Tennis Team wins again

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http://www.utepathletics.com/news/archive/022704wt.htm

From the UTEP website, go figure our Department never updates the lower sports. Good job the ladies on what is a very young team.

Miners Fall To 5-3 With Loss To North Texas

EL PASO, Texas --The North Texas women's tennis team edged UTEP, 4-3 on Friday at the El Paso Tennis Club. The Mean Green won the doubles point and three singles matches to garner the win over the Miners.

North Texas swept the Miners to take the early lead, 1-0 when the tandem of Martina Rezar and Katherine Palider fell to Krystal Lee and Katherine Harris at the No. 1 spot, 8-2. Gilat Barzilai and Adriana Boykova lost 8-3 at No. 2 and Danielle King and Tea Spirta stumbled at No. 3, 8-3.

The Miners fought back in singles action when Boykova defeated El Paso's own Megan Schmulbach, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 4. Palider also garnered a win at No. 4, giving the Miners the lead, 2-1.

The Mean Green would hang on to tie the match when North Texas' Ashley Sammis topped Barzilai at No. 3, 6-3, 6-3. The match came down to the No. 6 spot when King volleyed out-of-bounds to fall to Ingrid Stockinger, 6-4, 6-4.

The Miners are back in action tomorrow to take on Colorado State at the El Paso Tennis Club.

North Texas 4, UTEP 3

Doubles

Lee/Harris (NTX) def. Palider/Rezar, 8-2

Sammis/Royer (NTX) def. Barzilai/Boykova, 8-3

Schmulbach/Lee (NTX) def. King/Spirta, 8-3

Singles

Krystal Lee (NTX) def. Martina Rezar, 6-3, 7-5

Téa Spirta def. Kelly Royer (NTX), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

Ashley Sammis (NTX) def. Gilat Barzilai, 6-3, 6-3

Adriana Boykova def. Megan Schmulbach (NTX), 6-1, 6-3

Katherine Palider def. Katherine Harris (NTX), 6-2, 6-2

Ingrid Stockinger (NTX) def. Danielle King, 6-4, 6-4