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No. 19 Women's Tennis defeats Colorado, 5-2
04.25.2010 | Women's Tennis
April 25, 2010
BOULDER, Colo. -- No. 19 Texas (15-4, 10-1 Big 12) relinquished the doubles point but responded by winning five of six singles matches, as the Longhorns dealt Colorado (10-12, 3-8 Big 12) a 5-2 defeat in the regular-season finale Sunday afternoon at CU's South Campus Courts.
Texas nails down the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye at this week's Big 12 Championships in Austin. The four-day event opens on Thursday, April 29 with four first-round matches at UT's Penick-Allison Tennis Center. As the No. 2 seed, Texas will play in Friday's quarterfinals against the winner of Thursday's match pitting the seventh seed against the 10th seed. The Big 12 Conference will release the tournament draw later this evening.
Colorado assumed a 1-0 lead after claiming the doubles point, but the Longhorns quickly turned the match in their favor in singles play. Senior Sarah Lancaster put Texas on the board at fifth singles, as she moved her career Big 12 singles record to 38-1 with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Ania Anuszkiewicz. UT junior Caroline Larsson put the Horns on top at sixth singles, where she posted an easy 6-1, 6-0 win over Erin Sanders.
CU evened the match at first singles, where the Buffaloes' 93rd-ranked Monica Milewski defeated UT's Aeriel Ellis by a 6-1, 6-4 count. But, Texas put the match away with consecutive victories at the second and third slots. Sophomore Krista Damico, a native of nearby Parker, Colo., staked Texas to a 3-2 lead with a 6-3, 6-4 win over CU's 107th-ranked Melisa Esposito at second singles.
UT's 63rd-ranked Vanja Corovic clinched the match for the Longhorns at third singles, where she dealt Abbie Probert a 6-2, 6-3 defeat. Texas junior Maggie Mello notched the match's final point at fourth singles, where she outlasted CU's Michala Hedelund Jensen in a third-set match tiebreak, 10-4.
No. 19 Texas 5, No. 68 Colorado 2
South Campus Courts, Boulder, Colo.
Doubles - Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
1 Esposito/Milewski (CU) def. (51) Corovic/Ellis (Texas) 8-4
2 Damico/Amanda Craddock (Texas) def. Hedelund Jensen/Probert (CU) 8-7(3)
3 Anuszkiewicz/Sanders (CU) def. Lancaster/Larsson (Texas) 8-2
Singles - Order of Finish - 5, 6, 1, 2, *3, 4
1 (93) Monica Milewski (CU) def. (23) Aeriel Ellis (Texas) 6-1, 6-4
2 (56) Krista Damico (Texas) def. (107) Melisa Esposito (CU) 6-3, 6-4
3 (63) Vanja Corovic (Texas) def. Abbie Probert (CU) 6-2, 6-3
4 Maggie Mello (Texas) def. Michala Hedelund Jensen (CU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(4)
5 Sarah Lancaster (Texas) def. Ania Anuszkiewicz (CU) 6-1, 6-2
6 Caroline Larsson (Texas) def. Erin Sanders (CU) 6-1, 6-0
