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SMUs Jenny Langer went 2-0 in a sweep of Houston and Rice. Yasmin Fisher of Rice went 2-0, twice recovering from first-set losses. UTEPs Callie Dand won 6-1, 6-0 against UC Irvine in her singles match and won 8-1 in her doubles, with teammate Elisa Bjorklund to move to 9-2 on the season. Nevadas Vania Apodaca won both of her singles matches at the No. 2 spot. Boise States Renate Stoop went 2-0 in her singles matches, as well as 2-0 from her doubles.

WAC Roundup
Tulsa suffered two losses, one to LSU, 5-2 and another to No. 21Texas A&M , 5-2, but bounced back to beat WAC foe Rice, 4-3. Fresno State knocked off instate rival No. 16 USC and Harvard, 6-1. Hawai`i fell to the No. 37 Cougars of Washington State, 7-0 and Arkansas, 5-2. San Jose State picked up one win, defeating Southern Utah, 6-1, while at the UC Irvine Invitational, they split, beating UC San Diego 4-3, but falling to Nevada, 5-2. Boise State fell to New Mexico, 4-3, but came back to beat CS Fullerton, to gain their 13th win. Rice suffered three losses, falling to No. 49 Iowa, 6-1 and WAC rivals Tulsa and SMU, 4-3. SMU picked up a pair of wins, defeating Houston, 5-2 and Rice, 4-3. Nevada won both its matches, defeating San Jose State and Cal Poly, 5-2. UTEP made it to the finals of the UC Irvine Invitational, losing to UC Irvine, 4-2. On their way to the championship, the Miners knocked off Idaho State, 5-2 and Cal Poly, 4-3. The wins, helped move the Miners to a 64 ranking, their highest since April 1999. Louisiana Tech picked up a win against Akron, 4-3

This Week Against the Top 50
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Whos Hot
Boise State has won 13 of 17 matches this season. Fresno State has won six of eight. UTEP has won 10 fo 13 this season, making them the 64th-ranked team in the nation, their highest since 1999. SMU has won three in a row. Louisiana Tech has won five of seven.

Tulsas McMurray Reaches Milestone
The No. 51 Tulsa women's tennis team improved to 6-2 this season and made Hurricane head coach Paige McMurray the winningest tennis coach in school history with a 5-2 victory over the University of Texas-Arlington. With the win, McMurray surpassed former women's coach and current men's head coach, Vince Westbrook, for first place among Tulsas career coaching leaders with her 53rd career victory.