April 6, 2002

Cullowhee, N.C. - After winning four of its six singles matches, Western Carolina's women's tennis team picked up their first conference win in Coach Jan Stubb's three-year career by beating East Tennessee State, 4-3, at the WCU Reid Gym Courts Saturday afternoon. The Lady Catamounts improve to 6-9 (1-5 SoCon) for the season, while the Bucs fall to 1-16 (0-5 SoCon).

In doubles action, WCU won in the three spot by default since there was not a third Buccaneer team. Shelby Fitzpatrick and Shannon Zalinski fell to Jessica Irey and Gemma Halim, 8-4. Emmy King and Kristin Cotton lost to Tatiana Arriaran and Aimee Villavicencio, 8-6.

In singles play, the Lady Cats won four of six to give them the 4-3 victory. Kristin Munn, Erin Johnson, Kristin Cotton, and Emmy King all won their matches.

The Catamounts travel to Boone Sunday to take on Appalachian State at 2:00 pm. Western has one final home match of the season when they host UNC Asheville on April 16. This game was rescheduled from last week.

Match Results:
Singles
#1 Kristin Munn (WCU) def. Gemma Halim (ETSU), 6-2, 6-2
#2 Jessica Irey (ETSU) def. Shelby Fitzpatrick (WCU), 6-2, 7-5
#3 Tatiana Arriaran (ETSU) def. Shannon Zalinski (WCU), 7-5, 6-0
#4 Erin Johnson (WCU) def. Aimee Villavicencio (ETSU), 6-3, 6-1
#5 Kristin Cotton (WCU) def. Heather Jones, 6-1, 7-5
#6 Emmy King (WCU won by default

Doubles
#1 Irey/Halim (ETSU) def. Fitzpatrick/Zalinski (WCU), 8-4
#2 Arriaran/Villavicencio (ETSU) def. King/Cotton (WCU), 8-6
#3 Munn/Johnson (WCU) won by default