Feb. 16, 2002

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech women's tennis team lost a tough match today to No. 26 Florida International University. The Red Raiders fought hard but lost to the Golden Panthers, 4-3.

Tech won two out of three of its doubles matches against FIU to win the doubles point. The No. 1 doubles tandem of Irina Tereschenko (Moscow, Russia) and Beverly Dawson (Odessa, Texas) defeated FIU's Anneliese Rose and Christina Campana, 8-4. The other doubles win came from the No. 3 tandem of Alenka Ovin (Maribor, Slovenia) and Kendall Brooks (Corpus Christi, Texas). They defeated FIU's Mei Ly and Agnes Buronyi, 8-0

In singles play, Tech picked up two wins from Tereschenko and Brooks. Tereschenko defeated FIU's Rose, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Brooks added the second win by defeating FIU's Nicky Rosenberg in an eight game pro set. The match was tied eight-all and Brooks won the tie-breaker, 9-7 to go up, 9-8 over Rosenberg.

The tournament concludes tomorrow with Tech taking on the University of New Mexico at 10 a.m. at Nautilus.

Singles 1. Irina Tereschenko (TTU) def. Anneliese Rose (FIU), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

2. Mei Ly (FIU) def. Alenka Ovin (TTU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

3. Agnes Buronyi (FIU) def. Beverly Dawson (TTU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2

4. Christina Campana (FIU) def. Barbara Schraml (TTU) 6-7(1), 7-5, 6-4

5. Maria Montoya (FIU) def. Noel Ruiz (TTU) 6-0, 6-1

6. Kendall Brooks (TTU) def. Nicky Rosenberg (FIU) 9-8(9-7)

2. Montoya/Rosenberg (FIU) def. Schraml/Ruiz (TTU) 8-4

3. Ovin/Brooks (TTU) def. Ly/Boronyi (FIU) 8-0