women's tennis splits two Saturday matches
Jessica Kardel scored wins in both her singles and doubles matches as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs women's tennis team defeated Western New Mexico 7-2 Saturday morning at Cheyenne Mountain High School. The Mountain Lions were beaten by Mesa State 8-1 in the afternoon.
UCCS is now 3-3, 2-3 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Kardel and Lauren Schmidt teamed to defeat WNMU's Nodia Nunez and Tereza Pilatova 8-4 at No. 1 singles, while UCCS' Katie McPhail and Natascha Vander Molen topped Christina Kolb and Karina Soares 8-1 at No. 2 doubles. UCCS took No. 3 double by default.
In singles play, Kardel topped Nadia Nunez 6-3, 6-1 at No. 4 and Laura Backlin bested Soares 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2. UCCS also took the No. 5 and No. 6 spots by default.
In the afternoon match, Schmidt won her No. 5 singles match 7-6, 6-1 over Krystal Smith to give the Mountain Lions their only point.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
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 | Jessika Kardel | |||
 | Jessika Kardel | |||
| Jessika Kardel | |||
 | Jessika Kardel | |||
| Natascha Vander-Molen | Sr. | |||
| Natascha Vander-Molen | Sr. | |||
 | Laura Backlin | |||
| Laura Backlin | |||
 | Lauren Schmidt | |||
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| April 22, 2006 |  | McPhail named RMAC player of the year | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs senior Katie McPhail was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Year, the conference announced Friday. |
| April 21, 2006 |  | Comeback falls short as UCCS eliminated from RMAC women's tennis tournament | DENVER - A brilliant comeback fell agonizingly short as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs fell 5-4 to the Mesa State Mavericks in the semifinals of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tennis Tournament Friday afternoon at Gates Tennis Center. |
| April 21, 2006 |  | Women's tennis tops Kearney in RMAC semifinals | DENVER - Trailing 3-0 in the first set of her singles match against Nebraska-Kearney's Callie Erickson, Natascha Vander Molen found what she had been looking for - consistency. |
| April 19, 2006 |  | UCCS women's tennis team crushed Colorado Christian 9-0 | The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs women's tennis team crushed the Colorado Christian University Cougars 9-0 on Wednesday at the Country Club of Colorado. |
| April 18, 2006 |  | McPhail, Schmidt shine in loss to Sonoma State | COLORADO SPRINGS - Katie McPhail scored her second consecutive singles victory over a hard-hitting opponent but the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was unable to overcome the No. 6 ranked team in the West Region as the Mountain Lions fell 7-2 to the Sonoma State Seawolves Tuesday at the Country Club of Colorado. |
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