TCU Advances To Semifinals Of MWC Women's Tennis Championship

Horned Frogs defeat Cowgirls, 4-0

April 27, 2006

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No. 1 seed TCU ran its streak to nine straight victories vs. conference teams with a 4-0 win over No. 9 seed Wyoming in the Mountain West Conference Tennis Championship women's quarterfinals. The Frogs won singles matches at the No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5 positions after taking the doubles point to open the match. The teams waited out a rain delay from 4:12 p.m. to 5:31 p.m. PT and changed venues to Aztec Tennis Center before completing the match.

TCU's No. 1 tandem of Helena Besovic and Ava Cetnik defeated Andrea House and Karolina Rowinski of the Cowgirls in doubles play (8-3), while No. 3 Kewa Nichols and Nicole Leimbach downed Wyoming's Michelle Brown and Jamie Nelson (8-3). The TCU No. 1 and No. 3 duos are a combined 20-3 on the season. At No. 1 singles, Leimbach improved to 15-7 on the year with a victory over Rowinski (6-2, 6-0). MWC Freshman of the Year Anna Sydorska moved her record to 11-2 at No. 3 singles with a win over Andrea House (6-1, 6-1). Nichols defeated Nelson at No. 5 singles (6-0, 6-0), improving to 18-7 on the year.

TCU will face the winner of No. 4 San Diego State and No. 5 New Mexico on Friday in the semifinals at Barnes Tennis Center.

MWC TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 26-29, 2006   *   Barnes Tennis Center  *  San Diego, Calif.

Women's Results - April 27, 2006
Quarterfinal No. 4 - No. 1 TCU def. No. 9 Wyoming, 4-0
Doubles 
1. Helena Besovic/Ana Cetnik (TCU) def. Andrea House/Karolina Rowinski (WYO)       8-3
2. Andrea Morgado/Anna Sydorska (TCU) vs. Corina Lazar/ Patricia Chien (WYO)        6-6 (DNF)
3. Kewa Nichols/Nicole Leimbach (TCU) def. Michelle Brown/Jamie Nelson (WYO)      8-3

Singles
1. Nicole Leimbach (TCU) def. Karolina Rowinski (WYO)         6-0, 6-2
2. Helena Besovic (TCU) vs. Patricia Chien (WYO)              6-2, 3-1 (DNF)
3. Anna Sydorska (TCU) def. Andrea House (WYO)                  6-1, 6-1
4. Ana Cetnik (TCU) vs. Corina Lazar (WYO)                     7-6 (5) (DNF)
5. Kewa Nichols (TCU) def. Jamie Nelson (WYO)                  6-0, 6-0
6. Gloriann Lopez (TCU) vs. Michelle Brown (WYO)                6-0, 4-0 (DNF)