Air Force Academy

"This is a strong tournament with lots of opportunities to play a lot of matches," said Falcons' head coach Kim Gidley. "From last week to this week, I saw a lot of improvement in our singles. If you make a big improvement like that, with only a few days in between tournaments - you know it's all mental. That's what we need to work on now, is being smarter players and mentally tougher."

"If I look at where we were last year in this tournament and where we finished this weekend - it is a big jump," said Gidley. "Last year we did not win a set with our no. one and two singles players. This year our top two players won six matches combined. C2C Brooke Parsons won the consolation - defeating Washington State and Wyoming's no. one players in straight sets, while C1C Kristel Chuntraruk defeated Colorado State's no. one player in straight sets. Last year, we only won a few matches in all the draws. This year we saw C4C Laura Nigro make it to the semis of the flight two draw, and C3C Heather Shelby make it to the semis of the flight three draw for the second week in a row. C2C Ashley Gee also had a good showing, defeating Colorado State's no. three player in straight sets - and then lost a close match to BYU's no. three player," said Gidley.

"The doubles was a little more disappointing," added Gidley. "Last week I felt we executed and competed well in the doubles. This week, we did not do a lot of anything. That is definitely an area we will continue to work on."

The next outing for the Lady Falcons will be in New York - October 20-22 to compete against ARMY. Go AIR FORCE...Beat ARMY!

The tournament results are as follows:

Flight One Single

1st round
Erica Perkins (WSU) defeated Kristel Chuntrruk 6-0, 6-4
Brooke Parsons (AF) defeated Ana Moora (WSU) 6-4, 7-6

1st Round Consolation
Kristel Chuntraruk defeated Richelle Ferguson (WS) 6-2, 6-0

Quarter Finals
Renata Stoop (BSU) defeated Brooke Parsons (AF) 6-2, 7-6

Quarter Finals Consolation
Kristel Chuntraruk (AF) defeated Amanda Bartz (CSU) 6-2, 6-2
Brooke Parsons (AF) defeated Jenny Bowman (WY) 6-1, 6-3

Semi Finals Consolation
Brooke Parsons (AF) defeated Kristel Chuntraruk (AF) 7-5, 6-3

Finals Consolation
Brooke Parsons (AF) defeated Sanja Hansson (CSU) 6-1, 6-1

Flight Two Singles

1st Round
Laura Nigro (AF) defeated Jocee Mason (USU) 6-2, 6-3
Ashley Gee (AF) defeated Catherine Sullivan (CSU) 7-6, 6-4

Quarters
Laura Nigro (AF) defeated Stacy McKenna (WSU) 6-3, 7-5
Lu Oswald (BYU) defeated Ashley Gee (AF) 7-5, 6-2

Semi Finals
Dominique Reynolds (BYU) defeated Laura Nigro (AF) 6-1, 6-0

Quarter Finals Consolation Dana Delancey (WS) defeated Ashley Gee (AF) 6-1, 6-1

3rd/4th Lu Oswald (BYU) defeated Laura Nigro (AF) 6-3, 7-5

Flight Three Singles

1st Round
Kelli O'Bryant (AF) defeated Bobbe Vasas (CSU) 3-6, 6-4, 4-2
Heather Shelby (AF) defeated Karolina Gimberg (BSU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Quarters Lindsay Ferrell (BYU) defeated Kelli O'Bryant (AF) 6-2, 6-2
Heather Shelby (AF) defeated Stacy Kneese (WY) 7-6, 5-7, 6-2

Semi Finals
Anna Dybicz (WSU) defeated Heather Shelby (AF) 6-0, 6-1

Quarter Finals Consolation
Claudia Oropeza (WS) defeated Kelli O'Bryant(AF) 6-2, 6-4

3rd/4th
Sofi Espinosa (WY) defeated Heather Shelby (AF) 6-3, 6-3

Flight Four Singles

1st Round
Jennifer Hancock (WY) defeated Jennifer Nigro (AF) 7-5,6-1

Quarters
Laurie Cheung (BSU) defeated Gina Black (AF) 6-0, 6-2

Consolation
Lindsy Porter (BYU) defeated Jennifer Nigro (AF) 6-2, 6-4

Quarter Finals Consolation
Gina Black (AF) defeated Lindsy Porter (BYU) 7-5, 6-1

Semi Finals Consolation
Briana Beauchenel (WS) defeated Gina Black 6-3, 6-3

Consolation (14-16)
Jennifer Nigro (AF) defeated Jackie Ellis (Utah State) 7-5, 6-0

Flight One Doubles

Round 16
Parsons/Shelby (AF) defeated Gimberg/Gimberg (BSU) 8-5
Reynolds/Porter (BYU) defeated Black/Chuntraruk (AF) 9-8

Quarters
Richardson/Ferney (BYU) defeated Parsons/Shelby (AF) 8-0

Consolation Round 16
Delancey/Reynosa (WS) defeated Black/Chuntraruk (AF) 8-6

Flight Two Doubles:

Round 16
Ferrell/Oswald (BYU) defeated O'Bryant/ Nigro (AF) 8-3

Quarters
Vasos/Tindall (CSU) defeated Nigro/Gee (AF) 9-7

Consolation Round 16
Attard/Hayward (BSU) defeated O'Bryant/Nigro (AF) 8-4