Women's Tennis Falls in NCAA Regional

NCAA WOMEN'S TENNIS REGIONALS
CURREY TENNIS CENTER * VANDERBILT UNIV. * NASHVILLE, TENN.
MAY 13, 2000

VCU 5, TCU 1

SINGLES
   TCU                       VCU                    WINNER  SCORE
1. #63 Lucie Dvorakova  vs.  #57 Martina Nedelkova   VCU    6-3, 2-6, 6-3
2. #77 Dorrit Huppes    vs.  #68 Andrea Ondrisova    VCU    6-4, 6-4
3. Leoni Weirich        vs.  Kate Vasylyeva          VCU    6-3, 6-3
4. Daria Zoldakova      vs.  Raluca Ciulei           VCU    6-2, 6-1
5. Jessika Kjellgren    vs.  Yana Sokolenko          VCU*   7-5, 6-2
6. Debbie Bell          vs.  Lyudmyla Teterina       TCU    6-3, 6-1

DOUBLES
1. #8 Lucie Dvorakova   vs.  #45 Andrea Ondrisova    Did Not Play
   Daria Zoldakova           Martina Nedelkova       
2. Debbie Bell          vs.  Lyudmyla Teterina       Did Not Play
   Dorrit Huppes             Yana Sokolenko  
3. Leoni Weirich        vs.  Raluca Ciulei           Did Not Play
   Stacey Sabala             Kate Vasylyeva
        
* denotes clinching match

TEAM RECORDS: TCU 21-5, VCU 15-7
TIME OF MATCH: 1 hour, 58 minutes

VCU HEAD COACH EVA BARD: "We knew we were not the 47th ranked team in the country. We don't have a lot of depth on our team so when our players have been hurt this year that has cost us terribly. Today all six were healthy and you could see the results. They just competed really well, with a lot of heart."

TCU HEAD COACH RONALD INGRAM: "I knew coming in that VCU was a very good and underrated team. I said there were two underrated teams and those were Arkansas and VCU and they both won their openers. I knew we would have to play well to beat them and we did but they played well to beat us. I wouldn't do a thing differently. They played better than we did."

NOTES: Virginia Commonwealth advances to face the winner of Vanderbilt and Alcorn State at noon on Sunday in the regional final...The Rams now stand at 3-1 all time in their two NCAA Tournament appearances...TCU made its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance and lost in the first round for the fourth time...Vasylyeva won her 20th overall match of the year today.

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