May 24, 2005
ATHENS, GA.- New Mexico’s Maja Kovacek will turn her focus over to doubles now after dropping a tough match to No. 9-16 seed Story Tweedie-Yates in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Singles Championship this afternoon in Athens, Ga. The Lobo junior fell in two sets (6-2, 7(3)-6) to the TCU opponent, but not before making a tremendous comeback in the second set.
After dropping the first set, Kovacek quickly fell behind 5-2 in the second set. Tweedie-Yates looked like she was going to put Kovacek out the game in the same fashion she did in the first set, but Kovacek fought her way back to tie the set at five all. Tweedie-Yates captured the next point to regain the lead, 6-5, but Kovacek answered back again to tie it at 6-6. Not about to give up herself, Tweedie-Yates pulled away one last time to clinch the final set 7(3)-6.
The Pula, Croatia native ends the 2004-05 season with an overall singles record of 31-9.
Kovacek will have to do a quick turnaround today as she enters the first round of doubles competition at the NCAA tournament with fellow Lobo Iva Gersic. The pair is set to play the No. 4 seed UCLA duo of Daniela Bercek and Riza Zalameda at 3 p.m. ET.
For live scoring, bracket pairings and any other tournament information, visit NCAA tournament host University of Georgia’s web site at www.georgiadogs.com or click on the NCAA logo link found on the Lobo women’s tennis page at www.golobos.com. The recap from today’s doubles match can also be found at golobos.com at the conclusion of the match.
Today’s Single Results
No. 14 Story Tweedie-Yates (TCU) def. No. 45 Maja Kovacek (UNM) 6-2, 7(3)-6