April 28, 2010
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M's Nazari Urbina (Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico) and Morgan Frank (Oldsmar, Fla.) are the Big 12 Conference co-champions at No. 2 singles and No. 3 singles, respectively.
Urbina, a freshman, went 10-0 in Big 12 matches, tying Baylor's Nina Secerbegovic (10-1) for most wins at the No. 2 line. Secerbegovic's only conference loss was a 6-3, 6-4 setback to Urbina on April 14 in Waco.
Frank, the 2009 Big 12 No. 2 singles champion and the 2008 No. 5 singles champion and No. 3 doubles champion, went 9-1 at the No. 3 line, tying Krista Damico (9-2) of Texas for most wins. Frank, a junior, defeated Damico, 7-6 (2), 6-1, during the regular season.
Individual Big 12 champions are crowned for each of the six singles positions and all three doubles flights based on the number of conference wins during the regular season. A player must have competed in at least six matches at a set position to qualify for a conference title. In addition, wins at higher positions count toward the record in which an athlete has played a minimum of six matches.
The Aggies (13-8, 8-3 Big 12) are the No. 4 seed at the 2010 Big 12 Women's Tennis Championships, which begin Thursday in Austin, Texas. A&M has a first-round bye and will take on the winner between No. 5 seed Oklahoma and No. 12 seed Kansas Friday at noon at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center on the University of Texas campus.
2010 Big 12 Individual Champions
No. 1 Singles: Lenka Broosova, Baylor (11-0)
No. 2 Singles: Nazari Urbina, Texas A&M (10-0)
Nina Secerbegovic, Baylor (10-1)
No. 3 Singles: Morgan Frank, Texas A&M (9-1)
Krista Damico, Texas (9-2)
No. 4 Singles: Csilla Borsanyi, Baylor (9-2)
Sarah Meghoufel, Oklahoma State (9-2)
No. 5 Singles: Sarah Lancaster, Texas (9-0)
No. 6 Singles: Jennifer Holmberg, Nebraska (9-2)
No. 1 Doubles: Lenka Broosova/Csilla Borsanyi, Baylor (10-0)
No. 2 Doubles: Amanda Craddock/Krista Damico, Texas (9-2)
No. 3 Doubles: Mary Weatherholt/Jennifer Holmberg, Nebraska (10-1)