Saturday, February 28, 2009

Cowgirl tennis beats Portland State

The Wyoming Cowgirls dominated and won their second match of the spring tennis dual season with a 6-1 victory over the Portland State Vikings on Saturday morning at the UW Tennis Complex.

“We are pleased with the way we played today and the crowd helped us a lot,” said head coach Kati Gyulai. “We focused from start to finish and really executed well. We are looking forward to playing against Metro State tomorrow afternoon.”

Wyoming earned the doubles point by sweeping all three matches. The day started with Carly Van Hollen and Sarah Summerfield defeating Molly Knox and Caitlin Stocking, 8-2. In the number two spot, Rebecca Berger and Jamie Nelson beat Alyssa Ferry and Anya Dalkin, 8-3. Carolina Chaix and walk-on Kori Nochbaur finished with an 8-7 win against Victoria Bravo and Kylea Gleason.

The Cowgirls took control early in singles play by taking five of six matches. Summerfield started off in the number one spot with a win against Knox, 6-2, 6-1. Beger followed with a two set win, 6-1, 7-6 over Ferry and Carly Van Hollen beat Dalkin, 6-1, 6-1.

In the number four spot, UW's Chaix defeated Stocking, 6-3, 6-1, while Nelson earned a 6-1, 6-1 win over Bravo. In the number six spot, Nochbaur lost 6-4, 6-0 to Gleason.

The Cowgirls will now head to Colorado Springs to take on Metro State on Sunday, followed by UNC Greensboro on Monday.

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