UW roundup: Cowgirls fall in five; tennis in Central Region tourney

By Wyoming Sports.org

SAN DIEGO -- The Wyoming Cowgirls lost their fifth five-set match of the season on Thursday night against San Diego State.

The Aztecs held on for the home win, 20-25, 25-12, 25-10, 20-25 and 15-11. The loss dropped the Cowgirls to 2-6 in Mountain West Conference play and 3-13 overall. San Diego State moves 3-4 and 6-11.

Two Cowgirls finished the match in double-figures, led by sophomore Dani Bedore, who had 16 kills, along with four digs and two block assists. Jenna Arneson followed with 15 kills and a .314 (15-4-35), while JennaRae Jester added eight kills. Wyoming hit .163 (51-27-147) fro the match.
The Aztecs had four players in double-figures, led by Stephanie Darnall with 18 kills, 13 digs and a .378 (18-4-37) hitting percentage. Lauren Salisbury finished with 13 kills, while Kyley Sexton had 11 and Lauren Van Orden added ten. San Diego State hit .374 (56-13-115) for the match and out blocked the Cowgirls 10-5.

Wyoming will close out the weekend against the UNLV Rebels on Saturday, in Las Vegas. The match is set to begin at 2 p.m.

Cowgirl tennis continues at Central Region Tournament
SALT LAKE CITY -- Two doubles teams and one individual for the Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team continued play at the 2008 Wilson ITA Central Region Tournament.

In doubles play, the Cowgirl team of Rebecca Berger and Sarah Summerfield earned a tough 9-7 win against Galina Semenova and Maryna Tkachenkio of Oklahoma State, but lost in the next round to Maria Ring and Wiveca Swarting of Nebraska, 8-5. Wyoming’s Brittany DeFelice and Carly Van Hollen also fell short, 8-6, against Tori Arneson and Laura Neal of Colorado State.

“We began the day playing at a higher level of doubles than we’ve played all year,” said assistant coach Dean Clower. “It’s a great accomplishment to beat a team the caliber of Semenova and Tkachenkio of Oklahoma State. Sarah also fought through a tough first round match and showed a lot of maturity.”

The only player left in singles play, Summerfield, won her opening match in the main draw, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, over Laura Boguet of New Mexico State. She will play the 10th-seed in the tournament Lutfiana Budiharto of Wichita State in her next match.