Sunday, February 17, 2002

No. 24 TCU shuts out No. 26 FIU, 4-0

he No. 26-ranked FIU women's tennis team dropped to 7-3 on the year after falling, 4-0, to No. 24-ranked TCU Sunday in Lubbock, Tex. at the Texas Tech Team Tournament.

The Frogs earned the doubles point by winning all three doubles position. At the No. 1 position, TCU's Rosa Perez and Paty Aburto defeated their second top-20 ranked opponent of the weekend with a 9-8 (9) win over 18th-ranked Anneliese Rose and Cristina Campana.

Singles play was shortened to just three of the six matches as TCU picked up all three victories. Ninety-eighth ranked Aburto, playing at No. 1, defeated 94th-ranked Rose, 6-2, 6-4. At No. 2, TCU's No. 60-ranked Katrin Gaber earned a 6-1, 6-4 win against FIU's Mei Ly.

Late Saturday, the Golden Panthers defeated host Texas Tech, 4-3, as FIU won four of six singles matches to claim the victory.

FIU returns home to host Florida A&M on Friday, March 1 at the University Park tennis courts.

Final Score: #24 TCU 4, #26 Florida International 0

Singles
1. #98 Paty Aburto (TCU) def. #94 Anneliese Rose (FIU) 6-2, 6-4
2. #60 Katrin Gaber (TCU) def. Mei Ly (FIU) 6-1, 6-4
3. Saber Pierce (TCU) def. Maria Montoya (FIU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Rosa Perez (TCU) vs. Cristina Campana (FIU) 6-3, 3-4 ret.
5. Leoni Weirich (TCU) vs. Nazly Elsawaf (FIU) - unfinished
6. Karla Mancinas (TCU) vs. Dominique Rosenberg (FIU) - unfinished

Doubles
1. #46 Perez/Aburto (TCU) def. #18 Rose/Campana (FIU) 9-8 (9)
2. Weirich/Pierce (TCU) def. Rosenberg/Montoya (FIU) 8-2
3. Gaber/Mancinas (TCU) def. Agnes Buronyi/Ly (FIU) 7-1 ret.