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Cowgirls Close Out Conference Season PDF Print E-mail
Written by Wyoming Athletics   
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 08:44

The Cowgirl Tennis team (13-8 overall, 3-5 in MWC) closed out their Mountain West Conference season with a 6-1 victory over the Air Force Academy Falcons (16-10 overall, 2-6 in MWC) on Sunday in Laramie.

        In doubles action, Wyoming swept all three matches to take the first point of the day. Kim van Ginkel and Simona Synkova earned an 8-3 victory over Tahlia Smoke and Melissa Cecil. Rebecca Berger and Alexandra Kovacs defeated Christen Monreal and Anastasia Hueffner, 8-2. The Cowgirls wrapped up the point with Carly Van Hollen and Veronica Popovici claiming an 8-3 win over Hannah Dake and Sarah Cassman.

        The Cowgirls used that momentum to win five of six matches in singles play. Veronica Popovici defeated Christen Monreal, 6-1, 6-3, while Alexandra Kovacs won in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6, over Tahlia Smoke. At the number three spot Kim van Ginkel won her match over Sarah Cassman, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Wyoming closed things out with Simona Synkova defeating  Hannah Dake, 6-1, 6-2, and Rebecca Berger against Megumi Voight, 6-0, 6-0. Berger is now the school’s all-time leader in wins with 68.

                               

 

Wyoming 6, Air Force 1

 

Doubles:

1. van Ginkel-Synkova (WY) def. Smoke-Cecil (AFA) 8-3

2. Berger-Kovacs (WY) def. Monreal-Hueffnerr (AFA) 8-2

3. Van Hollen-Popovici (WY) def. Drake-Cassman (AFA) 8-3

 

Singles

1. Veronica Popovici (WY) def. Christen Monreal (AFA) 6-1, 6-3

2. Alexandra Kovacs (WY) def. Tahlia Smoke (AFA) 6-3, 7-6

3. Kim van Ginkel (WY) def. Sarah Cassman (AFA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

4. Simona Synkova (WY) def. Hannah Dake (AFA) 6-1, 6-2

5. Anastasia Hueffner (AFA) def. Carly Van Hollen (WY) 1-6, 6-2, 10-4

6. Rebecca  Berger (WY) def. Megumi Voight (AFA) 6-0, 6-0
 
Tennis enters MWC play on 5-match win streak PDF Print E-mail
Written by Zach Greubel   
Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:02

The No. 68 Cowgirl tennis team finished their non-conference season with their fifth win in a row Sunday, shutting out visiting Weber State, 7-0.

Wyoming (10-3 overall) was dominant across the board. Doubles wins included Simona Synkova-Kim van Ginkel over Naseem Eslami-Brittiny Moore, 8-1; Rebecca Berger-Alexandra Kovacs over Annika Karlsen-Michelle Warwick, 8-2; and Veronica Popovici-Carly Van Hollen over Nittaya Phonharath-Kristi Russell, 8-0.
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Tennis goes 1-1 over weekend PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Hesse   
Tuesday, 01 March 2011 22:34

Cowgirl tennis split duals this weekend falling Saturday to No. 56 Wichita State but rallying Sunday to take four of six singles matches to beat UT Arlington. 

The Cowgirls fell 4-2 to the No. 56 Wichita State Shockers. Simona Synkova and Kim van Ginkel won their doubles match against Veronika Blaskova and Montse Blasco-Fernandez. The only other wins on the day came from the doubles team of Carly Van Hollen and Veronica Popovici, and a singles victory from Popovici who defeated Raphaela Zotter in straight sets. 

Against UT Arlington, the Cowgirls rebounded by winning two of three doubles matches and taking four victories in singles competition to take the dual against the Mavericks, 5-2. Synkova and van Ginkel won again as did Van Hollen and Popovici. 

Sophomore Alexandra Kovacs won in straight sets over Daiana Negreanu. Popovici and van Ginkel also won in straight sets while Sasa Nemcova defeated Katarina Micochova in three sets (4-6, 6-0, 10-6). 

“We’re much, much, much tougher than we used to be as a team,” assistant coach Dean Clower said. “At one point we would have four or five girls playing well but now all seven girls are playing well and playing tough.”

The Cowgirls are four matches away from entering their conference schedule, which begins March 31 against San Diego State. Since their winter schedule began, the Cowgirls are 6-3 in their non-conference run. 

Clower said that the team is trying to improve each week leading up to conference and is trying to position themselves to compete in the Mountain West. 

“We want to build our confidence so that we enter the conference scheduling knowing that there’s not a team we can’t beat,” said Clower. 

Wyoming is third in the conference behind Air Force and UNLV with no teams having started their conference schedule. 

The Cowgirls will be home this weekend as they take on Eastern Washington University for their first home match of the season. The Cowgirls will take on the Eagles at 10 a.m. Saturday.     

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