TCU
UNLV
Women's tennis unseats UNLV, 5-2
4/14/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 14, 2006
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The 20th-ranked TCU women's tennis team improved to 7-0 in Mountain West Conference play and clinched at least a share of the regular-season title with a 5-2 victory over 53rd-ranked UNLV on Friday at the UNM Tennis Center. The Frogs (16-6 overall) will play their final conference match of the season on Saturday when they take on No. 33 San Diego State at 10 a.m. (CST)
"I thought it was a really good win," stated TCU head coach Dave Borelli. "They are a lot better than their ranking, but we will take the win. We have one more (match) tomorrow and we have to get ready for that."
TCU swept the doubles competition to claim a 1-0 advantage in the match. Sophomore Andrea Morgado and freshman Anna Sydorska posted an 8-3 victory over Nikol Dimitrova and Claire Smith at No. 2.
Coming off an 8-3 victory over the third-ranked doubles team on Thursday, senior Helena Besovic and junior Ana Cetnik continued their winning ways with an 8-3 triumph over Elena Gantcheva and Sharon Marin at No. 1 to clinch the doubles point. Ranked 26th in the ITA doubles poll, the TCU duo has prevailed in five-straight matches.
Sophomores Nicole Leimbach and Kewa Nichols completed the sweep with an 8-4 decision over Mery Constanti and Cindy Treber.
33rd-ranked Besovic continues to roll in singles, picking up her 18th victory of the spring with a 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 2 over Dimitrova.
Cetnik, ranked 119th in the singles poll, extended her win streak to seven matches with 6-2, 6-1 decision at No. 4 versus Treber.
After falling into a 5-2 deficit in the opening set to Smith, Nichols battled her way to a 7-6(3), 7-5 victory at No. 5. The sophomore from Austin, Texas, has won four of her last five matches.
Senior Gloriann Lopez won for the seventh time in eight matches with a 4-6, 7-5, (10-8) victory at No. 6 over Linda Tempelfelde.
No. 20 TCU def. No. 53 UNLV, 5-2
Singles
1. No. 16 Elena Gantcheva (UNLV) def. No. 12 Nicole Leimbach (TCU) 6-4, 6-4
2. No. 33 Helena Besovic (TCU) def. Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) 6-2
3. Sharon Marin (UNLV) def. No. 83 Anna Sydorska (TCU) 6-3, 6-7(0), (11-9)
4. No. 119 Ana Cetnik (TCU) def. Cindy Treber (UNLV) 6-2, 6-1
5. Kewa Nichols (TCU) def. Claire Smith (UNLV) 7-6(3), 7-5
6. Gloriann Lopez (TCU) def. Linda Tempelfelde (UNLV) 4-6, 7-5, (10-8)
Doubles
1. No. 26 Besovic/Cetnik (TCU) def. Gantcheva/Marin (UNLV) 8-3
2. Morgado/Sydorska (TCU) def. Dimitrova/Smith (UNLV) 8-4
3. Leimbach/Nichols (TCU) def. Constanti Treber (UNLV) 8-3
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