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Cougar Netters Close Regular Season With 4-3 Win Over Rice

Houston improves to 11-8; freshman Foley earns C-USA POTW honors


 

  
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April 9, 2003

HOUSTON - The University of Houston women's tennis team closed out its regular season Wednesday with a 4-3 victory over cross-town rival Rice at the John E. Hoff Varsity Courts. With the win the Cougars improved their overall record to 11-8.

Houston's No. 1 and 2 doubles tandems were victorious to give the Cougars the 1-0 advantage. Senior Analia Longoni made her final home appearance and picked up a singles win at the No. 2 spot to lead the Cougars. Freshmen Yolandi Terblanche and Sandra Blajer won at the No. 3 and No. 6 spots, respectively, to give Houston the win.

Freshman Miranda Foley, who lost a hard fought match to Rice's Blair Disesa 7-5, 7-6 at the No. 1 singles spot, was named the C-USA Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the period ending April 8. The freshman went 2-0 last week at No. 1 singles to improve to 16-11 on the season and helped Houston to wins over Sam Houston State and then-No. 74 Texas Tech.

She opened the week with a 6-2, 6-1 win over SHSU's Tara Shelander and then concluded the week with a 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 victory over the Red Raiders' Irina Tereschenko, who was ranked 109th nationally. She also teamed with Terblanche to post an 8-4 win over the SHSU tandem of Shelander and Mounia Hassib. This is the second time Foley has been honored with the weekly award (Jan. 18).

Houston 4, Rice 3

Singles
1. Blair Disesa (Rice) def. Miranda Foley (UH), 7-5, 7-6
2. Analia Longoni (UH) def. Jeri Gonzalez (Rice), 7-6, 6-1
3. Karen Chao (Rice) def. Karine Urbin (UH), 6-1, 6-2
4. Yolandi Terblanche (UH) def. Yasmin Fisher (Rice), 6-1, 6-3
5. Anni Goodrich (Rice) def. Kami Miller (UH), 7-6, 6-3
6. Sandra Blajer (UH) def. Erica Villalobos (Rice), 6-4, 6-4

 

 

Doubles
1. Foley/Terblanche (UH) def. Archer/Disesa (Rice), 8-1
2. Longoni/ Miller (UH) def. Fisher/Gonzales (Rice), 8-5
3. Chao/Villalobos (Rice) def. Urbin/Flood (UH), 8-2

The Cougars will leave Thursday for New Orleans where they will compete in the 2003 C-USA Women's Tennis Championship hosted by Tulane.

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