arizona daily wildcat • monday, october 26, 2009 •
Young W-tennis players improve By Michael Fitzsimmons Arizona Daily Wildcat The Arizona women’s tennis team took to the courts this weekend in San Diego at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southwest Regionals and showed much improvement across the board. The Wildcats were led by sophomore Natasha Marks, who won four matches, including a tough battle in the quarterfinals against ASU’s Micaela Hein (7-5, 5-7, 6-2) to earn a spot in the tournament’s semifinal round. Marks was defeated by Yasmin Schnack from UCLA 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals, but despite the loss, head coach Vicky Maes was pleased with the sophomore’s performance. “I was extremely happy with Natasha’s showing both in singles and doubles,” Maes said. “She continues to make progress as she is committed to venturing out of her comfort zone.” Marks was paired with senior Claire Rietsch in the doubles draw, where they defeated three other tandems en route to a semifinal appearance. UCLA’s Schnack and Andrea Remynse eliminated the Wildcat duo Sunday on their way to the doubles title. Elsewhere in the tournament, senior Ariane Masschelein, sophomore Sarah Landsman and freshman Elizabeth Hammond all won matches in the singles bracket. Making her Wildcat debut, Hammond defeated Tara Panu from Pepperdine 6-4, 6-2 in the round of 64 before losing her match in the next round. “I was especially pleased to see
Elizabeth come up with a win,” Maes said. “She is a very hardworking player.” Landsman was able to win two matches to make it to the round of 16, but was unable to defeat Schnack in a very close match, losing 7-6, 7-6. Sophomore Debora Castany and junior Jane Huh were unable to win their doubles match at the tournament. However, after losing in the singles main draw, Huh responded by winning a match in the consolation bracket before ultimately being defeated in the next round. The Wildcats’ success was scattered over the weekend, and although both Maes and assistant coach Ryan Stotland saw some things they liked from their team, they also saw some areas where the team could improve. “The goal is to get better, and I think most of us got better,” Stotland explained. “We won some, we lost some and you can’t win them all. But overall, I think this is a good tool for us moving forward, and it’s something we can build on in the future.” “We had ups and downs in terms of results, but we felt good about the effort and the learning process,” Maes added. One thing to take away from this tournament was the camaraderie that Maes saw develop over the weekend as the team becomes a more cohesive unit with each tournament. “The tournament in San Diego was a great experience for everyone,” Maes said. “On our first trip as a team, it was great to see that the chemistry is strong.”
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Arizona middle blockers Courtney Karst, No. 23, and Stephanie Snow, No. 55, defend against a Stanford hit during Sunday’s loss.
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Road struggles still bite Wildcats
Their trend of letting teams back into the set hurt the Wildcats against Stanford. Arizona took an 8-3 lead in the first set, but the Cardinal rallied to take the set 25-22. Set two never saw an Arizona lead, and Stanford used a 7-3 run to take the set 25-21. “I feel like we had a chance against Stanford,” Rubio said. “It was a disappointing match for us because we had our chances each game, we just missed our chances.” On Friday night, Arizona was plagued by the play of No. 15 California’s Hana Cutura, who racked up 31 kills and 11 digs against the Wildcats. The senior outside hitter from Zagreb, Croatia, was too much for Arizona’s defense as she earned a stellar .638 attacking percentage. “Stanford didn’t have the same
physical presence as Cal did,” Rubio said. “Their foreign player was better than anyone we‘ve every played against since I’ve been here. We played hard against Cal, but she’s just a whole different league; the national team couldn’t have beaten Cal that night.” The Wildcats weren’t swept against the Golden Bears, however. They claimed the second set 25-21 after strong efforts from junior setter Paige Weber and middle blockers Stephanie Snow and Jacy Norton. Sets three and four were not as kind to Arizona, as they fell 25-16 in both matches. Limited offense again stalled Arizona’s chances — they hit only .155. Dosty marked double figures again in the match with 14 kills and was helped by sophomore outside hitter Courtney
Karst, who recorded 12 kills against the Golden Bears (12-7, 5-4 Pac-10). Arizona hasn’t won a match in Berkley, Calif., since 2003. Although the Wildcats have been good at defending their home court, the task of beating teams on the road has decided which teams sink or swim in the conference. “You can never take winning for granted,” Rubio said. “You take a look at how teams in this conference are doing on the road and how they’re doing at home, and you see they’re doing much better at sweeping at home and losing two on the road.” Arizona’s now sits at sixth place in the conference, one game below a .500 mark. The Wildcats will look to rebound this weekend as they host the Washington schools on Friday and Saturday.
Penalties, injuries lead to sweep of Icecats By Mike Schmitz Arizona Daily Wildcat Most people leave Las Vegas emptyhanded, and for the Icecats this weekend, that was certainly the case. Arizona (2-5) went into its two-game series against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (11-2), with a ton of confidence, but left without a win. The Icecats were coming off of a 2-1 record at the American Collegiate Hockey Association Showcase, but poor play along with a slew of penalties and injuries resulted in a pair of losses. “It wasn’t a good performance at all,”
said head coach Leo Golembiewski. “It was probably our poorest performance of the year.” In game one, Arizona came out of the gates strong, taking a 2-0 lead off of goals by sophomore Andrew Treptow and junior Jordan Schupan, but eventually fell 7-4. After entering the second period up 2-1, things got out of hand quickly. Arizona was called for six penalties in less than 10 minutes, allowing UNLV to score an unheard of five power play goals, three of which came from a twoman advantage. “I don’t ever remember a team get-
ting five power play goals, and for three of their five power play goals they had a two-man advantage,” Golembiewski said. “I don’t care if you have (former NHL goalie) Glenn Hall in the goal, it just makes it tough.” To add to the Icecats’ troubles, they lost one of their most effective offensive players, freshman Brian Slugocki. Slugocki came into game one leading the Icecats in goals scored, but was forced to miss the remainder of game one as well as game two due to a concussion. The Icecats also lost starting freshman goalie Dave Herman with six minutes remaining in the second period
due to a knee injury. He was replaced by fellow freshman Ben Case. UNLV ended the second period up 6-3 and ultimately won the contest 7-4. Schupan was the sole bright spot for the Icecats in game one, posting his second hat trick in five games, but his offense wasn’t enough. Game two of the series was much of the same, as Arizona lost 8-2. With Case making his first start as an Icecat, the team got down 0-3 early and never had a chance to mount a comeback. “You can’t do anything about the fact that our goaltending the second game was certainly not up to par,”
Golembiewski said. Despite another goal from Schupan and a goal from freshman defenseman Nick Stolz, the Icecats ended up losing the contest. Although the Icecats have had a rough start to the season, Golembiewski is still optimistic about the remainder of the season. “It’s been an interesting first seven games,” Golembiewski said. “But with 15 guys getting a chance to play college hockey for the first time, it’s quite a learning experience. ”I feel that it’s going to be a great season, there’s no doubt about that,”he added.
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