March 26, 2008
Total domination is what The University of Texas-Pan American women's tennis team did against McNeese State, as the Lady Broncs collected their fifth straight win and improved to 14-6 overall.
"I am proud of the women's result today," said head men`s and women`s tennis coach Rob Hubbard. "To beat a team of McNeese's caliber 7-0 means that virtually everyone played well. Hopefully, we can continue this streak against nationally-ranked Lamar tomorrow."
With the win, the Lady Broncs maintained their undefeated record at home and will look to improve to 7-0 tomorrow when they welcome top-ranked Southland Conference foe-Lamar University.
The Lady Broncs started off the match with doubles' action, as they recorded wins in two of the three matches.
Giana Oliveira and Julia Cirne-Lima dropped a 8-2 decision to Vicky Martinez and Meri Gol in the top flight while tandem Silke Buksik and Megan Bedeau collected their 15th win when they handed Petra Gudel and R. Frausto a 8-4 setback in the second flight.
"Giana played exceptionally intelligent in singles today, to come from behind each set against McNeese's # 1 player. "Julia, Megan and Luisa also continue to play extremely solid matches," added Hubbard.
Capturing the third flight and the doubles point was duo Stephanie Willerding and Luisa Cantu with a dominating 8-1 victory against Natascha Jongeneel and Inga EfimenKo.
After collecting the doubles' point, the Lady Broncs headed into singles' action fired up, recording wins in all six matches.
Leading things off in the number-one spot was Oliveira who collected a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Gol while Cirne-Lima handed Jongeneel a 6-3, 6-2 setback in the number-two spot.
Bedeau collected a hard-fought 6-0, 7-6 (3) victory against Martinez in the number-three spot in the lineup while Willerding captured her match by scores of 6-2, 6-4 in the number-four position.
The victories keep on coming for Buksik, as she recorded her ninth straight victory and has now posted 18 wins in singles action and 15 in doubles' play. Buksik won her match by scores of 4-6, 6-3, and 10-5 against Gudeli in the number-five spot of the rotation.
"Silke continues to grind out another win and Stephanie has really stepped up her game these past few matches," concluded Hubbard.
Finishing off the day with a victory was Cantu who recorded a 6-3, 6-3 win over EfimenKo in the sixth spot.
The Lady Broncs will look to defend their home court when they host top-ranked Lamar University tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
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