March 27, 1998

FORT WORTH, Texas - The Texas Tech women's tennis squad fell to #23 TCU Friday 6-3 in Forth Worth in the team's first of three road matches this weekend. The #58 Red Raiders captured two doubles victories and just one singles win to move to 7-6 on the season.

In the No. 4 singles position, senior Christine Van Regenmorter defeated TCU's Annika Tjellgren 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 to earn the point. Regenmorter teamed up with Lakshmi Ravindra to claim a 8-4 doubles win in the No. 2 slot. The pair of Zana Zlebnik and Amanda Earhart also dropped their opponents, winning 8-3. The Red Raiders continue play in Dallas Saturday, taking on SMU at 1:30 p.m.

TEXAS TECH WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS

Singles:    
No. 1 - Lucie Dvorakova (TCU) def. Zana Zlebnik (TTU) 6-2, 6-3  
No. 2 - Dee Dee Herring (TCU) def. Amanda Earhart (TTU) 6-2, 6-0    
No. 3 - Daria Zoldakova (TCU) def. Lakshmi Ravindra (TTU) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4     
No. 4 - Christine Van Regenmorter (TTU) def. Annika Kjellgren (TCU) 3-6, 6-1,7-5   
No. 5 - Jessika Kjellgren (TCU) def. Erica Dopson (TTU) 6-4, 6-4    
No. 6 - Natalie Balafoutis (TCU) def. Misty Meyer (TTU) 6-4, 6-1     

Doubles:   
No. 1 - Zlebnik/Earhart (TTU) def. Rachel Niwa/Balafoutis (TCU) 8-3     
No. 2 - L. Ravindra/Van Regenmorter (TTU) def. J. Kjellgren/Zlodakova (TCU) 8-4     
No. 3 - Herring/Stacey Sabala (TCU) def. Sarada Ravindra/Meyer (TTU) 9-7