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Immediate Release: April 18, 2002 LADY
BRONCS DROP FINALE TO TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI
EDINBURG, TX –The University of Texas-Pan American women’s tennis team dropped their final match of 2001-2002 season, losing to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 5-2, at Cox Tennis Stadium Thursday. The Lady Broncs won one of three doubles matches, giving the Isladers the doubles point, then fell in four of the six singles matches. . Two UTPA players won twice. Junior Elisabet Mateos (Barcelona, Spain/Arnau Cadell HS/Laredo CC) defeated Felice Sanchez at number one singles, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Freshman Ana Pena (McAllen, TX/Nikki Rowe HS) defeated Kelli Kukk, 6-1, 7-5, at number four singles. Mateos and Pena combined to defeat Sanchez and Jessica Martinez, 8-2, at number one doubles. “We played hard,” said UTPA Head Coach Todd Chapman. “We gave a good effort. Elisabet and Ana played great in both singles and doubles. I’m proud of the way we played this year. Our girls stayed positive, continued to work, and gave a good effort, and I think we improved throughout the year. I’m looking forward to building on that for next year.” With the loss, the Lady Broncs finished the season with a 6-15. The Islanders also played their final match of the year and finished 6-9. TEXAS
A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 5, TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN 2 DOUBLES 1-Elisabet Mateos and Ana Pena, UTPA, defeated Felice Sanchez and Jessica Martinez, 8-2 2-Katie Horne and Kelli Kukk, TAMU-CC, defeated Kathryn Waslen and Eve Nickelson, 8-0 3-Ellian Rohrbacher and Cassiana Costa, TAMU-CC, defeated Jessica Brown and Alana Breen, 8-4 SINGLES 1-Mateos, UTPA, defeated Sanchez, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 2-Horne, TAMU-CC, defeated Waslen, 6-2, 6-0 3-Martinez, TAMU-CC, defeated Nickelson, 6-4, 7-5 4-Pena, UTPA, defeated Kukk, 6-1, 7-5 5-Rohrbacher, TAMU-CC, defeated Brown, 6-3, 6-0 6-Costa, TAMU-CC, defeated Breen, 7-6, 7-5
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