TCU
Mississippi
No. 15 TCU routs Ole Miss, 6-1
3/13/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 13, 2008
OXFORD, Miss. - The No. 15 TCU women's tennis team wrapped up a four-match road trip on Thursday with a 6-1 defeat of Ole Miss at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center in Oxford, Miss. With the win, the Horned Frogs improved to 8-4 this season, while the Lady Rebels dropped to 4-9 overall."We were on the road for two weeks and had three wins in four tries," said TCU head coach Jefferson Hammond. "We're happy to have competed as hard as we did, and we're glad to get back home and get ready for Virginia on Sunday. We're continuing to get better and at this point, that's as important as anything."
TCU's 14th-ranked duo of Macall Harkins and Anna Sydorska led off doubles play with an 8-5 defeat of the No. 32 duo of Nika Koukhartchouk and Karen Nijssen at the top position. The win was the Horned Frog duo's fourth over a ranked opponent this season.
After TCU's Nina Munch-Soegaard and Katariina Tuohimaa fell by a score of 8-6 at the No. 2 position, Maria Babanova and Idunn Hertzberg answered with an 8-6 win over the Rebel duo of Preethi Subramanian and Yana Kireeva to clinch the doubles point for the Frogs.
Tuohimaa began singles play with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Mimi Renaudin at the No. 4 position. The win was Tuohimaa's eighth straight and 10th overall this season.
Senior Kewa Nichols followed with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 victory over Kireeva at the No. 5 flight, while Munch-Soegaard clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Koukhartchouk at the top position.
Hertzberg won her eighth match of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Soledad Podlipnik to put the Frogs up 5-0, while Harkins closed the match with her fourth consecutive win, downing van de Stroet by a score of 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
The Frogs will return home for a Sunday contest at noon against No. 48 Virginia at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
No. 15 TCU (8-4) def. Mississippi (4-9), 6-1
SINGLES
1. No. 87 Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) def. Nika Koukhartchouk (MISS) 6-1, 6-4
2. Karen Nijssen (MISS) def. No. 67 Anna Sydorska (TCU) 6-4, 6-2
3. Macall Harkins (TCU) def. Laura van de Stroet (MISS) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
4. Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Mimi Renaudin (MISS) 6-3, 6-2
5. Kewa Nichols (TCU) def. Yana Kireeva (MISS) 6-1, 6-2
6. Idunn Hertzberg (TCU) def. Soledad Podlipnik (MISS) 6-3, 6-4
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 1*, 6, 2, 3
DOUBLES
1. No. 14 Harkins/Sydorska (TCU) def. No. 32 Koukhartchouk/Nijssen (MISS) 8-5
2. Renaudin/van de Stroet (MISS) def. Munch-Soegaard/Tuohimaa (TCU) 8-6
3. Babanova/Hertzberg (TCU) def. Subramanian/Kireeva (MISS) 8-6
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3*
*Clinching point
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