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TCU Downs Air Force, 6-1
4/2/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 2, 2010
The Air Force women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to TCU Friday in Fort Worth, Texas. Freshman Melissa Cecil posted the lone victory for Air Force, winning the No. 6 singles match. Air Force fell to 14-6 overall and 1-1 in Mountain West Conference action, while the Horned Frogs improved to 3-12 and 1-0.
The Frogs jumped out to a 1-0 lead by sweeping the doubles competition. At the top doubles spot, the nation's 40th-ranked team of Kayla Duncan and Katariina Tuohimaa posted an 8-2 triumph over Christen Monreal and Hannah Dake. TCU also got doubles wins from Nina Munch-Soegaard and Maria Babanova, 8-2, over Tahlia Smoke and Allie Chermel at No. 2, and Idunn Hertzberg and Gaby Mastromarino, 8-1, over Christine Molina and Melissa Cecil at No. 3.
Cecil improved to 25-8 overall and 16-2 this spring with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Mastromarino, but TCU won the other five matches, four of them in straight sets. The only three-setter came at the No. 5 spot, where Babnova rallied to beat Falcon junior Sarah Cassman, 2-6, 6-0, 6-0.
Air Force returns to action on Thursday, April 8 when it hosts BYU at the Academy. The match is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
TCU 6, Air Force 1
Singles
1. #63 Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) def. Christen Monreal, 6-4, 6-0
2. #90 Kayla Duncan (TCU) def. Tahlia Smoke, 6-1, 6-2
3. Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Hannah Dake, 6-4, 6-3
4. Idunn Hertzberg (TCU) def. Christine Molina, 7-5, 7-5
5. Maria Babanova (TCU) def. Sarah Cassman, 2-6, 6-0, 6-0
6. Melissa Cecil (AF) def. Gaby Mastromarino, 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
1. #40 Duncan / Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Monreal / Dake, 8-2
2. Munch-Soegaard / Babanova (TCU) def. Smoke / Allie Chermel, 8-2
3. Hertzberg / Mastromarino (TCU0 def. Molina / Cecil, 8-1
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