FRESHMEN LEAD TCU PAST WYOMING

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (April 24, 2008)Top-seeded TCU blanked Wyoming by a score of 4-0 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Women’s Tennis
Championships at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The Horned Frogs notched their 12th consecutive victory to improve to 19-4 overall this season.

“Wyoming came out and fought hard today,” said TCU head coach Jefferson Hammond.
“We were tested at a number of spots. Our freshmen came through at all three singles positions today and it was great to see them step up. Each match is its own battle and we have another battle tomorrow.”

The TCU duo of Nina Munch-Soegaard and Maria Babanova led off doubles play with an 8-3 victory over Michelle Brown and Carly Van Hollen at the No. 2 position, while Kewa Nichols and Idunn Hertzberg teamed up to defeat Brittany DeFelice and Jamie Nelson at the No. 3 slot by a score of 8-1 to clinch the doubles point.

Senior Andrea Morgado saw her first action of the season, teaming with Anna Sydorska at the top spot. The duo was up 6-3 in the match before the point was clinched.

TCU’s three freshmen all posted straight-sets victories to seal the match against the Cowgirls.

Katariina Tuohimaa began the scoring with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Van Hollen at the No. 3 position. Tuohimaa posted her team-leading 19th singles victory this spring with the win.

Babanova, a freshman from Moscow, Russia, followed with a 6-2, 6-4 defeat of DeFelice at the No. 6 slot to put TCU up 3-0 in the match. Babanova improved to a perfect 6-0 this season in limited play.

Fellow newcomer Hertzberg would clinch the match for the Frogs with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Michelle Brown at the No. 5 position to improve to 16-5 this season.

The Frogs will meet the winner of Thursday’s match between No. 4 Utah and No. 5 BYU in the semifinals on Friday at 2 p.m. CDT.

No. 1 TCU (19-4) def. No. 8 Wyoming (11-13), 4-0

SINGLES
1. No. 61 Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) vs. Corina Lazar (WYO) 7-5, 3-5, unf.
2. Rebecca Berger (WYO) vs. No. 106 Anna Sydorska (TCU) 6-4, 4-1, unf.
3. Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Carly Van Hollen (WYO) 6-0, 6-2
4. Sarah Summerfield (WYO) vs. Kewa Nichols (TCU) 7-6(4), 0-3, unf.
5. Idunn Hertzberg (TCU) def. Michelle Brown (WYO) 6-3, 6-3
6. Maria Babanova (TCU) def. Brittany DeFelice (WYO) 6-2, 6-4

Order of Finish: 3, 6, 5*

DOUBLES
1. Morgado/Sydorska (TCU) vs. Berger/Lazar (WYO) 6-3, unf.
2. Munch-Soegaard/Babanova (TCU) def. Brown/Van Hollen (WYO) 8-3
3. Nichols/Hertzberg (TCU) def. DeFelice/Nelson (WYO) 8-1

Order of Finish: 2, 3*

*Clinching point