Sanz knocks off Tigers’ top player, Barton women’s tennis falls to No. 9 Cowley
The Barton County Community College women’s tennis team pulled off one win but lost the war Monday in Arkansas City as the Lady Cougars were handled by the No. 9 ranked Tigers of Cowley College 8-1 in Jayhawk Conference play.
The Barton County Community College women's tennis team pulled off one win but lost the war Monday in Arkansas City as the Lady Cougars were handled by the No. 9 ranked Tigers of Cowley College 8-1 in Jayhawk Conference play.
Daniela Sanz, ranked No. 46 in the latest ITA national rankings, pulled off the big win at the No. 1 singles with a come-from-behind victory defeating the Tigers' Sarah Frendo. Frendo, unranked due to joining the Tiger squad at semester, took the first set 6-3 with Sanz battling back to take the second by the same identical score. In a fitting third set the duo matched stroke for stroke until Sanz finally pulled out the super tie-breaker 10-8 handing Frendo just her fourth loss of the season in nineteen matches.
Sanz' singles win avenged Barton's No. 1 doubles loss earlier in the day as she and partner Idah Longwe lost a hard fought 8-5 match against Frendo and Eva Forneiron.
The Tigers pretty well swept through the rest of the matches allowing Barton just a single game in each of the remaining doubles matches and a mere seven games in the remaining five singles matches.
The Lady Cougars will begin preparation for the Region VI Tournament to be held April 23-24 in Liberal, Kansas.