"We're squarely on the bubble," Cory said. The NCAA tournament field will be announced on Wednesday live on ESPNEWS beginning at 5:30 p.m. They're a strong team and were a little bit better than we were today." "When you come so close - basically two games away from winning the match - it's never easy. "This was a tough day for the Rebels," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. The Cougars, however, staged an improbable comeback on court five to end the match as Dolly Chang overcame a first-set rout to rally past Claire Smith 0-6, 6-2, 6-4 for BYU's fourth point. MWC opposition this season and 33-8 overall, which tied her with Jolene Watanabe (1989) for fourth-most singles wins in a season by a Lady Rebel. Ranked 12th nationally, Gantcheva improved to 10-0 vs. Super sophomore Elena Gantcheva scored her team's second point with her 11th straight victory, 6-2, 6-3 over 24th-ranked Olga Boulytcheva at the top spot. The Cougars then earned straight-set wins at courts three and four to take a 3-1 lead but were briefly in danger of losing all three remaining matches. Moving to singles play, Linda Tempelfelde raced past Jennifer Miccoli 6-0, 6-2 to tie things at 1-1. 1 spot where the Cougars eventually emerged with a 9-7 victory and a whole lot of momentum. The doubles point would come down to the No. BYU's third team quickly won while UNLV was comfortably leading on court two. The match was largely decided in doubles play. The Cougars, who have won eight straight over UNLV, improved to 21-6 overall and head to their fourth-straight appearance in the league final. The third-seeded Lady Rebels fell to 14-7 overall and will now await word on a possible at-large bid to the NCAA championships next month. 29 BYU in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament at the Barnes Tennis Center on Friday. Shea graduated from UMass in 1984 where she was a two-time, first-team All-American goalie for Pam Hixon.SAN DIEGO - The 46th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team got wins at the top and bottom of the lineup but it was not enough to upset No. Posting a 38-26 record in her time at UMass, including a pair of NCAA appearance and Atlantic 10 Championships, she had previously served as an assistant coach at Harvard and Iowa and was a member of the 19 U.S. HEAD COACH PATTY SHEA: Patty Shea is in her third season as head coach of the Minutewomen. Chrissy Millbauer (Easton, Conn.) set up Lindsay Abbott?s first goal that gave UMass a 2-0 lead. Goaltender Michelle Crooks (Feasterville, Pa.) started the game in goal, and made two saves and allowed no goals in one half of action, earning the win and a shared shutout. SENIORS CONTRIBUTE ON SENIOR DAY: Seniors played a big part in UMass? 3-0 win over Temple on Senior Day. Robinson is also seventh on the UMass single season assist chart with her 15 this season, just one behind Julie McHugh and Vicky Browne who are tied for fifth place. Next up is Holly Hockenbrock, who posted 40 assists between 19. Dartmouth, junior back Patty Robinson (Norwood, Mass.) has moved into a tie for third place on the UMass career assists chart with 29 with former teammate Vicky Browne. ROBINSON ON CAREER ASSISTS CHART: With her assist vs. Abbott scored UMass? first goal in its 2-1 win over Dartmouth College on Tuesday, giving her three goals in a two-game span. Temple last Sunday in UMass? A-10 title clinching win, sophomore forward Lindsay Abbott (Northampton, Mass.) continued her strong play this week. Bruemmer now has 32 points on the season (15g, 2a), surpassing her freshman year total of 26 points (12g, 2a).ĪBBOTT CONTINUES STRONG PLAY: After a career high two goals vs. the champion of the NorPac Conference.īRUEMMER TAKES CONFERENCE SCORING TITLE: Sophomore Anke Bruemmer earned her second consecutive Atlantic 10 scoring title with her two goals this week. The winner of the A-10 Tournament will host a NCAA Tournament Play-In game on Tuesday, Nov. THE WEEK AHEAD: UMass prepares to defend their Atlantic 10 Tournament title this weekend. Sophomore Anke Bruemmer scored the game-winner in both contests to mark her fifth and sixth game-winning goals this season. Against Northeastern, UMass scored goals in each half and held the Huskies without a shot in the second half to take a 2-0 shutout win. Against the Big Green, the Minutewomen struck with two early goals and then stifled the Dartmouth offense for the win. LAST WEEK?S ACTION: UMass closed out the regular season with wins over Dartmouth and Northeastern to extend its season-high winning streak to seven games.
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