Ladies Tennis Downs Marquette 4-3

Mean Green Matt · March 24, 2008

Kazarova Comeback Notches Tennis Win Over Marquette

Courtesy: University of North Texas

Release: 03/23/2008

DENTON, Texas (3/23/08) – Narine Kazarova took center stage and didn’t disappoint, scoring the clinching win in North Texas tennis’ 4-3 victory over Marquette on Sunday.

With the Mean Green (9-7) and Golden Eagles (7-11) knotted at 3-3, Kazarova rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Marquette’s Rachael Hush to give North Texas its first win this year after losing the doubles point.

“This was a defining moment for us at this point in the season,” said North Texas head coach Sujay Lama. “We knew Marquette would come out and play well, but Narine was able to execute on the big stage. Kudos to Narine for standing strong.”

Heading into the match with the Golden Eagles, North Texas was 0-6 when dropping the doubles point, but has now equaled its win total in each of the last two seasons combined with the Easter rally.

Madura Ranganathan, Amy Joubert and Idalina Franca made short work of their opponents in singles action to give the Mean Green a 3-1 lead, but the pressure fell on Kazarova when Shannon MacKenzie and Catalina Cruz fell.

North Texas tennis is in good hands in the upcoming seasons as well, as a Cruz (Soph.), Kazarova (Fr.) and Ranganathan are a combined 28-19 this spring.

The Mean Green returns to action on Friday versus Sun Belt foe ULM on Friday at 3 p.m. at the Waranch Tennis Complex.

I do not know how good Marquette is, but matching our win total from the last two years combined is definitely something to be happy about. Go Mean Green!

untbowler · March 24, 2008

Thanks for posting, I left the house for some relaxing driving and had not seen the result. Marquette is a decent team, so this a good win for the ladies. Lama has done well in just his second year. I think as long as he stays and RV allows the recruiting pipeline to stay open the tennis team will con't to advance. I think a 4 or 5 seed this year and possible a 4th place finish in the tournament will be awesome and with a stud recruit slated to come in next year, the team will be great.