UW roundup: Cowgirls win 1-0

by Wyoming Sports.org

POCATELLO, Idaho -- The Wyoming Cowgirls won their third straight game, stopping Utah Valley State 1-0 Friday in the Idaho State Classic.

"I am pleased with our defense today. We were able to withstand the pressure from Utah Valley tonight," said UW head coach Danny Sanchez. "We started out fast and had some great chances early, and were able to jump ahead."

The only goal of the game was scored off a corner kick by Wyoming junior Emily Layton at the 18:20 mark. Senior Amanda Lathrop was credited with the assist.

Junior Emma Wilson, and Lathrop led the team with four shots each and helped the Cowgirls out shoot UVU 17-6 in the game. Wyoming also took nine more corner kicks than the Wolverines.

Guarding the net for the Cowgirls was senior Jamie Scarcliff. She played the full 90 minutes and made three saves in the shutout win.

Wyoming has now out-scored its opponents 5-0 in the last three games. Wyoming has not shut out three straight team since the 2005 season.

The Cowgirls will continue in the classic, as they play Idaho State on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Cowgirl golfers fall to 11th
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The University of Wyoming women’s golf team slipped from third to 11th place out of the stacked field of 16 after day two of the UNM Dick McGuire Invitational.

The Cowgirls were paired up with the 17th-ranked Pepperdine Waves and the 23rd-ranked New Mexico Lady Lobos after their opening round 297 (+5). On Friday, the Waves and Lady Lobos widened their lead as both teams are currently tied for first place with team scores of 585 (+1), nine strokes ahead of third place.

“It was a great learning experience for us today being paired with such great competition,” said head coach Josey Stender. “Our girls got to see that our games are not much different than their’s and that we can play with them.”

Jonelle Martinez dug herself a nice hole after her an opening round 80 (+7), but answered with her career best and second best individual round in Cowgirl history, with a 71 (-2). She has a combined score of 151 (+5) and is currently tied for 25th position after two rounds of play.

“Jonelle had a great mind-set today, she relaxed and really executed her game plan and played great,” said Stender.

Freshman Juanita Rico followed her opening even par first round with an 80 (+7), to fall from being tied for sixth place to now in a tie for the 35th spot in the tourney. Sophomore Jenna Zamprelli, finished the day with an eagle on the final hole to salvage an 81 (+8) which has her heading into the final round tied for 55th.

The Cowgirls will conclude the tournament Saturday with a shotgun start beginning at 8 a.m., before moving to Denver to compete in the Ron Moore Invitational on Monday.

UW tennis at CU
BOULDER, Colo. -- The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team opened up a three-day tournament at the Colorado Invitational. The Cowgirls had a successful and busy first day while conditions seemed perfect as they squeezed in as many matches as possible.

“We played a lot of competitive tennis today,” said head coach Kati Gyulai. “We have made significant improvement from last weekend. Our focus is to improve from round to round and we are achieving our goal.”

The day started with doubles play with two new teams. Ronnie Spencer and Carly Van Hollen won their first match against Tiffany Knop and Hannah LaForest from the University of Northern Colorado in a close match of 9-7, but fell in the quarterfinals 8-0, losing to Camilla Belassi and Monica Milewski from the University of Colorado. Brittany DeFelice and Jamie Nelson opened up against Amy Allin and Marisa Lambropoulos from the University of Illinois with a first round defeat 8-2. Rebecca Berger and Sarah Summerfield battled against Jessica Brouwer and Holly Johnson from Virginia Tech losing 8-2 as well. In the back-draws, Summerfield and Berger defeated Tahlia Smoke and Allie Chermel of the Air Force Academy, 8-1. In the second draw of doubles, Carolina Chaix and Virginia Iwinski won their first match against the University of Northern Colorado’s Luiza Xavier and Jill Kappel, winning 8-2.

In singles play, there were several matches played. DeFelice was successful in the first round, defeating Allie Chermel (AFA) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (6). She then lost in the quarterfinals to Shannon Betts (VT) 6-4, 6-4. Van Hollen also had a successful first round, winning 6-4, 6-0 against Allison Wahba (CU). In the quarterfinals, she lost to Martha Blakely (VT) 6-1, 7-5. In the gold draw singles, Summerfield was defeated by Inga Beerman (VT) 6-2, 6-2, but battled back and won in the back draw, defeating Tahlia Smoke (AFA) 7-6 (2), 6-4. Berger also lost her first round match, to Melisa Esposito (CU) 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (8). However, Berger also won in the back draw 6-2, 6-3, beating Manuela Santos (UNC). In the second draw, Nelson lost her first round to Holly Johnson (AFA), 6-2, 6-0. She then went on to win in the backdraws, defeating Luiza Xavier (UNC), 6-3, 6-1. Spencer also lost in the first round to Abbie Probert (CU), 6-0, 6-1. Spencer also won in the back draw, defeating Jodi Ciarvealla (UNC) 6-3, 7-5. In the silver draw, Virginia Iwinski battled in her first match against Megumi Voight (AFA) but lost in the end 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (6). Chaix also had a tough first round, losing to Madie Kern (CU) 6-2, 7-6 (3). Both were defeated in the back draw by UNC, Iwinski losing to Jennifer Whateley (UNC) 6-3, 7-6 (2) and Chaix losing to Kappel 6-1, 6-1.

Action picks up Satrurday at 9 a.m.