University of Houston Athletics
Cougars Continue Fall at SMU Invite
10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
DALLAS â€" The Houston Cougar Women's Tennis team will head north on Interstate 45 to play in its second fall tournament of the season, when the team heads to the SMU Invitational Oct. 7-9 in Dallas, Texas.
ABOUT THE SMU INVITATIONAL
Location: SMU Tennis Complex | Dallas, Texas
Dates: Friday, Oct. 7 through Sunday, Oct. 9
Teams Competing: Houston, ACU, Air Force, Gonzaga, Incarnate Word, Kansas State, Louisiana-Monroe, Marquette, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, SMU, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, UT Arlington, UTSA
Draws: Tournament begins at 11 a.m., Friday
Tsveta Dimitrova vs. Elizabeth Barnickel (Air Force)
Ana Glumac vs. Haruna Tsuruta (Gonzaga)
Sveva Mazzari vs. Domonique Garley (Gonzaga)
Dimitrova/Mazzari vs. Elliot/Zogg (SMU)
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Three Cougars will be in action at the SMU Invitational led in singles by American Conference Tennis Player of the Month Tsveta Dimitrova. Dimitrova will open the tournament with a first round match against Elizabeth Barnickel of Air Force. Dimitrova posted a 3-0 singles record at the Rice Invitational en route to winning her flight championship and earning the conference laurels. Barnickel owns a 7-2 record in the fall including three wins at the Bill and Sandra Moore Invitational in September.
Dimitrova will team with junior Sveva Mazzari in doubles for the second time this season at the SMU Invite. The duo found success on the opening weekend of the season, compiling a 2-1 record while advancing to the flight finals where they were edged out 7-5 by Durkin/Ho from Rice. The pair will meet Macie Elliot and Ellie Zogg from SMU. The Mustang team will be competing together for the first time this season.
All three Cougars advanced to the flight finals of singles competition, including Mazzari who posted a 2-0 mark at Rice. Mazzari came from behind in the first round with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Ema Barkovic from Sam Houston, before beating Kylee Kato of UTSA in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. She led over Louise Trigona in the flight finals before the match was halted due to weather. Mazzari will face Domonique Garley from Gonzaga who will make her season debut at the invite.
Junior Ana Glumac also led in her flight championship at the Rice Invitational before weather played a factor in the result. Glumac breezed to a first round victory 6-0, 6-1 over Carrie Casey from SHSU before battling to a 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 victory over Sonja Radosevic of Denver to advance to the final match. Glumac will also meet a Gonzaga player when she faces Haruna Tsuruta in her season debut.
The Cougars posted a combined 9-1 record in the first tournament of the season.
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