April 20, 2008

CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET

HOUSTON - The top-seeded Golden Hurricane of Tulsa won their second consecutive C-USA Women's Tennis Championship on Sunday when they ousted No. 2 Marshall, 4-1. TU fell behind early when it lost the doubles point, but rallied back to take singles victories at Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 for its second women's tennis title in program history.

Semifinal action of the 2008 Conference USA Women's Tennis Championship began on Saturday morning with No. 1 Tulsa downing No. 4 SMU, 4-0. Match two lasted over four hours and saw No. 2 Marshall take out No. 3 Rice, 4-3.  

After a short rain delay, play started on Friday with top-seeded Tulsa downing No. 8 East Carolina, 5-0. The other early match-up saw No. 4 SMU outlast No. 5 Southern Miss, 4-2.  

In the afternoon matches, second-seeded Marshall downed No. 7 UCF, 4-3, while No. 3 Rice also battled back to take out cross-town rival No. 6 Houston, 4-3, in a match that lasted over four hours.  

Thursday's play began with three matches. East Carolina took out UAB 4-2, followed by UCF making quick work of Memphis in a 4-0 sweep. The day's final match saw host and sixth-seeded Houston down UTEP, 4-2.

2008 C-USA WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday, April 17
Match 1: (8) East Carolina 4, (9) UAB 2 - Box Score Recap
Match 2: (7) UCF 4, (10) Memphis 0 - Box Score Recap
Match 3: (6) Houston 4, (11) UTEP 2 - Box Score Recap

Friday, April 18
Match 4: (1) Tulsa 5, (8) East Carolina 0 - Box Score Recap
Match 5: (4) SMU 4, (5) Southern Miss 2 - Box Score Recap
Match 6: (2) Marshall 4, (7) UCF 3 - Box ScoreRecap
Match 7: (3) Rice 4, (6) Houston 3 - Box Score Recap

Saturday, April 19
Match 8: (1) Tulsa 4, (4) SMU 0 - Box Score Recap
Match 9: (2) Marshall 4, (3) Rice 3 Box Score Recap

Sunday, April 20
Championship Match: (1) Tulsa 4, (2) Marshall 1 Box Score