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WAC WOMENS TENNIS NOTEBOOK
PLAYER OF THE WEEK Fresno States Katharina Winterhalter was named the Western Athletic Conference womens tennis Player of the Week. Winterhalter was perfect last week at No. 1 singles.
Winterhalter, a junior from Heitersheim, Germany, was dominating in going 3-0 in both singles and doubles as Fresno State won three times last week. The 92nd-ranked player in the nation in singles, Winterhalter, playing No. 1 singles, dropped only seven games in her three singles victories, bringing her season total up to 22. It is the third-straight year that she has posted at least 20 wins in singles (she had 30 last year). In doubles, Winterhalter was just as overwhelming, dropping only eight games in her three wins. Winterhalter and partner Fadzai Masiyazi have gone an impressive 12-1 this year in the No. 3 doubles slot. The Bulldogs cruised to victories last week against Loyola Marymount (6-1), Saint Marys (6-1) and Portland (7-0).
Others nominated included: Hawaiis Justine Boutet finished the week with a combined 7-1 singles and doubles record. She Went 3-1 in singles action playing at the No. 2 and 3 courts ... Rices Christina Dao won third-straight with a win over TCUs Gloriann Lopez, despite Rices team loss to the 17th-ranked Horned Frogs. She also defeated Lopez 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(5) at the number five singles slot ... SMUs Halley Rambally won both of her singles matches last week, to run her consecutive singles match win streak to 11 ... UTEPs Katherine Palider won two singles matches and a doubles match as UTEP split a pair of matches at Colorado State (L, 2-5) and Northern Colorado (W, 7-0). She defeated Jessica Jones (CSU), 1-6, 7-6, (10-7) at No. 5 and Carmen Vasos (UNC), 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4 ... Tulsas Carla Zabaleta went 2-1 in last weeks singles matches. She defeated Christine Skoda (Kansas), 6-4, 6-0 and Diana Martin of Houston, 3-6, 6-0, 6-0, not giving up a single game to close her out after losing the first set.
ITA RANKINGS Rice is the highest ranked WAC team coming in at No. 47. Frensno State, the three-time defending conference champions, was the second-highest ranked WAC school in the latest ITA rankings with a No. 58 ranking. SMU is ranked No. 63, while Tulsa is ranked No. 68.
WAC TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD IN HONOLULU This season, the Western Athletic Conference Tournament will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii on the campus of the University of Hawaii, April 21-24. The 2004 champion, Fresno State, will look to win its third-straight title.