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Frogs
net C-USA championship title The men’s and women’s tennis teams made a strong impression in year one in their new conference. Both teams had an undefeated conference record in the regular season, and both notched No. 1 seeds in the Conference USA Tennis Tournament.
But only one can boast the title of conference champion. The women’s netters (20-4) won the conference championship on Sunday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, winning their third consecutive conference championship and their fourth overall. The men (11-11) dropped the third-place match against Louisville at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on the Louisville campus. The women’s tennis team defeated all three of their tournament opponents by a combined score of 12-1. However, head women’s tennis coach Roland Ingram is quick to mention that scores can be misleading. “There are a lot of good teams in this conference,” Ingram said. “We had a lot more depth than any of the other teams in the tournament, and it’s hard to win when players get injured. A lot of teams had that happen to them, and they didn’t have anyone else to take over.” The women’s tennis team started the tournament with a 4-0 win over Cincinnati on Friday to advance to the semifinals. In the semis, the Frogs defeated Tulane, 4-0. In the finals, the women’s tennis team defeated Marquette, 4-1. The Golden Eagles defaulted the match at six singles when their No. 1 singles player, Gen Charron, was injured. Ingram said the Golden Eagles were well prepared for his team. “They came out fired up and prepared for us,” Ingram said. “It’s tough to lose your No. 1 singles player. The match would have been more interesting if she (Charron) were there. I believe we still would have won, but some matches would have been pushed to three sets.” The men’s team entered the tournament with momentum after defeating No. 21 Arkansas and gaining the No. 1 seed. However, the Frogs fell short in tournament play, finishing fourth. “We didn’t play that well,” men’s head coach Joey Rive said. “We went into the tournament looking to win it, not to finish third or fourth.” The Frogs started the tournament off by winning their quarterfinal match against Southern Miss, 4-1. In the semifinals, they fell to South Florida, 4-1. In the third-place match, the Frogs fell to Louisville, 4-2, in a four hour, 45 minute marathon. “We were able to set the tempo against Southern Miss,” Rive said. “However, South Florida played well and they took control against us. After losing to them, it was hard to get excited about the third-place match, and we came out flat.” The NCAA Regional Championships start May 11 at a location to be announced. Quinten
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