TCU Defeats Mississippi State, 4-1
3/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
TCU won the doubles point with wins at nos. 2 and 3. TCU's Rosa Perez and Saber Pierce defeated Yumi Veda and Linda Mattsson, 8-2, at no. 2. Leoni Weirich and Paty Aburto beat Camila Sagae and Amelie Detriviere 9-8 at no. 3.
In singles action, TCU won at nos. 1, 2 and 4, while Mississippi State won no. 5. Matches at positions 3 and 6 were not completed. After losing the first set, 1-6, junior Katrin Gaber came back to defeat Amelie Detriviere at no. 1, 6-3, 6-2, in the last two sets.
TCU travels to South Carolina this weekend to play at Furman on Friday, March 16, and 20th-ranked South Carolina on Saturday, March 18.
#30 TCU 4, #39 Mississippi State 1
Records: TCU 7-3, Mississippi State 4-6
Singles
No. 1 Katrin Gaber (TCU) def. Amelie Detriviere (MSU), 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Paty Aburto (TCU) def. Carole Soubis (MSU), 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 Rosa Perez (TCU) vs. Claudia Oliveira (MSU), DNF
No. 4 Leoni Weirich (TCU) def. Yumi Veda (MSU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
No. 5 Camila Sagae (MSU) def. Saber Pierce (TCU), 6-4, 7-6
No. 6 Karolina Roubickova (TCU) vs. Linda Mattsson (MSU), DNF
Doubles
No. 1 Soubis/Oliveira (MSU) def. Gaber/Roubickova (TCU), 8-2
No. 2 #46 Perez/Pierce (TCU) def. Veda/Mattsson (MSU), 8-6
No. 3 Aburto/Weirich (TCU) def. Sagae/Detriviere (TCU), 9-8
