Sports Release
April 16, 1999

ZIAS DEFEATED BY NATIONAL POWERS NORTHEASTERN STATE AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
EDMOND, OK — The Eastern New Mexico University women’s tennis team, ranked #25 in NCAA Division II, lost to two Top 10 teams Apr. 16 in preliminary round matches at the Broncho Invitational at the University of Central Oklahoma.

The Zias were defeated by 6th-ranked Northeastern State (Okla.), 5-3, and lost to 10th-ranked Central Oklahoma, 5-1. ENMU fell to 17-6 on the season. The Zias almost upset Northeastern State. ENMU lost #1 doubles and #3 doubles in tie-breakers.

If the Zias had won those two matches, ENMU would have downed the Lady Reds, 5-3. In the #1 doubles flight, Northeastern State’s Sanja Milas and Zdena Rebekova edged Layla Turner (Fr., Casa Grande, AZ/Casa Grande Union H.S.) and Julie Stiles (Jr., Roswell, NM/Goddard H.S) of ENMU, 9-8, including a 7-2 win in the tie-breaker.

The Lady Reds also slipped past the Zias at #3 doubles, with Katarina Djuric and Jill Mosco defeating Eastern’s team of Sarah Pennington (Fr., Sweetwater, TX/Sweetwater H.S.) and Dena Boans (Sr., Carlsbad, NM/Carlsbad H.S.), 9-8. Djuric and Mosco won a lengthy tie-breaker, 11-9.

Rozlyn Gorski (Sr., El Paso, TX/Coronado H.S.) and Makenzie McCravey (Fr., Eldorado, TX/ Eldorado H.S.) of ENMU defeated Emily Hufnagel and Jennifer McKenzie at #2 doubles, 8-4. Makenzie also defeated Hufnagel at #4 singles, winning 6-0, 6-2.

Turner, ranked #27 nationally in singles, won #1 singles with a 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Rebekova, who entered the match ranked #16. In the Zias’ match with UCO, the Bronchos won 2 of 3 doubles flights to gain an early advantage.

Pennington and Boans won #3 doubles for ENMU, defeating Leticia Lozada and Jill Woodard, 8-6. Central Oklahoma clinched the team victory by winning three singles flights.

Michaela Perlikova defeated Stiles, 6-2, 6-2, at #2 singles, Sharon Louver downed McCravey at #4 singles, 6-1, 6-0, and Jill Woodard defeated Boans, 6-4, 6-1 at #6 singles.

Friday, April 16, 1999
Broncho Invitational at U. of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, Okla.)
Northeastern State 5, Eastern New Mexico 3

SINGLES: #1 — Layla Turner (ENMU) defeated Zdena Rebekova (NEO), 6-1, 6-0
#2 — Sanja Milas (NEO) defeated Julie Stiles (ENMU), 6-2, 6-5
#3 — Katarina Djuric (NEO) defeated Rozlyn Gorski (ENMU), 6-1, 6-1
#4 — Makenzie McCravey (ENMU) defeated Emily Hufnagel (NEO), 6-0, 6-2
#5 — Jill Mosco (NEO) defeated Sarah Pennington (ENMU), 6-4, 6-4

DOUBLES:
#1 — Milas and Rebekova (NEO) defeated Turner and Stiles (ENMU), 9-8 (7-2 tie-breaker)
#2 — Gorski and McCravey (ENMU) defeated Hufnagel and Jennifer McKenzie (NEO), 8-4
#3 — Djuric and Mosco (NEO) defeated Pennington and Dena Boans (ENMU), 9-8 (11-9 tie-breaker)

Central Oklahoma 5, Eastern New Mexico 1

SINGLES:
#2 — Michaela Perlikova (UCO) defeated Julie Stiles (ENMU), 6-2, 6-2
#4 — Sharon Louver (UCO) defeated Makenzie McCravey (ENMU), 6-1, 6-0
#6 — Jill Woodard (UCO) defeated Sarah Pennington (ENMU), 6-4, 6-1

DOUBLES:
#1 — Jana Vnouckova and Perlikova (UCO) defeated Layla Turner and Stiles (ENMU), 8-4
#2 — Marina Erchova and Louver (UCO) defeated Rozlyn Gorski and McCravey (ENMU), 8-3
#3 — Pennington and Dena Boans (ENMU) defeated Leticia Lozada and Woodard (UCO), 8-6