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Tuesday,
October 23, 2001
Two
Frogs advance to semifinals in fall tourney
By Jennifer Kaminske
Skiff Staff
With two semifinal finishes in the Omni Hotels Southwest Championships
at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center this weekend, the
Horned Frogs are feeling optimistic for the season that lies
ahead.
“I
think this was our strongest tournament so far,” said
senior Leoni Weirich.
Weirich,
seeded No. 32, advanced to the quarterfinal round before losing
in a tight three-set battle to Katja Kovac of Baylor, 1-6,
6-4, 3-6.
All
TCU players captured wins in the early rounds of the tournament.
Senior
Katrin Gaber, seeded No. 7, advanced the furthest in singles
play among TCU players,
but also fell victim to Kovac in the semifinals in straight
sets, 6-4, 6-2.
“Katrin
is doing really well this year,” Weirich said. “She
will help out the team a great deal.”
Sarah
Borwell of Houston defeated Kovac in straight sets to win
the tournament, 6-0, 6-4.
Weirich
said TCU will be strong in singles play this season. Despite
not a solid lineup for the season, the first six singles slots
are sure to be competitive, she said.
Head
coach Roland Ingram said the team will have to look out for
Houston this year as a tough conference rival.
In
doubles action, junior Rosa Perez and sophomore Paty Aburto
made their way to the semifinals, where they lost to eventual
champion Beverly Dawson and Irina Tereschenko of Texas Tech,
8-5.
“We
are playing with three new teams, and there are no old partnerships,
but I think we will figure it out, and doubles will do well
too,” Weirich said.
One
surprise of the tournament was the outstanding performance
of freshman newcomer, Karla Mancinas, Ingram said.
Mancinas,
a native of Durango, Mexico, won four of her six matches during
the weekend, and advanced to the third round of singles play,
defeating Kaliey Messinger of Houston in straight sets, 6-0,
6-1 and Monika Dybicz of Arkansas, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 before being
defeated by Jessica Rowland of Texas A&M, 4-6, 2-6.
Jennifer Kaminske
j.a.kaminske@student.tcu.edu
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