Nov. 8, 2008

HOUSTON - The University of Houston tennis team competed day two of the Cougar Fall Draw on Saturday at John E. Hoff Courts. The action at the event will conclude on Sunday when the tournament gets underway at 9 a.m.

In the singles Flight A Consolation bracket, sophomore Lucy Forward advanced the final match of the bracket with a straight set victory, 6-2, 6-0. In the redraw of the Flight A Consolation bracket, UH's Laura Ring was also a winner, earning a 6-1, 6-1 win after teammate Jordan McCombs was forced to withdraw from her match.

After both posted wins in the Singles Flight B bracket, Simpson and Starratt will square off in the championship match of Flight B singles bracket on Sunday at 10 a.m.

Singles Flight A Consolation
Forward (UH) def. Martinez (MSU) - 6-2, 6-0

Singles Flight A Consolation Redraw
Kacprzyk (UH) - Withdrew Ring (UH) def. Gudelj (MSU) - 6-1, 6-1

Singles Flight B
Simpson (UH) def. Dadot(SELU) - 6-3, 7-5 Starratt (UH) def. McCombs (UH) - 7-0, 7-5

Singles Flight B Consolation
Manzur (SHSU) def. Young (UH) - 0-6, 6-3 (10-8)

Doubles
Sotnikova/Taylor (SHSU) def. Simpson/Starratt (UH) - 8-4 McCombs/Forward (UH) def. Robinson/Kaluza (USM) - 9-7 Pozzan/Vujosevic (SHSU) def. Ring/Young (UH) - 8-2

Doubles Redraw
Lee/Sunstrum (Lee) def. Forward/McCombs (UH), 8-6 Ring/Young (UH) def. Huynh/Creed (Lee), 8-1