The Colorado State women's tennis team travels to Greeley, Colorado on
Tuesday for its last dual match of the season against the Northern
Colorado Bears. The Rams, who are 12-8 this season, look to improve on
their 6-7 overall match record against the Bears, who are 5-10 this
year. UNC lost to its last three opponents, all of which CSU played this
season: Wyoming (0-7), UTEP (0-7), and No. 44 Denver (1-6). CSU defeated
Wyoming (4-3) and UTEP (5-2) and lost to No. 44 Denver (1-6).
Mountain West Tournament Brackets Announced
The Mountain West Conference announced the 2005 Mountain West Conference
Championship brackets Monday. Colorado State faces UNLV in the first
round on Thursday, April 28, at 10:00 a.m. PT. CSU lost to UNLV earlier
this season 6-1. Freshman Anne Andersen had the Rams' only win at the
No. 3 position defeating Sharon Marin 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8).
"We learned a lot from playing UNLV," said Coach Jon Messick. "We will
maximize our line-up against theirs, and we can do some things in
practice to be ready to beat them."
Next on the Schedule
Colorado State travels to San Diego, Calif. to compete in the Mountain
West Championships April 28-30. They play UNLV in the first round at
10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 28. The second round will be at 10:00 a.m.
on Friday, April 29 and the Rams will face either New Mexico or Wyoming,
in the championship or consolation bracket.
Ram Notes:
Sophomore Emily Kirchem leads the team in singles play with a 19-10
overall singles record. She is 2-1 at the No. 1 position and 13-4 at the
No. 2 position in dual play.
Colorado State is 0-7 against nationally-ranked opponents this dual
season with the losses to Wisconsin, Nebraska, BYU, New Mexico, UNLV,
San Diego State and Denver.
The Rams are 2-5 against conference opponents this year. They have
defeated Air Force and Wyoming.
Colorado State tennis has produced three Mountain West Conference
Players of the Week this season, more than any other year in the
program's history. Emily Kirchem has claimed the award twice while Dasha
Zhurin garnered player of the week honors once. Kirchem has won the
award three times in her career while Zhurin has won the award once.
