The University of South Florida women's tennis team began tuning up for the BIG EAST Championships with a 6-1 win over Memphis on Friday at the USF Varsity Courts. The No. 40 Bulls improve to 7-11 on the season with a win in just their second match against an unranked opponent.

“It was great to come back with a win after 11 days without a match,” USF head coach Agustin Moreno said. “This was a good team that has played well against some of the better teams in the country. We are on the right track getting ready for the BIG EAST tournament.”

Loreto Alonso Martinez clinched the match for USF on Court 4 with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Kelly Gray. Her win came after victories from No. 113 Ecaterina Vasenina on Court 2 and Alessandra Bonte on Court 5. Vasenina downed Mariya Slupska, 6-3, 6-3 following a 6-4, 6-0 win from Bonte over Kathleen Hawkins.

After the match was decided, No. 35 Irene Rehberger defeated No. 107 Courtney Collins 7-5, 6-1 on Court 1 and No. 67 Janette Bejlkova won her match over Stefanie Mikesz, 7-5, 5-7, 10-8 on Court 3.

Kate Parker dropped her match to Andrea Arques-Garcia, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 on Court 6 for the Tigers' only point of the day.

The Bulls earned the doubles point with a sweep of all three matches. Bonte and Parker were first off the courts at No. 3 with an 8-1 win over Arques-Garcia and Mikesz before the point was clinched by Bejlkova and Martinez going 8-4 over Collins and Gray in the No. 1 position. Rehberger and Vasenina also picked up a victory, 8-6, over Slupska and Hawkins at No. 2.

The Bulls return to action at home vs. Stetson on April 8 at 2 p.m.

No. 40 USF  6, Memphis 1
April 1, 2011
USF Varsity Courts

Singles
1. No. 35 Irene Rehberger (USF) def. No. 107 Courtney Collins (UM), 7-5, 6-1
2. No. 114 Ecaterina Vasenina (USF) def. Mariya Slupska (UM), 6-3, 6-3
3. No. 67 Janette Bejlkova (USF) def. Stefanie Mikesz (UM), 7-5, 5-7, 10-8
4. Loreto Alonso Martinez (USF) def. Kelly Gray (UM), 6-4, 6-4
5. Alessandra Bonte (USF) def. Kathleen Hawkins (UM), 6-4, 6-0
6. Andrea Arques-Garcia (UM) def. Kate Parker (USF), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
Order of Finish – 5, 2, 4, 1, 6, 3

Doubles
1. Bejlkova/Martinez (USF) def. Collins/Gray (UM), 8-4
2. Rehberger/Vasenina (USF) def. Slupska/Hawkins (UM), 8-6
3. Bonte/Parker (USF) def. Arques-Garcia//Mikesz (UM), 8-1
Order of Finish – 3, 1, 2