. Rex and Munn took on Elon's Lindsay Rumairo and Jessica Fisher. The Cats brought home the win with a final score of 9-7. In the first match of doubles Shelby Fitzpatrick and Shannon Zalinski took on the tough combination of Elon's Sarah Benhaim and Julienne Treme. Elon took home the win with a final score of 9-8.

In the first match in singles Western Carolina Freshman, Kristin Munn took on Elon's Sarah Benhaim. The competition was fierce with Elon taking home the win. The score for the first set was a close 7-5, but for the second set the gap was widened to 6-1. In the second singles match was WCU junior, Shelby Fitzpatrick, who took on Julienne Treme from Elon. Fitzpatrick played with determination but Treme took home the win. The final score for the match up was 6-2, 6-3. In the third match for singles Lady Catamount standout freshman, Erin Johnson took on Elon's Jennifer Fulmer.

In a close match the final showed Elon on top with a very hard fought match final score of 6-3, 6-4. In the fourth match of singles Shannon Zalinski took on fierce Elon competitor, Aubrey Rhoads. Rhoads rook home the win with 6-4, 2-6. In the final match of singles WCU's Amy Rex played Elon's Nicole Richie. Richie won with a final score of 6-1, 6-1.