Troy University Athletics
Troy Falls to Host North Texas
4/19/2009 12:30:00 AM | Tennis
DENTON, Texas ? The Troy University women's team saw their season come to an end in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tennis Championships on Saturday. The Trojans fell to host North Texas by a score of 4-2 at the Waranch Tennis Complex.
The Mean Green took the doubles point by winning at numbers one and three. First, at number one, Troy's Rawia Elsisi and Leonie Guijt fell to Madura Ranganathan and Amy Joubert, 8-3.
North Texas clinched the point when Irina Paraschiv and Paula Dinuta defeated Troy's Annabelle Bares and Gabriella Veiga, 8-6.
The Trojans were able to tie the match at 1-1 when Bares won the final match of her career. She defeated North Texas' Catalina Cruz at number three in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1. However, the Mean Green retook the lead when Ranganathan defeated the Trojans Mirte De Bakker at number two, 6-0, 6-4.
The Trojans once again tied the score when Guijt defeated the Mean Green's Dinuta at number four in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3.
With the match tied up 2-2, North Texas was able to take a 3-2 lead when Paraschiv defeated Elsisi at number one, 7-6(7-4), 6-4.
North Texas clinched the match with a three set victory at number five when Narine Kazarova defeated Troy's Stephanie Vieira, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. The loss snapped an eight match singles winning streak for Vieira and was her first loss in singles play since March 3rd.
The Trojans finished the season with an 11-7 record including a mid-season seven match winning streak. The Trojans finished as winners of nine of their last 11 matches. The match marked the final in the careers for three Trojan seniors Rawia Elsisi, Annabelle Bares and Caroline Joaunin.
