March 6, 2007                     

Lady Tiger tennis improves to 4-0

Pictured is freshman Monica Medina, who picked up wins at No. 1 singles and No. 3 doubles.

Taking advantage of some gorgeous weather, the No. 5-ranked Cowley College women’s tennis team defeated Southwestern College 9-0 Monday afternoon at the J.C. Louderback Tennis Center.

The Lady Tigers dropped just one set in improving to 4-0 on the season.

“Southwestern has some good players, we were just too strong for them,” Cowley head coach Brad Louderback said.

Cowley’s top four singles players combined to lose just four games in eight sets. At No. 5 singles, freshman Maricel Quintero rallied from a loss of the second set in her match against Southwestern’s Kourtney McLeland, to win the third set 11-9 in a super tiebreak.

Ashley Arnold picked up a 7-6, 6-2 win over Southwestern’s Lindsay Morgan at No. 6 singles and Cowley won all three doubles matches by a combined score of 24-6.

The Lady Tigers will be back in action Saturday when they play a pair of matches in Springfield, Mo. Cowley will play Northwest Missouri State University at 1 p.m., and then face Drury College at 4 p.m. Drury is perennially one of the top tennis programs in NCAA Division II, while former Lady Tiger Gina Pendrak plays for Northwest Missouri State.

“I think the matches will be a good test for us,” Louderback said. “The girls are working hard and getting better.”

Results:
DOUBLES
•No. 1 — Hanane Toumi/Juliana Franco (CC) defeated Leah Rankin/Lauren Pettey (SC) 8-0.
•No. 2 — Ali Ardery/Katie McKee (CC) defeated Kelsey Reynolds/Molly Kearns (SC) 8-3.
•No. 3 — Maricel Quintero/Monica Medina (CC) defeated Kourtney McLeland/Lindsay Morgan (SC) 8-3.

SINGLES
•No. 1 — Toumi (CC) defeated Rankin (SC) 6-1, 6-1.
•No. 2 — Karolina Porizkova (CC) defeated Pettey (SC) 6-0, 6-0.
•No. 3 — McKee (CC) defeated Reynolds (SC) 6-0, 6-1.
•No. 4 — Medina (CC) defeated Kearns (SC) 6-1, 6-0.
•No. 5 — Quintero (CC) defeated McLeland (SC) 6-2, 3-6, 11-9.
•No. 6 — Ashley Arnold (CC) defeated Morgan (SC) 7-6, 6-2.