SDSU Women's Tennis Advances To MWC Semifinals

No. 2 seeded Aztecs down No. 7 Air Force.

Aztec women's tennis will face Colorado State in the MWC semifinals Friday at 2 p.m.
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April 26, 2001

FT. COLLINS, Colo. - The 46th-ranked and second-seeded San Diego State women's tennis team posted its ninth-consecutive win Thursday defeating No. 7 Air Force, 4-0, in the opening round of play in the 2001 Mountain West Conference championship. The tournament is being held on the Colorado State campus at the CSU Tennis Complex.

The Aztecs (16-7) took the doubles point with the pairs of Silvia Tornier and Lindsey Hedberg, and Katey Becker and Katja Karrento winning at No. 1 and 3, respectively.

Hedberg also posted a, 6-1, 6-1, win at No. 1 singles giving SDSU an early, 2-0, advantage. Karrento went on to win at the No. 4 singles spot, 6-1, 6-0, and a, 6-2, 6-0, victory by freshman Erin Polowski at No. 6 gave the Aztecs a four point advantage and the match.

SDSU will face No. 6 Colorado State, who upset No. 3 UNLV, 4-2, in today's opening round, at 2 p.m. Friday.

RESULTS

(2) SDSU - 4 (16-7)
(7) Air Force - 0 (12-15)

SINGLES
1. Lindsey Hedberg (SDSU) def. Brooke Parsons (AFA) 6-1, 6-1
2. Silvia Tornier (SDSU) def. Kristel Chuntraruk (AFA) 6-1, 4-3, Ret.
3. Whitney Wells (SDSU) def. Jennifer Nigro (AFA) 6-6, Ret.
4. Katja Karrento (SDSU) def. Heather Shelby (AFA) 6-1, 6-0
5. Katey Becker (SDSU) def. Gina Black (AFA) 6-2, 4-3, Ret.
6. Erin Polowksi (SDSU) def. Kelli O'Bryant (AFA) 6-2, 6-0

DOUBLES (SDSU won the doubles point.)
1. Tornier/Hedberg (SDSU) def. Chuntraruk/Black (AFA) 8-2
2. Wells/Julie Chidley (SDSU) def. Parsons/Nigro (AFA) DNF
3. Becker/Karrento (SDSU) def. Shelby/O'Bryant (AFA) 8-2