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Tulsa upsets TCU in NCAA opening round
May 9, 2008
WACO, Texas - The 26th-ranked TCU women's tennis team fell to No. 40 Tulsa by a score of 4-3 on Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Regionals at the Baylor Tennis Center in Waco, Texas. The Horned Frogs ended the 2008 season with a 20-6 overall record.
"Tulsa played a really nice match," said TCU head coach Jefferson Hammond. "They handled the heat a little better than we did and really competed well. We had a really nice season and this was a tough way for it to end, but I'm proud of the girls and how they competed. We're looking forward to the NCAA Individual Championships."
The TCU duo of Maria Babanova and Nina Munch-Soegaard led off doubles play with an 8-3 victory over Rebecca Rowe and Jie Zeng at the No. 3 position, but the Frogs would drop contests at the top two positions to trail 1-0 early in the match.
Munch-Soegaard, ranked No. 60 nationally, began singles play with a 6-2, 7-5 win over No. 98 Alexandra Kichoutkin at the top spot. The win was Munch-Soegaard's ninth over a ranked opponent in 2007-08, and only the third loss for Kichoutkin this spring.
Katariina Tuohimaa followed with a 6-0, 7-6(3) victory over Carla Zabeleta at the No. 3 spot to improve to 21-4 this season, while Macall Harkins added a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 win over Thalia Diaz-Barriga to put TCU up 3-1 in the match.
Tulsa would go on to win the remaining three singles matches in three sets to seal the win over the Frogs.
Harkins and Sydorska will represent TCU at the NCAA Individual Championships in Tulsa, Okla., while Munch-Soegaard was named the third alternate in singles play.
No. 40 Tulsa (22-5) def. No. 26 TCU (20-6), 4-3
SINGLES
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2, 5, 4, 6*
DOUBLES
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1*
*Clinching point
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