Griz tennis team rained on in Idaho
4/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Rain in Moscow, Idaho on Saturday afternoon forced the University of Montana women's tennis to move into the Kibbie Dome, where the host University of Idaho Vandals drilled the fuzzy, light-green ball and UM.
Idaho won six of the seven singles matches and all three doubles matches in winning the duel 6-1. Erin Cooney got the only win for Montana. She beat Leslie Banks 6-3, 6-3. None of the other matches went past two sets.
"Cooney played great at the No. 5 spot," UM Head Tennis Coach Kris Nord said. "She competed well, as did the rest of the team."
Originally schedule to be played outside, the duel had to be moved inside the Kibbie Dome after clouds started dropping rain about an hour into the duel. The doubles matches were played outside, but the seven singles matches were moved inside.
The switch of venues played right into the hands of Idaho.
The ball was moving close to 40 percent faster once play was moved inside, Nord said. He compared the move to going from clay courts, where the ball is slowed when it hits the soft surface, to grass, which is harder.
"It favored us to be playing on the slower courts because they have some big girls who really hit the ball hard," Nord said. "Although I am not saying that is why we lost. They have a good team."
Although the Grizzlies appeared to do no right in its defeat to the racquets of the University of Idaho, Nord said. Although he added that there were still a lot of positives taken from Saturday's play.
"We were missing a player, so things were tilted against us from the start," Nord said. "But we still competed hard."
Kate Kohlschreiber missed the road trip to take the upper-division writing exam, and her absence caused Nord to mix-and-match his line-up.
The women's team now has two weeks off to prepare for the Big Sky Conference tournament on April 25-27 in Portland, Ore.
Idaho won six of the seven singles matches and all three doubles matches in winning the duel 6-1. Erin Cooney got the only win for Montana. She beat Leslie Banks 6-3, 6-3. None of the other matches went past two sets.
"Cooney played great at the No. 5 spot," UM Head Tennis Coach Kris Nord said. "She competed well, as did the rest of the team."
Originally schedule to be played outside, the duel had to be moved inside the Kibbie Dome after clouds started dropping rain about an hour into the duel. The doubles matches were played outside, but the seven singles matches were moved inside.
The switch of venues played right into the hands of Idaho.
The ball was moving close to 40 percent faster once play was moved inside, Nord said. He compared the move to going from clay courts, where the ball is slowed when it hits the soft surface, to grass, which is harder.
"It favored us to be playing on the slower courts because they have some big girls who really hit the ball hard," Nord said. "Although I am not saying that is why we lost. They have a good team."
Although the Grizzlies appeared to do no right in its defeat to the racquets of the University of Idaho, Nord said. Although he added that there were still a lot of positives taken from Saturday's play.
"We were missing a player, so things were tilted against us from the start," Nord said. "But we still competed hard."
Kate Kohlschreiber missed the road trip to take the upper-division writing exam, and her absence caused Nord to mix-and-match his line-up.
The women's team now has two weeks off to prepare for the Big Sky Conference tournament on April 25-27 in Portland, Ore.
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