Falcons Drop 7-0 Decision to No. 22 TCU
    Air Force hosts nationally ranked BYU and Utah next week

    Junior Christine Abayan
    Junior Christine Abayan

    March 29, 2008

    The Air Force women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to 22nd-ranked TCU Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. The Falcons fell to 5-15 overall and 0-3 in the Mountain West Conference, while TCU improved to 12-4 overall and 2-0 in league play.

    The Horned Frogs earned the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles matches. TCU's No. 3 team of Nina Munch Soegaard and Maria Babanova was first off the court after defeating Falcon freshmen Christen Monreal and Samantha Sarkis, 8-1. Anna Sydorska and Kewa Nichols followed suit at No. 2 doubles with an 8-2 victory over seniors Lauren Wilson and Erika Shortridge. TCU also won the No. 1 match as Idunn Hertzberg and Kateriina Tuohimaa won a tough, 8-5 decision over junior Christine Abayan and sophomore Erlyn Rudico.

    In singles play, TCU won all six matches in straight sets. Sydorska downed Wilson at the No. 2 spot, 6-1, 6-0, while Nichols took care of Sarkis by the same score at No. 4. Munch-Soegaard, ranked 67th in the country, clinched the team match for TCU with a 6-0, 6-2 victory at the No. 1 position over Abayan.

    Tuohimaa defeated junior Meghan Kiser, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3, Hertzberg beat freshman Katrina Eromin, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 5 and Babanova downed Monreal, 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 6 spot.

    The Falcons continue MWC action with a pair of home matches next week. Air Force will host No. 47 BYU on Thursday, April 3 and No. 56 Utah on Friday, April 4. Both matches will begin at 10 a.m. at the Academy.

    No. 22 TCU 7, Air Force 0
    Saturday, March 28, 2008
    Fort Worth, Texas

     

     

    Singles
    1. #67 Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) def. Christine Abayan, 6-0, 6-2
    2. #72 Anna Sydorska (TCU) def. Lauren Wilson, 6-1, 6-0
    3. Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Meghan Kiser, 6-0, 6-0
    4. Kewa Nichols (TCU) def. Samantha Sarkis, 6-1, 6-0
    5. Idunn Hertzberg (TCU) def. Katrina Eromin, 6-1, 6-3
    6. Maria Babanova (TCU) def. Christen Monreal, 6-2, 6-1

    Doubles
    1. Hertzberg/Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Abayan/Rudico, 8-5
    2. Sydorska/Nichols (TCU) def. Wilson/Erika Shortridge, 8-2
    3. Munch-Soegaard/Babanova (TCU) def. Monreal/Sarkis, 8-1

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