For Immediate Release: Saturday, January 25, 2003
Contact: Dave Geringer, Sports Information Director

LADY BRONCS FALL

BEAUMONT, TX-The University of Texas-Pan American's women's tennis team dropped a pair of matches on the road Saturday.

The Lady Broncs lost at Lamar, 6-1, and fell at Houston, 7-0.

Freshman Elysia Sloan (Duncanville, TX/Duncanville HS) was the only double winner for the Lady Broncs, defeating April McClung of Lamar in singles, 6-3, 6-1, and teaming with junior Jessica Brown (Sioux City, IA/North HS) to defeat Paula Duncan and Jamie Mugg in doubles, 8-6.

"Against Lamar, we made too many unforced errors, and weren't able to finish off our points," said UTPA Assistant Coach Elizabeth Middleton. "Houston was a very good team. We have a lot we can take away from the match, knowing what we need to work on and the level that we can get to."

The Lady Broncs fell to 1-3 with the defeats. They will return to action in two weeks when they travel to Texas-El Paso and New Mexico State.

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UTPA RESULTS

SINGLES

1-Catalina Paz, LU, defeated Elisabet Mateos, 6-2, 6-2
2-Nicole Weber, LU, defeated Kathryn Waslen, 6-2, 6-4
3-Elena Korbout, LU, defeated Laura Boskovich, 6-7, 6-2, (10-6)
4-Kendall Gibbs, LU. defeated Ana Pena, 6-4, 6-2
5-Elysia Sloan, UTPA, defeated April McCullough, 6-3, 6-1
6-Michelle Wolfe, LU, defeated Jessica Brown, 6-3, 6-3
7-Crystal Perez, LU, defeated Alana Breen, 6-4, 6-0

DOUBLES

1-Paz and Gibbs, LU defeated Mateos and Pena, 8-4
2-Webber and Kobout, LU, defeated Waslen and Boskovich, 8-0
3-Sloan and Brown, UTPA, defeated Paula Duncan and Jamie Mugg, 8-6

SINGLES

1-Miranda Foley, Houston, defeated Elisabet Mateos, 6-1, 6-3
2-Analia Longoni, Houston, defeated Kathryn Waslen, 6-0, 6-0
3-Yolondi Torblanche, Houston, defeated Laura Boskovich, 6-0, 6-0
4-Karine Urbin, Houston, defeated Ana Pena, 6-1, 6-1
5-Sandy Blajer, Houston, defeated Elysia Sloan, 6-2, 6-0
6-Cristina Rueda-Flores, Houston, defeated Jessica Brown, 6-1, 6-1

DOUBLES

1-Foley and Torblanche, Houston, defeated Mateos and Pena, 8-0
2-Urbin and Sarah Flood, Houston, defeated Waslen and Boskovich, 8-1
3-Longoni and Rueda-Flores, Houston, defeated Sloan and Brown, 8-0