Falcons Fall to Colorado State, 6-1, in Regular Season Finale
    Air Force wins at No. 5 singles and No. 3 doubles

    Sophomore Katrina Eromin
    Sophomore Katrina Eromin

    April 18, 2009

    The Air Force women's tennis team wrapped up its 2009 regular season Saturday evening with a 6-1 loss to Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo. With the defeat, the Falcons finished the season with a 10-16 overall record and an 0-8 mark in the Mountain West Conference. Air Force will be the No. 9 seed at the MWC Championships next week in Albuquerque, N.M., and will play the loser of Sunday's Colorado State-Wyoming match in the first round on Wednesday, April 22.

    In doubles, the Rams won two out of the three positions, and entered singles play with a 1-0 advantage. At No. 1, Lauren Strasburger and Laura Neal earned a victory against senior Christine Abayan and junior Erlyn Rudico, 8-4. Tori Arneson and Caitlin Fluegge, playing at No. 2, defeated sophomores Katrina Eromin and Sarah Cassman, 8-3. At No. 3, sophomore Christen Monreal and freshman Allie Chermel posted an 8-6 victory over Greer Satherlie and Kirsten Stople.

    In singles, Strasburger earned a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Abayan at the No. 2 spot, followed by Satherlie beating Cassman, 7-6 (3), 6-0 at No. 4. At No. 1, Neal defeated Monreal, 6-2, 6-2, to clinch the team match. Eromin captured Air Force's lone singles win of the evening, rallying from a 5-2 deficit in the first set to win 11 straight games to beat Stople, 7-5, 6-0.

    Colorado State 6, Air Force 1
    April 18, 2009 @ Fort Collins, Colo.

    Singles
    1. Laura Neal (CSU) def. Christen Monreal, 6-2, 6-2
    2. Lauren Strasburger (CSU) def. Christine Abayan, 6-2, 6-3
    3. Tori Arneson (CSU) def. Allie Chermel, 6-2, 6-1
    4. Greer Satherlie (CSU) def. Sarah Cassman, 7-6(3), 6-0
    5. Katrina Eromin (AF) def. Kirsten Stople, 7-5, 6-0
    6. Caitlin Fluegge (CSU) def. Shannon Young, 2-6, 6-3, (11-9)
    Order of Finish: 2, 4, 1, 3, 5, 6

     

     

    Doubles
    1. Neal / Strasburger (CSU) def. Abayan / Erlyn Rudico, 8-4
    2. Arneson / Fluegge (CSU) def. Eromin / Sarah Cassman, 8-3
    3. Chermel / Monreal (AF) def. Satherlie / Stople, 8-6
    Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
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