Conference USA Women’s Tennis Championship Outstanding Performers

Rosa Perez

CHICAGO – Tulane’s ANA SAAIBI and the TCU combination of PATY ABURTO and ROSA PEREZ were named the Outstanding Singles Player and Doubles Team, respectively, of the 2003 C-USA Women’s Tennis Championship. Saaibi helped the Green Wave claim team title, while Aburto and Perez helped the Horned Frogs to a runner-up finish.

Saaibi was instrumental in Tulane’s run to its second C-USA crown by posting match-clinching victory at the No. 5 singles spot in the Wave’s semifinal and finals matches. Against Houston, she recorded a 6-1, 6-2 victory over the Cougars’ KAMI MILLER and then she sealed the championship with a 7-6, 6-2 defeat of TCU’s IRIS JACKLIN. Saaibi was 3-0 in championship play. Saaibi was a second team All-Conference USA selection this year.

Aburto and Perez, currently ranked 59th by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, helped the Horned Frogs reach their second straight C-USA final in only their second season of competition with a pair of doubles wins against Marquette’s MICHELLE MOJZIS and ANNA PAVLOVIC (8-3) in the second round and Louisville’s MARIE LOUISE FROLICH-HANSEN and KELLY TAYLOR (8-2) in the semifinals. Aburto and Perez both earn All-C-USA First Team honors.