Thursday, May 21, 2009

Graduation Day for TCU Women's Tennis

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (May 12, 2009) After missing their on-campus graduation ceremony due to NCAA Regional action in Arkansas over the weekend, Macall Harkins and Anna Sydorska received their degrees Tuesday in a commencement held at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The degrees were presented by TCU Chancellor Victor Boschini and Provost Nowell Donovan.

The duo still have some tennis left to play, as they are preparing to make their
second-straight NCAA Doubles Championship appearance together, beginning May 20 in College Station, Texas.

Harkins transferred to TCU from Illinois before the 2006-07 season. After sitting out a year due to NCAA regulations, the Palos Verdes, Calif., native has been a solid rock for the Horned Frogs in singles and doubles action. Compiling overall records of 44-24 in singles and currently at a 50-24 clip in doubles, Harkins was a 2008 All-Mountain West Conference doubles selection and two-time singles honoree. She was recently named the Southwest Region Arthur Ashe, Jr. Leadership & Sportsmanship Award, an honor going that goes to a player who has exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, extracurricular and tennis achievements.

Sydorska, a 2007 doubles All-American and three-time All-MWC singles and doubles selection, has been a standout at TCU since joining the program in 2005. The Lviv, Ukraine product is currently tied for the Horned Frogs record for most
doubles wins in a career (105) and is fifth all-time in combined career wins
(178). Named to the 2007 ITA Collegiate All-Star team, Sydorska made four
consecutive ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, two-time ITA
Southwest Regional Doubles Champion and was also selected alongside former
doubles partner Ana Cetnik to represent TCU on the MWC 10th Anniversary team.
Sydorska finished her Frog career with a 73-44 singles record, while heading
into the NCAA Doubles Championship with a doubles ledger of 105-42.

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