Tennis Drops Match at TCU, 5-2
March 15, 2002
Fort Worth, Texas (hurricanesports.com)– The 26th-ranked Miami women’s tennis team lost to No.29 TCU, 5-2, on Fridayafternoon at the indoor courts at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in FortWorth, Texas.
The Horned Frogs swept all three doubles matches and won four of the six singlesmatches for the victory.
Freshman Ewelina Skaza (Warsow, Poland) and sophomore Sara Robbins (Tucson, Ariz.)recorded the lone singles victories for the Hurricanes.
Miami travels to College Station to play the Texas A&M Aggies on March 17before returning home to host Boston College on March 22.
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# 29 TCU 5, # 26 Miami 2
Records: Miami 8-3, TCU 11-4
Singles
1. # 99 Paty Aburto (TCU) def. # 53 Mari Toro (Mia) 6-3, 7-5
2. # 96 Katrin Gaber (TCU) def. # 117 Marcy Hora (Mia) 6-0, 6-0
3. # 112 Saber Pierce (TCU) def. Staci Stevens (Mia) 7-6, 8-7 (3)
4. Rosa Perez (TCU) def. Sihem Bennacer (Mia) 3-6, 6-4, 10-4
5. Ewelina Skaza (Mia) def. Leoni Weirich (TCU) 6-2, 7-5
6. Sara Robbins (Mia) def. Karla Mancinas (TCU) 6-7, 6-4, 10-5
Doubles
1. # 30 Rosa Perez/Paty Aburto (TCU) def. Igna DeVilliers/Sara Robbins (Mia) 8-1
2. # 51 Saber Pierce/Leoni Weirich (TCU) def. Staci Stevens/Marcy Hora (Mia) 9-8(6)
3. Katrin Gaber/Karla Mancinas (TCU) def. Sihem Bennacer/Mari Toro (Mia) 8-4
Other Matches
Brenna Shackelford (TCU) def. Jessica Pelto (Mia) 8-0
