Sunday, April 19, 2009

Cowgirl tennis falls to CSU

Colorado State spoiled the Wyoming Cowgirls home finale on Sunday with a 4-2 win in Mountain West Conference tennis action..

The Cowgirls (7-15, 1-7 MWC) , started out strong by winning the doubles point. In the number one spot, Sarah Summerfield and Rebecca Berger defeated Laura Neal and Lauren Strasburger 8-3. Carly Van Hollen and Jamie Nelson then beat Tori Arneson and Caitlin Fluegge 8-4.

In singles play, the Cowgirls battled for only a few wins. In the number one spot, Summerfield played hard against Stasburger for the three set win, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Berger struggled, but couldn’t pull out the win, losing to Neal 7-5, 3-6, 4-6. Van Hollen then lost to Arneson, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, while Nelson played in the number four spot, and fell to Satherlie, 6-1, 7-5. Chaix played Stople but did not finish the match. To wrap up the day, Karen Wykert lost to Fluegge 6-0, 6-2.

Wyoming will finish the out the season at the Mountain West Championships beginning on Wednesday in Albuquerque, N.M. They will open up play against the Air Force Academy Falcons at 10 a.m.

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