April 16, 2004

LOUISVILLE, Ky - The No. 3 seeded Houston Cougars defeated sixth-seeded Marquette, 4-0, in the quarterfinal round of the Conference USA Women's Tennis Championship on Friday at Seneca Park. The Cougars will now advance to the semifinals where they will take on No. 1 Tulane on Saturday at noon. The Golden Eagles will face No. 7 Charlotte on Saturday at 9 a.m at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

Houston clinched the doubles point when Yolandi Terblanche and Kami Miller downed Francina Bonnelly and Eva Trujillo Herrera at the No. 3 spot.

In singles, Miranda Foley swept Marquette's Veronica Garcia Briseno, 6-1, 6-1, while Diana Martin and Miller also claimed straight-set victories. Martin downed Callan Smith, 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3 and Miller defeated Dominika Dabrowski 6-3, 6-1 as well in the No. 6 spot.

Singles
1. Miranda Foley, HOU def. Veronica Garcia Briseno, MAR, 6-1, 6-1
2. Biljana Dimovska, HOU vs. Genevieve Charron, MAR, DNF (6-1, 1-6, 2-0)
3. Diana Martin, HOU def. Callan Smith, MAR, 6-3, 6-1
4. Yolandi Terblanche, HOU vs. Annabelle Espinosa, MAR, DNF (6-2, 2-1)
5. Francina Bonnelly, MAR vs. Karine Urbin, HOU, DNF (6-4, 2-1)
6. Kami Miller, HOU def. Dominika Dabrowski, MAR, 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
1. Foley/Dimovska, HOU def. Briseno/Smith, MAR, 8-1
2. Charron/Espinosa, MAR def. Martin/Urbin, HOU, 8-1
3. Terblanche/Miller, HOU def. Bonnelly/Trujillo Herrera, MAR, 8-6