SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 6
No. 51 Idaho vs. Sacred Heart (Honolulu, Hawai’i), 10:00 a.m. HT
Texas-Pan American at Prairie View A&M, 2:00 p.m. CT
Northern Illinois at Chicago State, 7:30 p.m. CT
Friday, March 7
No. 51 Idaho at Hawai’i Pacific, 9:00 a.m. HT
Texas-Pan American at Grambling, 1:00 p.m. CT
Saturday, March 8
Chicago State at Green Bay, 1:00 p.m. CT
Arizona at Seattle U, 12:00 p.m. PT
No. 51 Idaho at Hawai’i, 11:00 a.m. HT
Texas-Pan American at Alcorn State, TBA
Sunday, March 9
Texas-Pan American at Louisiana at Lafayette, 2:00 p.m. CT
RESULTS
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Texas-Pan American at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, PPD
Thursday, Feb. 27
Northern Iowa def. Chicago State, 5-2
Friday, Feb. 28
Grand Canyon def. Texas-Pan American, 5-2
Stephan F. Austin def. New Mexico State, 5-2
Texas-Pan American def. Texas A&M University - Kingsville, 6-1
Idaho def. Boise State, 4-3
Saturday, March 1
Grand Canyon def. Kansas City (Edinburg, Texas), 4-0
Idaho def. Idaho State (Boise, Idaho), 7-0
Iowa def. Chicago State, 7-0
Rice def. New Mexico State, 5-2
Sunday, March 2
Chicago State at Western Illinois, PPD
Texas-A&M-Corpus Christi def. New Mexico State, 4-3
Texas-Pan American def. Kansas City, 5-2
TEAM RECAPS
CHICAGO STATE
Chicago State went 0-2 last week, falling at Northern Iowa and Iowa ... a match against Eastern Illinois was postponed ... freshmen Kirsa Utech and Hanna Pangestu both won in singles play in the loss at Northern Iowa ... Utech defeated Jieke Stroobant 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles for her 11th singles victory of the year ... Pangestu took down Sydney Wolfe 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 6 singles ... this week, the Cougars host Northern Illinois on Thursday and travel to Green Bay on Saturday.
GRAND CANYON
Grand Canyon recorded a pair of wins last weekend and improved to 6-3 overall ... the ‘Lopes dropped Texas-Pan American, 5-2, and Kansas City, 4-0 ... Tatum Prudhomme went 4-0 combined in singles and doubles ... she swept her match against Kansas City’s Racquel Argenal, 6-0, 6-0, and added a three-set win over UTPA’s Wanda Beguelin ... the 16-year old is 6-2 overall, having won her last six matches in a row ... this week, GCU is off.
IDAHO
The Vandals extended their win-streak to nine matches and beat Boise State, 4-3, for the first time since 2003 ... Idaho also topped Idaho State, improving to 9-1 on the season with a pair of wins over in-state foes 7-0, and moved back into the ITA rankings, up to No. 51 ... Belen Barcenilla won at No. 5 singles against Boise State to clinch the victory for Idaho, putting the Vandals ahead 4-2 at the time of her victory, a crucial point in Idaho’s 4-3 win ... she then moved up a spot in the lineup and won in three sets against Idaho State ... Belen extended her singles winning streak to seven matches, and she hasn’t lost a singles match since Jan. 18 ... this week, Idaho will travel to Hawai’i for three matches, facing Sacred Heart on Thursday, Hawai’i Pacific on Friday and Hawai’i on Saturday.
KANSAS CITY
The ‘Roos went 0-2 last weekend, falling to both Grand Canyon (4-0) and Texas-Pan American (5-2) in Edinburg, Texas ... against UTPA, Kansas City got singles wins from Dimitra Stavrianakou at No. 1 and Mariam Kurasbediani, playing up at the No. 4 spot, in straight sets ... this week, Kansas City is off.
NEW MEXICO STATE
New Mexico State went 0-3 last weekend in three road matches ... the Aggies fell at Stephen F. Austin (5-2), Rice (5-2) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4-3) ... this week, the Aggies are off ... NM State won’t be in action again until March 21 at home against New Mexico.
SEATTLE U
Seattle U was off last week ... SU went 0-2 in its last action, falling to Utah State and Gonzaga by identical 6-1 scores ... this week, the Redhawks will be back in action on Saturday when they host Arizona.
TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN
The Broncs saw their four-match win streak snapped as they fell 2-5 to Grand Canyon on Feb. 28, but bounced back with a 6-1 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Feb. 28 and a 5-2 win over Kansas City on March ... a match against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was postponed ... sophomore Reegan Greenwood is on a seven-match win streak as she has an 8-2 singles record this season ... the Broncs start a six-match road trip that sees them play six matches in eight days ... this week, UTPA faces Prairie View A&M on Thursday, Grambling on Friday, Alcorn State on Saturday and Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday.
WAC TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD IN LAS CRUCES
The 2014 WAC Tennis Tournament will be held April 25-27 in Las Cruces, N.M. The WAC conference championship will be up for grabs, as last year’s champions, San Jose State, has since departed the WAC.