COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.--- The 64th ranked Furman women's tennis team defeated Colorado State 4-3 on Thursday to improve to 3-5 on the season.

Furman claimed the doubles point as the Lady Paladins swept all three doubles matches. The No. 1 doubles team of Mary Kovarik and Mary Neill Hagood led the way with an 8-5 victory at No. 1 singles.

Furman then went on to claim three out of six singles matches to claim the 4-3 victory. Furman's Natalie The (No. 3 singles), Caroline Bentley (No. 4 singles), and Shellie Cochran (No. 5 singles) each tallied victories for Furman.

Furman will take on the Air Force Academy on Friday and Denver on Saturday to round out its spring break trip to Colorado Springs.

No. 64 Furman 4, Colorado State 3
February 27, 2003
Singles Results
1. Sanja Hansson (CSU) def. Mary Kovarik 7-5, 6-2|
2. Dasha Zhurin (CSU) def. Mary Neill Hagood 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4)
3. Natalie The (Furman) def. Alexandra Paganetti 6-1, 6-2
4. Caroline Bentley (Furman) def. Tatyana Ugorich 6-1, 6-4
5. Shellie Cochran (Furman) def. Jessica Jones 6-1, 6-1
6. Carla Pallares (CSU) def. Lauren Welch 7-6(5), 7-6(4)

Doubles Results
1. Kovarik/Hagood (Furman) def. Hansson/Zhurin 8-5
2. Bentley/The (Furman) def. Pallares/Ugorich 8-3
3. Welch/Krista Thomson (Furman) def. Jones/Paganetti 9-8(3)