Second-Seeded TCU Advances to Semifinals of Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship

April 23, 2009

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -

Second-seeded TCU advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship with a 4-0 win over the No. 7 seed Colorado State Thursday morning at the Jerry Cline Tennis Center in Albuquerque, N.M. TCU improved to 14-10 on the season, while CSU finished the year with an 8-13 record.

The Horned Frogs captured the doubles point with the No. 1 team of Anna Sydorska and Macall Harkins cruising to an 8-2 victory and the No. 2 team of Katariina Tuohimaa and Kayla Duncan rallying to beat the Rams' Greer Satherlie and Kirsten Stople, 8-6.

Subbing for Nina Munch-Soegaard at the No. 1 spot, Harkins downed Laura Neal, 6-0, 6-1 to put the Horned Frogs up 2-0 early in singles play.

The rest of the matches were closer, but TCU's Gaby Mastromarino broke through for a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Stople at the No. 5 spot and Tuohimaa followed immediately after with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Tori Arneson in the No. 2 position to clinch the match for the Horned Frogs.

TCU will face the winner of the match between No. 3 San Diego State and No. 6 Utah Friday, April 24, at 10 a.m. MT.

Tennis Match Results
# 7 Colorado State vs. #2 TCU
Apr 23, 2009 at Albuquerque, N.M
(Jerry Cline Tennis Center)

#29 #2 TCU 4, # 7 Colorado State 0

Singles competition
1. #17 Macall Harkins (TCU) def. Laura Neal (CSU) 6-0, 6-1
2. #87 Tuohimma (TCU) def. Lauren Strasburger (CSU) 6-2, 6-0
3. Kayla Duncan (TCU) vs. Tori Arneson (CSU) 4-6, 5-1, unfinished
4. Idunn Hertzberg (TCU) vs. Greer Satherlie (CSU) 2-6, 2-5, unfinished
5. Gaby Mastromarino (TCU) def. Kirsten Stople (CSU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Maria Babanova (TCU) vs. Caitlin Fluegge (CSU) 7-5, 4-2, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. #24 Anna Sydorska/Macall Harkins (TCU) def. Laura Neal/Lauren Strasburger (CSU) 8-2
2. Tuohimma/Kayla Duncan (TCU) def. Tori Arneson/Caitlin Fluegge (CSU) 8-6
3. #78 Nina Munch-Soegaard/Maria Babanova (TCU) vs. Greer Satherlie/Kirsten Stople (CSU) 7-4, unfinished

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,2,5)
2009 Mountain West Conference Tournament Quarterfinals