AUBURN, ALA. - The No. 29-ranked Auburn women's tennis team (6-1) notched a 6-1 victory against 62nd-ranked Furman (2-4) this afternoon at the Luther Young Tennis Complex in Auburn.

In doubles action, Auburn's tandem of Petra Bercik and Carolina Ramirez, ranked No. 26, earned an 8-4 victory over Furman's Caroline Bentley and Natalie The at the No. 1 position. At No. 3, Sarah Suitor and Ashley Cowart defeated Furman's Krista Thomson and Lauren Welch by a final count of 8-5. Furman did win a match at the No. 2 slot, where Mary Neill Hagood and Mary Kovarik defeated Isabel Rosenbrock and Liz Sauerborn, 8-5.

The Tigers then won five of six singles matches to clinch the victory. Furman's lone point on the day came at the No. 6 position, where Bentley defeated Cowart in a three-set battle, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.

Furman will next face the No. 56-rated Florida State Seminoles at 3:00 p.m. EST on Saturday.

No. 29 Auburn 6, No. 62 Furman 1
February 14, 2003
Singles Results
1. Carolina Ramirez (AU) def. Mary Kovarik (FU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Petra Bercik (AU) def. Mary Neill Hagood (FU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Isabel Rosenbrock (AU) def. Natalie The (FU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Liz Sauerborn (AU) def. Shannon Moore (FU) 6-0, 2-6, 6-2
5. Sarah Suitor (AU) def. Shellie Cochran (FU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Caroline Bentley (FU) def. Ashley Cowart (AU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
Doubles Results
1. Bercik/Ramirez (AU) def. Bentley/The (FU) 8-4
2. Kovarik/Hagood (FU) def. Rosenbrock/Sauerborn (AU) 8-5
3. Suitor/Cowart (AU) def. Krista Thomson/Lauren Welch (FU) 8-5