ABILENE - Abilene Christian's nationally third-ranked women's tennis team posted a pair of lopsided wins indoors Saturday at the Eager Tennis Pavilion, defeating South Central Regional foe Oklahoma Christian, 8-1, and the No. 15 NCAA Division-III team from Trinity University, 9-0.
The doubleheader sweep improved ACU's season record to 4-1. OCU fell to 2-1 with the loss, while Trinity dropped to 1-2.
The Wildcats today won all six doubles matches while using six different combinations, and captured all but one of the 12 singles matches as 20th-ranked Barbora Bozkova of OCU defeated No. 5
Julia Mongin at No. 1.
Mongin defeated Bozkova - a former junior college champion at Laredo - during last fall's USTA/ITA regional tournament, but could not do so again today. Mongin lost the first set 6-1, but then recorded a brilliant comeback effort in the second set, as she rallied all the way back to tie the score at 5-5 and 6-6 after being down 5-1. Mongin went on to win the set 7-6 (4), but lost the supertiebreaker, 10-5.
Mongin, however, defeated Bozkova and Angie Torres earlier at No. 1 doubles with partner
Brittney Reed, 8-5, to complete the first of two ACU doubles sweeps. Also beating the Eagles in doubles were the 14th-ranked all-America team of
Micah Hermsdorf and
Hannah Kelley and the third-position combination of
Kaysie Hermsdorf and
Laura Mongin.
ACU doubles teams have so far combined for a 13-2 record (.867) through their five matches.
Even though
Julia Mongin lost at No. 1, her teammates more than picked her up as they went on to capture five straight-set wins from the No. 2 to 6 positions. No. 32
Micah Hermsdorf made it a 4-0 game with her win at No. 2 over Gisela Castany, 6-2, 6-0, and then Reed clinched it at No. 3 with her 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Maryfer Abreu Roman.
Laura Mongin,
Nada Marjanovic and
Hannah Kelley later defeated the Eagles at the No. 4, 5 and 6 positions, respectively.
The ACU coaching staff rested several starters vs. Trinity, but the result was nearly indentical as the Wildcats posted their second 9-0 shutout of the season.
Laura Mongin won her first match of the year at No. 1, as did Reed at No. 2 and Kelley at No. 3.
Kaysie Hermsdorf,
Emily Conrad and
Jamie Lee Denton, meanwhile, all improved to 2-0 at the No. 4 to 6 positions.
Reed's and Hermsdorf's wins at 2 and 4 vs. Trinity were complete-set shutouts.
#3 Abilene Christian 8, Oklahoma Christian 1
02/09/2013 at Abilene, TX (Eager Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #20 Barbora Bozkova (OC) def. #5
Julia Mongin (ACUW) 6-1, 6-7 (4-0), 10-5
2. #32
Micah Hermsdorf (ACUW) def. Gisela Castany (OC) 6-2, 6-0
3.
Brittney Reed (ACUW) def. Maryfer Abreu Roman (OC) 6-3, 6-2
4.
Laura Mongin (ACUW) def. Gabriela Carrillo (OC) 6-1, 6-2
5.
Nada Marjanovic (ACUW) def. Angie T Quezada (OC) 6-2, 6-2
6.
Hannah Kelley (ACUW) def. Rebeca A Dominguez (OC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #5
Julia Mongin/
Brittney Reed (ACUW) def. #13 Angie T Quezada/Barbora Bozkova (OC) 8-5
2. #14
Micah Hermsdorf/
Hannah Kelley (ACUW) def. Maryfer Abreu Roman/Gisela Castany (OC) 8-3
3.
Kaysie Hermsdorf/
Laura Mongin (ACUW) def. Rebeca A Dominguez/Gabriela Carrillo (OC) 8-1
Match Notes
Oklahoma Christian 2-1
Abilene Christian 3-1; National ranking #3; Regional ranking #1
A-100
#3 Abilene Christian 9, #15 Trinity University 0
02/09/2013 at Abilene, TX (Eager Tennis Pavilion)
Singles competition
1.
Laura Mongin (ACUW) def. Mackenzie Knoop (TUW) 6-3, 6-3
2.
Brittney Reed (ACUW) def. Thavindra Ekanayake (TUW) 6-0, 6-0
3.
Hannah Kelley (ACUW) def. Kylie Hornbeck (TUW) 6-0, 6-4
4.
Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACUW) def. Caroline White (TUW) 6-0, 6-0
5.
Emily Conrad (ACUW) def. Gabrielle Roe (TUW) 6-0, 6-1
6.
Jamie Lee Denton (ACUW) def. Kristy Hamilton (TUW) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1.
Hannah Kelley/
Nada Marjanovic (ACUW) def. Mackenzie Knoop/Thavindra Ekanayake (TUW) 8-3
2.
Micah Hermsdorf/
Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACUW) def. Caroline White/Kylie Hornbeck (TUW) 8-5
3.
Emily Conrad/
Jamie Lee Denton (ACUW) def. Kristy Hamilton/Stephanie Williamson (TUW) 8-3
Match Notes
Trinity University 1-2; National ranking #15; Regional ranking #3
Abilene Christian 4-1; National ranking #3; Regional ranking #1
A-100
