Perez Garners C-USA Player of the Week Honors
3/19/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 19, 2002
FORT WORTH, Texas - The Conference USA office announced today that TCU junior Rosa Perez has been named the Conference USA Player of the Week for the period ending March 17. She becomes the third TCU squad member to earn the conference award, as Paty Aburto and Saber Pierce each earned it in February.
Perez, the Horned Frogs' No. 4 singles player, went undefeated in her three matches this past week. On March 12, she defeated South Alabama's Nienke Scheltens, 6-1, 6-2. In TCU's March 15 match with No. 26 Miami, Perez overcame a one-set deficit to top Sihem Bennacer, 3-6, 6-4, 10-4, and help TCU to upset the Hurricanes, 5-2. Perez picked up her third win during TCU's 7-0 victory at Utah, as she handily defeated Cassie Kasteler, 6-2, 6-2. Perez has won her last five consecutive matches and has posted a 10-3 record for the spring season.
The native of Alicante, Spain teams with Paty Aburto to form the 30th-ranked doubles team in the country. The pair defeated No. 42 Josien Boverhof and Nienke Scheltens of South Alabama, 8-5 on March 12, then made short work of Igna DeVilliers and Sara Robbins of Miami on March 15 as they dispatched the Hurricane duo, 8-1. Perez and Aburto defeated Irini Kotoglou and Hilary Doyle of Utah, 8-4, on March 17. The TCU pair has won eleven consecutive doubles matches this spring and 21 for the year.
