April 2, 2005

FORT WORTH, Texas - In its first Conference USA match of the season, the University of Houston tennis team fell 5-2 to No. 25 TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday afternoon.

The Cougars (12-7, 0-1) picked up two points in the singles pairings where junior Kami Miller downed the Frogs' (15-2, 1-0) Gloriann Lopec in a 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 battle at the No. 5 spot, while freshman Tiffany McLoughlin won a 6-2, 6-1 match over Lindsay McBride at the No. 6 position.

Houston nearly picked up a third point at the No. 3 spot where junior Yolandi Terblanche puched Ana Cetnik to a three-set match, but fell in the end 6-4, 5-7, 10-3.

The Cougars next travel to Oklahoma to face Tulsa next Saturday, April 9, at noon.

TCU 5
Houston 2

Singles
No. 1 #25 Story Tweedie-Yates (TCU) def. Biljana Dimovska (UH) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 Kewa Nichols (TCU) def. Brianna Bateup (UH) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Ana Cetnik (TCU) def. Yolandi Terblanche (UH) 6-4, 5-7, 10-3
No. 4 Andrea Morgado (TCU) def. Diana Martin (UH) 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 Kami Miller (UH) def. Gloriann Lopez (TCU) 3-6, 6-1, 10-8
No. 6 Tiffany McLaughlin (UH) def. Lindsay McBride (TCU) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 #35 Cetnik/Tweedie-Yates (TCU) def. Terblanche/Dimovska (UH) 8-1
No. 2 Lopez/Nichols (TCU) def. Reimer/Marin (UH) 8-4
No. 3 Brown/Mancinas (TCU) def. Miller/Bateup (UH) 8-5