By MATT DEARMAN

Sports Writer

The Techsters were successful when they traveled to Lafayette to participate in the Pepsi Challenge at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette to close out the fall season.

The Techsters were led by senior Anabella Duque, who dominated the Flight B singles' bracket to advance to the finals.

Sophomore Monica Kelly and junior Avril Martinez also achieved success in singles play, and the doubles tandem of Duque and Katie Westbrook put forth a solid performance in the doubles division, giving Tech successful performances in each bracket.

Kelly was the star of the Flight A singles' bracket for the Techsters, advancing to the consolation quarterfinals match by defeating Arkansas State University's Marusa Pogacnik 7-4, 4-6, 10-1. Kelly then surrendered her shot at the semifinals to fellow Techster Holly Ready.

Martinez claimed another victory for Tech in Flight B of singles' play by defeating Magali Vanden Bergh of Northwestern State in the opening round of the tournament.

In doubles play, the spotlight shined on Tech again as the twosome of Duque and Westbrook advanced to the quarterfinals with a dynamic 8-1 victory of a Sam Houston doubles' team.

Although Tech achieved several successes in the tournament, the most outstanding performance of the weekend for the Techsters came from Duque in singles' play in the Flight B bracket.

Duque set the tone for the bracket early with a 6-1, 6-0 win in her first match over Camelia Urdea of the University of Louisiana-Monroe. She then rolled over UL-Lafayette's Cecilia Varela 6-1, 6-3 to land a spot in the semifinals.

In the semifinals, Duque dispatched of ULM's Daliny Sithmorada by a score of 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the final round of competition where she fell to ULM's Noelia Leon in three sets.