TENNIS TEAMS TAKE TO THE ROAD
9/19/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Sept. 19, 2003
The Texas-Arlington women's tennis team will look to build off last week's wins at the Arkansas Invitational and they join seven teams this weekend for the HEB-Baylor Fall Tennis Invitational (Sept. 19-22). Play will begin on Friday morning at 8 a.m. at the Baylor Tennis Center and conclude with championships matches in both singles and doubles on Sunday.
UTA opened the fall season in impressive fashion with wins in both singles and doubles last weekend in Arkansas.
Freshman Monika Peciulionyte (Siauliai, Lithuania) made an impressive debut as she rolled through the field to win the singles championship and senior Marketa Cizova (Prague, Czech Republic), returning after a knee injury forced her to miss the 2003 spring schedule, teamed with freshman Daniela Novakova (Prague, Czech Republic) to win the doubles title at the 2003 Lady Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., Sunday.
Peciulionyte defeated players from Oklahoma State, Wichita State to reach the quarterfinals where she defeated teammate Cizova, the 2002 Southland Conference Player of the Year, in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 6-3. Peciulionyte knocked off Arkansas' Melissa Cornett in the finals, 6-1, 6-2.
Meanwhile, Cizova and Novakova defeated Oklahoma State's Jana Karaskova and Katia Kolunskya, 9-7.
Five of the eight teams participating in the HEB-Baylor Invitational were ranked in the final 2003 ITA rankings. Joining Baylor at the tournament will be Auburn, Arizona, Kentucky, Mississippi State, SMU, Texas, Texas-Arlington and Tulane. Kentucky finished the 2003 season ranked No. 12, Arizona No. 26, Tulane No. 28, Texas No. 33 and Baylor No. 37.
The UTA men open play at the 2003 Brentwood Intercollegiate Invitational through Sunday.
The main draw will have UTA's David Corrie and Ian Vasquez-Rowe.
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