Jan. 29, 2006

SAN ANTONIO (SMU) - Even when the rain forced the matches to be delayed at the UTSA Tennis Courts Saturday, the SMU women's tennis team was still on top of their game at they shut-out both Texas -San Antonio and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Mustangs improve to 2-1 on the early season.

Because of the rain, the TAMUCC match was played first as the Mustangs defeated the Islanders, 6-0.

No. 1 - Svetlana Kouzmenko (SMU) def. Filipa Figueieredo (TAMUCC), 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 - Natalia Bubien (SMU) def. Carmen Abeaboeru (TAMUCC), 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 - Georgiana Marta (SMU) def. Erika Iriate (TAMUCC), 6-2, 6
No. 4 - Kristen Reid (SMU) def. Lana Burton (TAMUCC), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 - Halley Rambally (SMU) def. Amanda Brahim (TAMUCC), 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 - Monica Neveklovska (SMU) def. Lauren Schmidt (TAMUCC), 6-4, 7-5

Playing late into the night, the Mustangs were able to come out with another win as they downed UTSA, 4-0.

Singles
Nathalie Wallin, UTSA vs. Natalia Bubien, SMU, 7-6, 1-0, dnf
Sandra Kukla, UTSA vs. Svetlana Kouzmenko, SMU, 7-6, dnf
Jennifer Chay, SMU def. Monika Drabkova, UTSA, 6-2, 6-0
Karen Scida vs. Georgiana Marta, SMU, 3-6, 3-2, dnf
Brooke Rambally, SMU def. Barbara Mooney UTSA, 6-2, 6-2
Halley Rambally, SMU def. Tanya Hasking UTSA, 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
Bubien/Kouzmenko def. Hasking/Scida, 8-3
Chay/Reid def. Wallin/Mooney, 8-6
H. Rambally/B. Rambally def. Kukla/Drabkova, 8-2

The Mustangs return to play Sunday, January 29, at noon as they travel to San Marcos to take on Texas State at 10 a.m.