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Lady Raiders Split Final Non-Conference Matches
March 02, 2008 | Women's Tennis
March 2, 2008
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech wrapped up their non-conference schedule on the road this weekend, splitting a pair of matches with two ranked Texas opponents. The Lady Raiders took a 5-2 win on Friday over SMU, but struggled to find a break losing 7-0 to No. 31 TCU.
Head Coach Cari Groce continued to mix up doubles as last year's duo of Janet Durham and Samantha van der Drift returned to the No. 1 position. The two found success defeating Natalia Bubien and Pavi Francis 8-6. The newly formed pair of freshman Kelsy Garland and returnee Brenna Jackson couldn't quite hold off SMU's Kensiia Tokarieva and Nicole Briceno, falling 8-5. Tech walked away with the doubles point after a default by the Mustangs at the No. 3 position.
In singles senior Durham put away SMU's Briceno in straight sets, and was the final player on the courts against TCU before narrowly missing Kewa Nichols 10-7 in the third set super-tiebreaker. Garland also split a pair of matches on the weekend at No. 2, clinching the win for her team against the Mustang's Pavi Francis, 7-6, 6-4. Tech's No. 1 player van der Drift took a three-set win over the Mustang's No. 73 Bubien, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, but came up short against Nina Munch-Soegaard losing 6-4, 6-3. Sophomore Kerryn Potgieter had her win streak broken this weekend suffering back-to-back losses at the hands of SMU's Kristen Reid and TCU's Katariina Tuohimaa.
The Lady Raiders open conference play on the road against Nebraska and Iowa State beginning March 14.
#73 Texas Tech - 5
#62 SMU - 2
February 29, 2008
Lakewood Country Club
Doubles: 3, 2, 1* 1. Durham/van der Drift (TTU) def. Bubien/Francis (SMU); 8-6
2. Tokarieva/Briceno (SMU) def. Garland/Jackson (TTU); 8-5
3. Potgieter/Templeton (TTU) def. Reid/n/a (SMU); default
Singles: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2*, 1
1. Samantha van der Drift (TTU) def. #73 Natalia Bubien (SMU); 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2. Kelsy Garland (TTU) def. Pavi Francis (SMU); 7-6, 6-4
3. Kensiia Tokarieva (SMU) def. Simone Templeton (TTU); 6-3, 6-3
4. Janet Durham (TTU) def. Nicole Briceno (SMU); 6-2, 6-3
5. Kristen Reid (SMU) def. Kerryn Potgieter (TTU); 6-2, 6-1
6. Leah Roberts (TTU) def. n/a (SMU); default
No. 31 TCU - 7
No. 73 Texas Tech - 0
March 1, 2008
Fort Worth, Texas
Singles: 6, 2, 3*, 1, 5, 4
1. Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) def. Samantha van der Drift (TTU); 6-4, 6-3
2. Anna Sydorska (TCU) def. Kelsy Garland (TTU); 6-1, 6-3
3. Macall Harkins (TCU) def. Simone Templeton (TTU); 6-1, 6-2
4. Kewa Nichols (TCU) def. Janet Durham (TTU); 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-7
5. Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Kerryn Potgieter (TTU); 6-3, 6-2
6. Idunn Hertzberg (TCU) def. Leah Roberts (TTU); 6-0, 6-2
Doubles: 1, 3*, 2
1. No. 11 Harkins/Sydorska (TCU) def. Garland/van der Drift (TTU); 8-3
2. Munch-Soegaard (TCU) def. Durham/Potgieter (TTU); 8-6
3. Nichols/Hertzberg (TCU) def. Jackson/Templeton (TTU); 8-4
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