Tournament Preview: Women's Tennis at Rolex Indoors
1/30/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Jan. 30, 2001
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#18 Baylor (1-0) at Rolex National Indoor
Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 1-4, 2001 * Dallas, Texas
Senior Jahnavi Parekh and junior Katja Kovac will represent the 18th-ranked Baylor women's tennis team at the Rolex National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, to be played at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas Feb. 1-4.
Kovac earned a spot in the tournament by winning the ITA Southwest Regional in November, for which she earned ITA National Player of the Month honors. Ranked No. 35 in the nation, Kovac enters the tournament on the crest of a career-high 10-match winning streak.
Parekh, an all-American in 2000, was elected to participate on the basis of her No. 18 national ranking. Parekh has won five of her last six matches, with the only loss coming to teammate Kovac at the ITA regional.
Last season, Parekh advanced to the semifinals of the Rolex Indoors in the first appearance by a Baylor women's player.
The women's side of the tournament includes the defending national champion in Stanford's Laura Granville and nine of the top 10 players in the nation.
Team notes:
The team's No. 18 ranking to open the spring ties the team's highest ever, the team also ranked No. 18 during three different weeks in March and April of 2000... The Bears were selected to participate in the National Team Indoors, an elite tournament featuring 16 of the top teams in the country... The Bears have won five straight season openers, dating back to 1996.
Individual notes:
Head Coach Dave Luedtke: 174-121 in his 14th season, all at Baylor.
Karin Andersson: Ranks fifth in school history in career singles wins (77), two wins behind fourth-place Sophie Goldschmidt, and sixth in career doubles wins (57), two wins behind fifth-place Leigh Ann Forney.
Frida Borjesson: Won a season-high four straight singles matches (10/28-11/4)... Will play No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles in the spring.
Monica Gonzalez: Will team with Jahnavi Parekh at No. 3 doubles in the spring... That pair won the Big 12 No. 3 doubles title last season.
Katja Kovac: Has won a career-high 10 straight matches (10/28-present), tied for seventh-best in school history... Ranks third in school history in career singles wins (80), three wins behind second-place Melissa Castro and 12 wins behind all-time leader Rachel Forney... Came in No. 35 in the December ITA singles rankings... Her tournament title at the ITA Southwest Regional earned her a selection to the Rolex National Indoors in February.
Vida Mulec: Entered the ITA singles rankings in December at a career-high No. 41... Had an excellent fall and will play No. 3 singles in the spring... Will team with Katja Kovac at No. 1 doubles.
Jahnavi Parekh: Began the spring ranked No. 18 in the nation in singles... Will look to duplicate her 2000 all-America status while playing No. 1 singles and No. 3 doubles... Holds seventh place in school history for career wins (71), four wins behind sixth-place Hortensia Hernandez... Was selected to play in the Rolex National Indoors in February.
Paola Stephen: Will play No. 5 or 6 singles to start the season.
