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.
