April 24, 2007

Lady Tigers capture Region VI title

Winning all nine flights of the Region VI Tennis Tournament played Friday and Saturday at Wichita’s Riverside Tennis Center, the Cowley College women’s tennis team gave a dominating performance in capturing the Region VI title.

"We dominated that regional tournament," Cowley College head coach Brad Louderback said. "Our women were much better than the rest of the teams."

Cowley garnered all 18 points possible in the tournament and had two singles players (Hanane Toumi and Karolina Poriskova) and its doubles team of Toumi (pictured) and Juliana Franco not lose a point in winning the regional championships at their respective flights.

Cowley’s three doubles teams were extremely impressive as they won 60 of its 65 games played at the tournament.

"The goal is always to win a flight," Louderback said. "When everyone does that, it makes you so proud as a coach."

Seward County finished second at the regional tournament (6 ½ points), while Johnson County finished third with five points. Hutchinson (1 ½ points) rounded out the teams competing at the tournament.

Results:
SINGLES
•No. 1 — Kasia Siwosz (CC) bye; Siwosz (CC) defeated Morgan (Hutch.) 6-0, 6-1; Siwosz (CC) defeated A. Abdullah (Seward) 6-3, 6-0.
•No. 2 — Hanane Toumi (CC) defeated Kenyon (Hutch) 6-0, 6-0; Toumi (CC) defeated Y. Abdullah (Seward) 6-0, 6-0.
•No. 3 — Karolina Porizkova (CC) defeated Seiser (Hutch) 6-1, 6-1; Porizkova (CC) defeated Cellitti (Johnson) 6-0, 6-0.
•No. 4 — Juliana Franco (CC) defeated Kirkpatrick (Hutch) 6-0, 6-0; Franco (CC) defeated Herrera (Seward) 6-0, 6-1.
•No. 5 — Monica Medina (CC) defeated Armstrong (Hutch) 6-0, 6-0; Medina (CC) defeated Dejahovic (Seward), 6-1, 6-4.
•No. 6 — Katie McKee (CC) defeated Schnase (Johnson) 6-2, 6-1.

DOUBLES
•No. 1 — Siwosz/Porizkova (CC) defeated Hutchinson 6-0, 6-1; Siwosz/Porizkova (CC) defeated Seward 6-2, 6-0.
•No. 2 — Toumi/Franco (CC) defeated Hutchinson 6-1, 6-0; Toumi/Franco (CC) defeated Seward 6-0, 6-0.
•No. 3 — McKee/Medina (CC) defeated Johnson 6-0, 6-1.
Team standings:
(1) Cowley, 18; (2) Seward, 6 ½; (3) Johnson County, 5; (4) Hutchinson, 1 ½.