Lady Tiger tennis has yet to lose at the national tourney

After three days of competition at the NJCAA Division I Women's Tennis National Championships in Tyler, TX, the No. 1-ranked Cowley College Lady Tiger tennis team remains in a tie for first place with second-ranked Hillsborough Community College from Tampa, Florida.

On Monday, Cowley advanced all six singles players and three doubles teams to Tuesday's semifinal action. The Lady Tigers have yet to drop a set and were even more dominant than the day before as they posted three singles victories and one doubles win by scores of 6-0, 6-0.

"The girls did a good job of taking care of business and advancing to the semifinals," Cowley head coach Arianna Raga said.

With only two sophomores on the roster, Arina Babenko and Mariana Jimenez, the young Tiger team will play semifinal matches on Tuesday with a chance to advance to the finals.

"Tomorrow is a new day and we will need to be ready for the challenge," Raga said.

Semifinal play will begin on Tuesday at 8 a.m.

Results:

DOUBLES

*No. 1 – Arina Babenko/Yerkezhan Arystanbekova (CC) defeated Angela Morano/Danique Vermue (Mississippi Gulf Coast) 6-1, 6-2 in the second round; defeated Victoria Conde Vendrell/Kitti Nemeth (ABAC) 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals.

*No. 2 – Roselida Asumwa/Akari Tomoyose (CC) defeated Adriana Iturraide/Ozi Oiza Yakuba (Jacksonville College) 7-5, 6-1; win by injury withdrawal over Sanja Djundjevic/Tsitsi Claire Mahere (Weatherford) in the quarterfinals.

*No. 3 – Mariana Jimenez/Serena Pereyra (CC) defeated Annalyn Housley/Maggie Savell (Jones College) 6-2, 6-1 in the second round; defeated Italia Jones/Anne Van Binsberger (Wallace State) 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.

SINGLES

*No. 1 – Arystanbekova (CC) defeated Noelle D'Angellio (Wallace State) 6-0, 6-0 in the second round; defeated Randy Rakotoarilala (Meridian) 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.

*No. 2 – Babenko (CC) defeated Mikayla Pitt (Collin) 6-2, 6-2 in the second round; defeated Victoria Conde Vendrell (ABAC) 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.

*No. 3 – Pereyra (CC) defeated Alexandra Luders (Wallace State) 6-2, 6-1 in the second round; defeated Daniela Tovar (Jones College) 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.

*No. 4 – Tomoyose (CC) defeated Tsitsi Claira Mathere (Weatherford) 6-2, 6-2 in the second round; defeated Carmen Lyons (Barton) 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.

*No. 5 – Zuzanna Witkowska (CC) defeated Alyssa Glasgow (Collin) 6-0, 6-0 in the second round; defeated Lena Spears (Coastal Alabama) 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.

*No. 6  Jimenez (CC) defeated Journey Barajas (Mesa) 6-0, 6-0 in the second round; defeated Lindsay Johnson (Sauk Valley) 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.