February 7, 2007                     

Lady Tiger tennis opens season with 7-2 win over
Arkansas Tech

Getting strong performances from several different players, the Cowley College women’s tennis team opened its season with a 7-2 win over NCAA Division II Arkansas Tech Tuesday in Fayetteville, Ark.

“We were quite a bit better than Arkansas Tech, we were fortunate that a lot of people got an opportunity to play,” Cowley head coach Brad Louderback said.
The Lady Tigers, ranked fifth in the NJCAA Division I tennis poll, won all three doubles matches and four of six singles matches.

Karolina Porizkova, a freshman that joined the team after Christmas break, had a dominating performance at No. 1 singles as she beat Arkansas Tech’s Tahnee Crous 6-1, 6-1.

“Karolina played a really good match,” Louderback said.

At No. 2 singles, Cowley’s Monica Medina rallied from a 0-3 deficit in the first set to win 6-3. She then capped the match with a 6-2 win of the second set.

Sophomore Katie McKee also impressed as she beat Arkansas Tech’s Renne Malcuit 6-0 6-0 in No. 5 singles play.

“I was really happy with both Monica and Katie’s efforts,” Louderback said.
The Lady Tigers, who are now 1-0 on the season, will play fourth-ranked Tyler Junior College Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Santa Fe Racquet Club in Oklahoma City, Okla.
“Playing Tyler will show us a lot about where we stand,” Louderback said.

Results:
SINGLES
•No. 1 — Karolina Porizkova (CC) defeated Tahnee Crous (AT) 6-1, 6-1.
•No. 2 — Monica Medina (CC) defeated Puja Paul (AT) 6-3, 6-2.
•No. 3 — Karissa Lentz (AT) defeated Maricel Quintero (CC) 6-1, 6-1.
•No. 4 — Whitney Simmons (AT) defeated Ashley Arnold (CC) 6-1, 6-3.
•No. 5 — Katie McKee (CC) defeated Renne Malcuit (AT) 6-0, 6-0.
•No. 6 — Cowley won by default.

DOUBLES
•No. 1 — Kasia Siwosz/Porizkova (CC) defeated Crous/Lentz (AT) 8-2.
•No. 2 — Hanane Toumi/Juliana Franco (CC) defeated Simmons/Paul (AT) 8-1.
•No. 3 — Cowley won by default.