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Men’s
and women’s swimmers earn honors
The
men’s and women’s swimming teams garnered 20 all-conference
honors for their performance at last week’s Conference USA
Women’s Championships and Men’s Invitational.
The
eight TCU women honored were named all-Conference USA performers,
while 12 Frog men were named to the league’s coaches’
all-conference team. C-USA does not officially recognize the men’s
squad, as the league does not field enough teams to hold official
conference championships.
As
a team, the TCU men won the league’s Men’s Invitational,
while the Lady Frogs finished third in the inaugural C-USA Championships.
“These
honors are the culmination of a lot of hard work by our swimmers,”
TCU head coach Richard Sybesma said. “I’m very proud of
our whole team not just because of their performances at the conference
meet, but all season.”
On
the men’s side seniors Scott Adkins and Josh Pipes; juniors
Byron Coyle, Aaron Ewert, Dana Kizer and Jeff Parkinson; sophomores
Stephen Gebren, Mitch Loper and Aaron McLachlan; freshmen Craig
Chapman, Joe Covey and John Watkins earned honors for their performances
at last week’s meet.
For
the women, seniors Jamie MacCurdy and Marisa Schenke; junior Melissa
Powell; sophomores Erin Irons and Jamie Robinson; freshmen Lisa
Champ, Aimee Moreau and Tiffany Strawn earned individual accolades
for the Lady Frogs.
Men’s
basketball falls to Southern Miss Saturday
TCU
posted at their lowest point total in a game Saturday in the 81-68
loss to Southern Mississippi.
The
Frogs(14-14 and 4-10 Conference USA) came into the game averaging
86 points per game.
Junior-transfer
guard Junior Blount led the Frogs with 20 points.
Marlon
Dumont and Bingo Merriex scored 14 points apiece for TCU. Dumont
had a game-high 14 rebounds.
TCU
opened the first half with a 7-0 run, but Southern Miss battled
back with a run of its own, taking a 10-9 lead with 16:09 remaining.
No team led by more than six points until the second half.
Southern
Miss led 43-37 at the half. The Golden Eagles held TCU scoreless
for over seven minutes in the second half.
Football
coaching vacancies filled for spring workouts
Head
football coach Gary Patterson announced Monday that Kirk Doll will
be the new linebackers coach, completing his the search for his
staff.
Patterson
also promoted David Baliff to be the defensive coordinator and Eddie
Williamson to assistant head coach. Baliff and Williamson are both
in their second season at TCU.
Baliff
served as assistant head coach/defensive coordinator at Southwest
Texas before coming to TCU.
Williamson
served as the offensive coordinator at Wake Forest before arriving
at TCU in January of 2000.
Women’s
tennis team defeats U of H in first C-USA match
The
women’s tennis team, ranked No. 22 in the nation, captured
its first ever Conference USA win Sunday in a 5-2 win over Houston.
The
Frogs were paced by senior Katrin Gaber. Gaber recorded a straight
set victory over Houston’s Jen Baccarani, 6-2, 6-2, at the
No. 2 singles position.
Sophomore
Saber Pierce, ranked No. 102 in singles action, won her sixth consecutive
straight-set match of the year as she defeated Analia Longoni, 6-2,
6-3, at the No. 2 singles position.
The
Frogs won the doubles point for the second consecutive dual-match
by capturing wins at all of the three doubles matches. TCU obtained
a 8-3 win at the No. 1 spot behind the No. 24-ranked team of Paty
Aburto and Rosa Perez defeated Houston’s Sarah Browell and
Baccarani.
TCU’s
next match is at home against Central Florida at 11 a.m. Saturday
at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
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