Barton tennis duo upset fourth seed, advance to national semifinals

Completing their fifth straight victory coming in three-sets, Neus Torregrosa and Idah Longwe of the Barton Community College women's tennis team have advanced to the semifinal round of the NJCAA Division I National Tennis Championships in Tucson, Arizona.  

Being the lone Lady Cougar survivors through three days of competition at the Reffkin Tennis Center, the No. 7 ranked duo fought back from a 5-7 deficit to earn 6-4, 6-4 set victories to knock off the fourth rated tandem of Naa Ankrah and Khanh Huynh from Mesa Community College.   Torregrosa and Longwe will next take on the second ranked squad of Kokoro Chishaki and Anita Detlava of St. Petersburg College on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. for the right to play in Thursday's championship.

Longwe, who was the lone Lady Cougar to survive two days of singles play, had her run in the tournament come to an end earlier in the day being elimated by second ranked Bianca Vitale of Broward College 6-2, 6-0.

As a team the No. 16 Lady Cougars remain in the top ten, currently in ninth with 21 points.

Barton complete singles results:

No. 4 Singles: Bianca Vitale, Broward College, def. Idah Longwe, 6-2, 6-0

Barton complete doubles results:

No. 1 Doubles: No. 7 Neus Torregrosa/Idah Longwe def. Naa Ankrah and Khanh Huynh from Mesa Community College, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Team Standings after Day 3:

Team - TOTAL POINTS
Tyler Junior College - 36 Points
ASA Miami College - 35 Points
Seward County Community College - 29.5 Points
St. Petersburg College - 28.5 Points
Broward College - 27.5 Points
Seminole State College Oklahoma - 26.5 Points
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College - 23 Points
Mesa Community Colleg - 23 Points
Barton Community College - 21 Points
Marion Military Institute - 20 Points
Cowley County Community College - 19.5 Points
Collin College - 17.5 Points
North Central Texas College - 14.5 Points
Snead State Community College - 14 Points
Central Alabama Community College - 13 Points
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - 12 Points
Eastern Arizona College - 11 Points
Lewis and Clark Community College - 9.5 Points
Jones County Junior College - 8.5 Points
Meridian Community College - 7.5 Points
New Mexico Military Institute - 7 Points
Pima Community College - 5.5 Points
Hillsborough Community College - 4 Points
College of DuPage - 3 Points
Paradise Valley Community College - 2.5 Points
Waubonsee Community College - 3 Points
Jacksonville College - 0.5 Points
Moraine Valley Community College - 0 Points

Complete NJCAA Division I National Tennis Championship information found here