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.
In doubles play at No. 1 Katie McPhail and Natascha Vander Molen beat Amy Fager and Becky Mogle 8-0. At No.2 Lauren Schmidt and Katelyn Towne won their doubles match 8-1. No. 3 Charis Lopez and Kim Howard won by default.
At No. 1 singles Katie McPhail increased her winning streak to six games when she overwhelmed the Cougar's Amy Fager 6-1, 6-0. No. 2 Lauren Schmidt defeated Jessi Kerbaway with a score of 6-2, 6-1. Natascha Vander Molen, Katelyn Town, and Charis Lopez all won their singles matches against Colorado Christian 6-0, 6-0. At No. 6 Kim Howard won her match by default.
The Mountain Lions are now 8-11 on the season and 4-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference going into the RMAC Tournament starting on Friday April 21-23.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
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.jpg) | Kimberly Howard | |||
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 | Kimberly Howard | |||
| Natascha Vander-Molen | Sr. | |||
| Natascha Vander-Molen | Sr. | |||
| Katie McPhail | ||||
| Katie McPhail | ||||
 | Katie McPhail | |||
 | Lauren Schmidt | |||
 | Katelyn Towne | |||
| 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 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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