Air Force edges Wyoming, 4-3, in women's tennis Published April 5, 2004 ALBUQUERUE, N.M. (AFPN) -- The Air Force women's tennis team evened its Mountain West Conference record at 1-1 April 4 with a tough 4-3 victory over Wyoming here. The Falcons, who are now 13-6 overall this season, won two of the three doubles matches and split the six singles contests with the Cowgirls. Air Force narrowly won the doubles point for the second consecutive match when junior Katie Tomkie and freshman Kellie Crail squeaked out a 9-7 victory over Wyoming's Andrea House and Gwen Moser. That turned out to be the key match as the two teams split the other two doubles matches. Falcon seniors Laura Nigro and Gina Black easily won the No. 1 match, 8-0, over Yuliani Santi and Jennifer Hancock, while Patricia Chien and Karolina Rowinski of Wyoming won the No. 2 match, 8-6, over Kat Bushey and Karissa Walker."That was a huge win for us at No. 3," said Air Force head coach Kim Gidley. "Katie and Kellie really came through for us, even more so because we ended up splitting the singles matches."Air Force quickly took a 3-0 lead as Nigro defeated Chien, 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 1 singles spot and Bushey beat Santi, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 2. Wyoming fought back with a pair of three-set wins at No. 3 and 4. Hancock beat Walker at the No. 3 spot, 6-4, 5-7, 10-4, then Rowinski defeated Black at No. 4 in a see-saw match that went three-sets, 6-7, 7-5, 11-9.Tomkie clinched the team match for the Falcons with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at the No. 5 position over Amy Senko. House defeated Crail, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 6 for the final match. "Having Laura, Kat and Katie take care of business is a big positive for us," Gidley said. "Everyone played well today, even in the close matches we lost."The Falcons play their final nonconference match of the season April 7 at the University of Denver. Air Force returns to conference action in Salt Lake City against Brigham Young University on April 9 and Utah on April 10.