February 18, 1999
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The 43rd-ranked Purdue women's tennis team dropped a 5-4 decision to No. 23 Kentucky on Feb. 17 in Lexington. This is the first loss the Boilermakers (3-1) have suffered this spring. The Wildcats, meanwhile, remained undefeated at 5-0.
The biggest Boilermaker victory of the match was provided by junior Jennifer Embry and freshman Missy Wright. This duo, which makes up the Boilers' top doubles team, defeated 13th-ranked Kelly Brown and Massoumeh Emami 9-8. Embry and Wright are currently unranked.
Embry and Wright were singles winnners, as well. Embry defeated Kentucky's Carolina Mayorga 6-4, 6-1 at the No. 1 slot, while Wright beat Brooke Skeen 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 at the No. 5 position. Purdue's fourth point came from an 8-3 doubles win by junior Shannon Taheny and sophomore Lisa Walgenbach over Kentucky's Rookledge/Mayorga pair.
Kentucky 5, Purdue 4
SINGLES1. Jennifer Embry (P) def. Carolina Mayorga (K) 6-4, 6-12. Massoumeh Emami (K) def. Erika Quebe (P) 7-5, 6-03. Christy Sigurski (K) def. Lisa Walgenbach (P) 6-1, 6-04. Kelly Brown (K) def. Shannon Taheny (P) 6-2, 6-35. Missy Wright (P) def. Brooke Skeen (K) 6-4, 4-6, 7-56. Shannon Stafford (K) def. Lynsey Fick (P) 6-3, 7-5
DOUBLES1. Embry/Wright (P) def. Brown/Emami (K) 9-82. Taheny/Walgenbach (P) def. Lauren Rookledge/Mayorga (K) 8-33. Sigurski/Skeen (K) def. Quebe/Fick (P) 8-3