Wesleyan TT Participants Take Home Four Titles at 2004 ACUI Championships

CITY BEACH, Calif. - Texas Wesleyan Table Tennis team won four championships out of a possible five this past weekend at the American College United International Championships. Sophomore Eric Owens won the Men's singles title, defeating Florida Atlantic's Keith Alban, 10-12, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-2.  The No. 1 seeded Owens won two other matches on his way to his second consecutive title.

"Eric said that this was the toughest tournament he has ever played in, (physically)" head coach Christian Lillieroos said.  "He was favored going into the tournament, and had a lot of pressure to win the event.  Every player he faced played him tough.

" Freshman Bijana Golic took home first-place honors in women's singles, defeating 2000 USA Olympic team member Michelle Do of Santa Clara University, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 in the championship. "Biljana won three events and didn't lose a single game in any of the events," Lillieroos said.  "This is something that has never happened before
in this tournament."

Golic teamed with Owens to defeat Florida Atlantic's Alban and Beata Wronka, 11-3, 11-7, 11-6, to win the mixed doubles title.  Golic also teamed with freshman Sabrina Worrell to defeat Wronska and Augusta College's
Boglarka Masters, 11-9, 12-10, 11-7, to win the women's doubles title.

Also competing for Texas Wesleyan were freshman Courtney Roberts and Jared Lynch who teamed up, but lost to UCLA's Vineet Agarwi and Williams Liu, 19-21, 11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 11-9 in the semifinals. Worrell finished in third place in the women's singles division.  She came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Master's, 9-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6,
11-8.

Master's is a member of the Hungarian National team.