Feb. 10, 2007
Box Score
The University of Texas - Pan American women's tennis team took five of the six singles' matches to three sets in a 4-3 setback to Texas State University on Saturday (Feb. 9) at the Texas State Tennis Complex in San Marcos, TX.
"The loss to Texas State was a heartbreaker," said head women's tennis coach Rob Hubbard. "We didn't play our doubles' point well and that combined with five of the six singles' matches going to three sets. We let an excellent opportunity for a victory slip througho our hands."
UTPA drops to 2-6 on the season while the Bobcats improved to 1-1 with the victory.
The Lady Broncs opened the day of events dropping two of three doubles' matches against the Bobcats to give TSU the point.
The tandem of Megan Bedeau (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada/Northview Heights S.S.) and Silke Buksik (Waiblingen, Germany/Salier-Gymnasium Waiblingen) was the only pairing that earned a victory over TSU when they defeated Ashley Ellis and Mackenzie Farmer (8-6).
Newcomers Giana Oliveira (Santa Anna, Brazil/Eckerd College) and Julia Cirne-Lima (Porto Alegre, Brazil/Eckerd College) fell to Lainy Chafitz and Andrea Giraldo (8-4) while the UTPA duo of Stephanie Willerding (Toronto, Ontario, Canada/ Northview Heights S.S.) and Nicole Garcia (Cibolo, TX/Lee College) shared the same fate at the hands of Sumarie Muller and Ali Gulida of Texas State (8-5).
In singles' action, Cirne-Lima earned a victory in the number two spot against the Bobcat's Andrea Giraldo (5-7, 6-2, 6-0) while Bedeau was also triumphant over Muller (4-6, 6-2, 6-4).
Veteran Lady Bronc netter Buksik took her match to three sets as she was victorious against Ali Gulida (6-1, 0-6, 6-3).
In the number one spot, Oliveira dropped her match against Ellis (6-1, 6-1) while UTPA's Willerding fought to the end before suffering a setback in her match against Lainy Chafitz (6-3, 2-6, 6-2).
In other singles' play, Garcia took Farmer to three sets before being narrowly defeated (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) in Saturday's events.
The Lady Broncs take the court again on Saturday (Feb. 10) when they head to San Antonio, TX, to take on the University of Texas - San Antonio.
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