April 1, 2003

FORT WORTH, Texas - The Conference USA office announced today that TCU senior Rosa Perez has been named the Conference USA Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the period ending March 31. This is the second time Perez has been named C-USA Player of the Week in her career, the first coming for the week ending March 18, 2002. Perez joins doubles partner junior Paty Aburto in earning the C-USA accolade this season.

Perez had a solid individual week posting a combined 4-2 record in singles and doubles play. Her wins came against Texas-Arlington's Anete Rozkalne (6-3, 6-0) and Oklahoma's Annette Bryntesson (7-5, 6-2). In No. 1 doubles action, Perez and Aburto combined to form the 51st-ranked tandem and posted victories over Texas-Arlington's Anne Marie Lenze and Rozkalne (8-1) and Tulsa's Aleksandra Durska and Alicia Pilay (8-3), who are ranked 30th by the ITA. Perez is 13-2 on the season in singles play and 10-3 in doubles with Aburto.