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Sports

Cougars topple trio of Texas opponents

Jordan Overturf
The Daily Cougar

The UH tennis team had a Texas showdown over the weekend as they faced off against Texas Tech, Texas State and Prarie View A&M at home.

"Our competition has been tough these first few weeks," UH head tennis coach John Severance said. "(Texas) Tech is one of those teams that is going to be ranked at the end of the year, so to come off a tough 4-3 loss and have a good win is something to build upon."

The Cougars had a rough start Saturday against Tech as senior Biljana Dimovska and junior Yolandi Terblanche fought for a 9-8 victory in the No. 1 spot for doubles. The point for doubles was secured by junior Kami Miller and senior Diana Martin in their 8-5 win in the No. 3 spot.

In singles, Miller and Terblanche were the first to finish off their opponents in quick sets. Dimovska continued her winning streak and secured the winning point for the Coogs after taking out her opponent 7-6, 6-3. Martin topped off the 5-2 victory to finish the match up between the Red Raiders and the Cougars.

Sunday, the Cougars met Texas State and Prarie View indoors at the Chancellor's Racquet Club. Throughout the day-long domination, the only set lost was in Martin's first set against Texas State's Melanie Hall as they battled for the No. 2 spot. Junior transfer Sarah Reimer made her Division I-A debut as she took down Texas State's Natalie McLeod at the No. 5 spot 6-3, 6-1 and had an impressive win at the No. 3 spot against Prarie View's Michele Scurry 6-1, 6-0. Other highlights for singles were freshman Brianna Bateup's continued success as she controlled the No. 4 spot. In all Houston swept singles against both teams 6-0 foregoing doubles.

"There is no such thing as easy (win)," Dimovska said. "Everything has to come from within; the pressure is always on and you have to react to it, but in the end it comes down to who wants it more."

Dimovska continues her undefeated winning streak for the 2005 season in singles at 7-0 with an impressive 4-1 record for doubles. Miller had a perfect weekend with a victory at the No. 2 spot 6-0, 6-1 as her first time in the slot for the season.

The team will play host to Louisiana Tech on Friday at 2 p.m., Southeast Louisiana at 10:30 a.m. and Louisiana-Lafayette at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the John E. Hoff Varsity Tennis Courts.
 

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