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Frogs remain perfect in conference with 5-2 defeat of No. 56 UNLV
April 1, 2007
FORT WORTH, Texas - The No. 41 TCU women's tennis team moved to 3-0 in Mountain West Conference play with a tough 5-2 victory over No. 56 UNLV on Sunday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The Horned Frogs improved to 12-7 overall, while UNLV dropped to 15-5 on the season, and 4-1 in conference play.
"The team really battled today and were able to win some close matches," said TCU head coach Jefferson Hammond. "It was nice to see everyone fight so hard on senior day."
The doubles team of Nina Munch-Soegaard and Kewa Nichols kicked off the afternoon with an 8-5 defeat of UNLV's Nikol Dimitrova and Linda Temelfelde at the No. 2 position. The No. 6 tandem of Ana Cetnik and Anna Sydorska fell to No. 35 Elena Gantcheva and Kristina Nedeltcheva, 8-5, and UNLV clinched the match as Claire Smith and Alisa Razina defeated Karine Ionesco and Andrea Morgado, 8-6.
The singles portion of the afternoon would be just as close as the doubles action. Nichols started off with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Claire Smith, to notch her seventh consecutive singles victory. No. 41 Cetnik followed with a 6-3, 6-1 victory to close out her last home match of her TCU career. UNLV's Gantcheva defeated No. 54 Sydorska, 6-1, 6-1, to even the match at 2-2.
The three remaining matches all went to third sets, with TCU having to win two to clinch the victory. Morgado began with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 win over Tempelfelde. No. 84 Munch-Soegaard won the match point for TCU with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Nedeltcheva. Ionesco, a senior from Montreal, Canada, closed out her last home match of her career with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Razina.
The Frogs will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, to meet Utah on Friday and No. 27 BYU on Saturday.
No. 41 TCU (12-7) def. No. 56 UNLV (15-5), 5-2
SINGLES
Order of Finish: 4, 3, 1, 5, 2*, 6
DOUBLES
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3*
*Clinching point |
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