Coach Sisk's Comments Following The Rice Classic
Sep 27, 2009 | Women's Tennis
Sept. 27, 2009
On her team's performance today
"Today was a little bit of a disappointing day for us. We had eight singles matches and only bringing home two victories out of the eight obviously makes it our worst day of the fall so far. When you think that we've played back-to-back weekends all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I think a little bit of fatigue set in on this last day."
On the team's overall performance this weekend
"When you look at who we were stacked up against, we did well. But we didn't close it out. That is something we're working on. When you get that far in the game, you have to play to win. You can't let off the gas a little bit and hope they miss. We have to finish it off."
On who stood out this weekend
"When you start with Mariam Kurdadze beating Malyarchikova - the 96th ranked player in the ITA preseason - that was a huge win for us. Her and Emma Levy played Malyarchikova and Lesniak, they're SMU's No. 1 doubles pair, and we lost 9-8, 7-5 in the tie-breaker. Those things prove that we're moving in the right direction. We just need to keep that momentum. We can't let these losses get under our skin a little bit. Overall, even with today because we played a lot of really talent teams, we did a really good job. I can't let today be the deciding factor for the entire weekend because it was a great weekend for Tulane."
On what the team will work on in preparation for the ITA Southern Regional
"We're going to work on a lot of things. We're going to go back to practice, continue to work in doubles and work on being more aggressive on playing the big points well. From a singles standpoint, we're going to work on a lot of point situations where you're up 5-0 or you're up 3-2 and playing to win and closing out games. That seems to be a little bit of a hitch for us. Once we get through that hurdle, things will start moving much more smoothly and we'll feel more confident. When you're in a situation when you're up 5-0 and you get tight, it's much more of an uphill battle."
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