Rosenberg and Castillejos Claim Big 12 No. 1 Doubles Title
Apr 26, 2004 | Tennis
DALLAS Kansas State junior Maria Rosenberg and senior Paulina Castillejos were named the 2004 Big 12 Conference Women’s Tennis No. 1 Doubles Champions as announced by the league office Monday.
The Wildcats’ top duo went 8-3 during conference regular season play with victories over top doubles teams from Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri and Baylor. K-State has now won three No. 1 doubles positional championships in the history of the Big 12 (2001, 2002 and 2004). Castillejos, who hails from Puebla, Mexico, previously won the No. 3 doubles championship with teammate Hayley McIver in 2001. This is the first league title ever for Manhattan native Rosenberg.
K-State (5-14, 1-10) received the No. 11 seed in the upcoming Big 12 Conference Tournament on April 29-May 2 and will take on No. 6-seeded Missouri (13-8, 6-5) in first round action to be played on Thursday, April 29 at 1:30 p.m. (CT) in Norman, Okla. The winner of that match will advance to Friday’s quarterfinals against No. 3-seeded and host Oklahoma (20-3, 9-2) at 3 p.m.
2004 BIG 12 CONFERENCE WOMEN'S TENNIS POSITION WINNERS
No. 1 Singles - Anda Perianu, Oklahoma
No. 2 Singles - Helga Vieira, Texas A&M (head-to-head)
No. 3 Singles - Kendra Strandemo, Colorado (head-to-head)
No. 4 Singles - Lauren Walker, Texas A&M
No. 5 Singles - Nicki Mechem, Texas A&M
No. 6 Singles - Anna Lubinsky, Texas A&M
No. 1 Doubles - Paulina Castillejos-Maria Rosenberg, Kansas State
No. 2 Doubles - Petra Dizdar-Mia Marovic, Texas
No. 3 Doubles - Gabby Baker-Bethany Griffin, Oklahoma
KANSAS STATE ALL-TIME BIG 12 WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONS
No. 5 Singles (2000) - Kathy Chuda
No. 4 Singles (2001) - Kathy Chuda
No. 3 Singles (2001) - Eva Novotna
Player of the Year (2002) - Alena Jecminkova
No. 3 Doubles (1998) - Dinah Watson and Anna Pampoulova
No. 1 Doubles (2001) - Alena Jecminkova and Eva Novotna
No. 3 Doubles (2001) - Hayley McIver and Paulina Castillejos
No. 1 Doubles (2002) - Alena Jecminkova and Andrea Cooper
No. 1 Doubles (2004) - Maria Rosenberg and Paulina Castillejos
