Women's Tennis Drops Heartbreaker at C-USA Championships

FT. WORTH, Texas -- Houston bounced back after losing the doubles point to securing four singles wins over DePaul and advance to the semifinals of the 2005 Conference USA Women's Tennis Championship.

The Blue Demons picked up the doubles point after teams Beatrix Csordas and Marina Parashkevova defeated Cougars' No. 1 doubles team of Brianna Bateup and Biljana Dimovska (8-5). DPU's Gergana Ganeva and Petra Rehusova earned another Blue Demon victory with an 8-4 finish over Yolandi Terblanche and Sarah Reimer.

Houston's Dimovska defeated Csordas, 6-0, 6-2 at the No. 1 spot, while teammate Miller beat Leung, 6-3, 6-1. However, the Blue Demon's held a 3-2 lead over the Cougs after DPU's Parashkevova picked up a 6-2, 6-1 win over Martin and 2004 C-USA Freshman of the Year Ganeva defeated UH's Bateup, 6-3, 6-4. Tiffany McLoughlin's 6-2, 7-6 (5) win over Bojana Murisic Houston tied the match and two minutes later Terblanche clinched the win with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of Rehusova.

The Cougars advance to face second-seeded TCU in a semi-final match Saturday at 3 p.m.

(4) Houston 4 def. (5) DePaul 3

Singles

1. Biljana Dimovska, HOU def. Beatrix Csordas, DPU, 6-0, 6-2

2. Marina Parashkevova, DPU def. Diana Martin, HOU, 6-2, 6-1

3. Gergana Ganeva, DPU def. Brianna Bateup, HOU, 6-3, 6-4

4. Yolandi Terblanche, HOU def. Petra Rehusova, DPU, 7-5, 6-1

5. Kami Miller, HOU def. Brenda Leung, DPU, 6-3, 6-1

6. Tiffany McLoughlin, HOU def. Bojana Murisic, DPU, 6-2, 7-6 (5)

Doubles

1. Beatrix Csordas/Marina Parashkevova, DPU def. Biljana Dimovska/Brianna Bateup, HOU, 8-5

2. Gergana Ganeva/Petra Rehusova, DPU def. Sarah Reimer/Yolandi Terblanche, HOU, 8-4