March 25, 2001

Cullowhee, N.C. - The Western Carolina women's tennis team fell to Southern Conference rival Appalachian State Sunday afternoon by a score of 1-6.

Junior Shelby Fitzpatrick and freshman Shannon Zalinski battled in doubles play against ASU's Tammy Beaulieu and Jennifer Fayad. The pair fell by a score of 6-8 and now hold a 1-4 record.

Zalinski recorded the team's only victory of the day over Elena Berger as well as the longest match of the day. She lost the first set 4-6 and had a comeback win of 7-5. Zalinski sealed the victory with a 6-4 win in the third set. Zalinski improves to a 3-2 individual record.

Junior Emmy King dropped her first set 1-6. She fought back in the second to lead 4-1, however, could not hold on and lost 4-6 to Fayad. King falls to a 2-3 record.

Fitzpatrick also went to the third set for the decision. She recorded a 6-2 win in the first, and then fell 5-7 in the second and 2-6 in the third. The loss drops Fitzpatrick to a 3-2 individual record.

Western Carolina will next travel to UNC Asheville Thursday, March 29 for a 2:00 p.m. start.

Appalachian State - 6, Western Carolina - 1
Results
Singles:
#1 Tammy Beaulieu (ASU) d. Kristin Munn (WCU) 6-2, 6-2
#2 Tonya Eberhart (ASU) d. Shelby Fitzpatrick (WCU) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
#3 Allison Lane (ASU) d. Erin Johnson (WCU) 6-2, 6-1
#4 Shannon Zalinski (WCU) d. Elena Berger (ASU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
#5 Jennifer Fayad (ASU) d. Emmy King (WCU) 6-1, 6-4
#6 Kathryn Brown (ASU) d. Amy Rex (WCU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles:
#1 Beaulieu/Fayad (ASU) d. Fitzpatrick/Zalinski (WCU) 8-6
#2 Eberhart/Brown (ASU) d. King/Johnson (WCU) 8-2
#3 Lane/Donna Altenburger (ASU) d. Rex/Munn (WCU) 8-2