Houston - Nadya Dubyanskaya won the number three singles and Anrinette Botha took the number five singles for Sam Houston as the Bearkats fell to Houston 5-2 in the women's tennis team's second dual match of the 2011 season.
Callie Woerner and Sheridan Currie paired to win the number two doubles pro-set. The Bearkats came close to taking the doubles point as Dubyanskaya and Tatyana Postnikova took the Cougars' number one to a tiebreaker before falling 9-8.
Dubyanskaya defeated Dionne Sanders 7-5, 6-1 at number three while Botha went three sets for the win over Joanna Kacprzyk 6-3 4-6 6-4.
Postnikova split sets at number two with Giorgia Pozzan, winning the first in a tiebreaker and falling 6-3 in the season. Pozzan won a super tiebreaker 10-6 to take the match.
Sam Houston will play host to UTEP at 12 noon Saturday at the McAdams Tennis Center in the Bearkats' next women's tennis match.
Houston 5, Sam Houston State 2
DOUBLES
1. Hunter/Pozzan (UH) def. Postnikova/Dubyanskaya (SHSU), 9-8(4)
2. Currie/Woerner (SHSU) def. Fraser/Kacprzyk (UH), 8-4
3. Garvey/Sanders (UH) def. Jagau/Petaia (SHSU), 8-3
SINGLES
1. Celia Fraser (UH) def. Imke Jagau (SHSU), 6-3, 4-1, ret.
2. Giorgia Pozzan (UH) def. Tatyana Postnikova (SHSU), 6-7(4), 6-3, 10-6
3. Nadya Dubyanskaya (SHSU) def. Dionne Sanders (UH), 7-5, 6-1
4. Maja Kazimieruk (UH) def. Sheridan Currie (SHSU), 7-5, 6-0
5. Anrinette Botha (SHSU) def. Joanna Kacprzyk (UH), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
6. Jo Garvey (UH) def. Natalie Seira Petaia (SHSU), 7-6(6), 6-3
