September 29, 2007

Four earn wins in singles action on Day 2 at Roberta Alison Fall Classic

TUSCALOOSA, AL – Four Spartans picked up wins in consolation bracket matches, but Courtney Akel lost in her semifinal match during action at the Roberta Alison Fall Women’s Tennis Classic at the University of Alabama on Saturday.

After suffering opening round losses on Friday, Alejandra Guerra, Arielle VonStrolley, Britney Cloer and Jessica Eblen each picked up wins in their consolation bracket matches Saturday. Guerra handled Iowa’s Milica Veselinovic, 7-5 and 6-0, while VonStrolley topped Mississippi State’s Radka Ferancova, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Cloer defeated Auburn’s Dunja Djuranovic, 6-2 and 6-4, while Eblen handled Lindsay Bennett from Belmont, 6-3 and 6-2.

After earning a spot in the semifinals on Friday, Akel lost to Charlotte’s Candace Cunningham, 6-3 and 6-2, in her semifinal match on Saturday.

Final singles action will be played on Sunday morning beginning at 8 am.

 

 

AGATE

 

Roberta Alison Fall Classic

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Day 2 Results, Singles

 

Crimson Bracket

Alejandra Guerra (UNCG) def. Milica Veselinovic (Iowa) 7-5, 6-0

Martina Banikova (MSU) def. Carolin Walter (FSU) 6-2, 6-3

Fani Chifchieva (Auburn) def. Delia Sescioveanu (Montgomery, Ala.) 7-6 (10-8), 3-6, 6-3

Tiffany Welcher (UA) def. Anabella Bares (Troy) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

 

White Bracket

Alice Tunaru (UA) def. Ana Spivakovsky (UNCC) 6-2, 6-4

Arielle Von Strolley (UNCG) def. Radka Ferancova (MSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

Whitney Chappelle (AU) def. Jessica  Wente (FSU) 6-4, 6-4

Tereza Veverkova (AUM) def. Rawia El Sisi (Troy) 6-3, 6-0

 

Gold Bracket

Bianca Svensson (UA) def. Linda Johnsson (Belmont) 6-4, 6-4

Renee Joseph (MSU) def. Merel Beelen (Iowa) 6-7 (8-6), 7-6, 10-8), 6-1

Kamila Dadakhodjaeva (AUM) def. Jil Hastenrath (AU) 6-2, 7-5

Tapiwa Marobela (FSU) def. Yudeshnee Pillay (UNCC) 7-5, 6-1

 

Silver Bracket

Daniela Juskova (MSU) def. Leonie Guijt (Troy) 7-6, 6-4

Meritt Emery (UA) def. Anna Jackson (Samford) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

Korem Fleming (UNCC) def. Kayla Berry (Iowa) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2

Tatiana Pozo (Belmont) def. Valerie Behr (UNCG) won by default

 

Bronze Bracket

Andrea Brenes (UA) def. Elna de Villiers (Troy) 6-3, 6-4

Federica  Suess (FSU) def. Dominika Zuzulova (AUM) 6-0, 6-4

Gaby Beelen (AU) def. Kelcie Klockenga (Iowa) 6-2, 6-3

Stefanie Viera (Troy) def. Erica Zabkar (UNCG) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4)

 

Blue Bracket

Paulina Bigos (UA) def. Mirte de Bakker (Troy) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3

Michelle Alexander (UNCC) def. Tatiana Feit (MSU) 7-6 (7-3), 7-5

Marie Clare Slade (AU) def. Lynne Poggensee-Wei (Iowa) 6-4, 6-4

Khady Berthe (AUM) def. Katie Weaver (Samford) 6-0, 3-6, 6-3

 

Green Bracket

Whitnie Warren (Belmont) def. Valeriya Makarycheva (MSU) won by default

Kimber Redfern (UNCC) def. Caroline Journin (Troy) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

Jessica Young (Iowa) def. Nadia Lysak (AUM) 6-2, 7-5

Britney Cloer (UNCG) def. Dunja Djuranovic (AU) 6-2, 6-4

 

Red Bracket

Yana Stoeva (UNCC) def. Elise Wettermark (UA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

Jessica Eblen (UNCG) def. Lindsay Bennett (Belmont) 6-3, 6-2

Marine Arres (Troy) def. Heather Bybee (AU) 7-5, 6-1

Taylor Morgan (Samford) def. Natalie Sienkob (AUM) 6-4, 6-2

 

Teal Bracket

Katie Rhodes (Belmont) def. Sarah Templeton (UNCG) 6-2, 6-1

Lindsey Mallory (Samford) def. Alli Nolen (UA) 6-0, 6-1

Candace Cunningham (UNCC) def. Courtney Akel (UNCG) 6-3, 6-2

 

Pink Bracket

Lindsay Reidenbach (Samford) def. Abby Leatherwood (Belmont) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1

Rebecca Kirven (Samford) def. Taylor Mattox (UNCG) 6-0, 6-2

Rachel Dunlavy (AUM) def. Perry Loeser (UNCG) 6-1, 6-0

Gabi Vergara (UNCC) def. Lauren Irick (Belmont) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

 

DOUBLES

Crimson Bracket

Final Doubles

Walter/Marobela (Florida State) def. Verekova/Zuzulova (Auburn-Montgomery) 9-8

Guerra/Von Strolley (UNCG) def. Banikova/Ferancova (Mississippi State) 8-5

El Sisi/Guijt (Troy) def. Veseliovic/Young (Iowa) 8-6

Chappell/Beelen (Auburn) def. Brenes/Welcher (Alabama) 9-8 (7-4)

 

White Bracket

Final Doubles

Spirakovski/Pillay (UNCC) def. deVilliers/Makarycheva (MSU) 9-7

Berthe/Sienkob (AUM) def. Bares/Viera (Troy) 9-8

Wente/Seuss (FSU) def. Beelen/Poggensee-Wei (Iowa) 8-5

Svensson/Emery (Alabama) def. Behr/Eblen (UNCG) won by default

 

 

Gold Bracket

Final Doubles

Joseph/Juskova (Mississippi State) def. Dadakodjaeva/Lysak (AUM) 8-6

Bigos/Tunaru (Alabama) def. Cloer/Zabkar (UNCG) def. 8-7 (7-5)

Fleming/Alexander (UNCC) def. Berry/Klokenga (Iowa) 9-7

Hastenrath/Slade (Auburn) def. Jackson/Weaver (Samford) 8-5

 

Silver Bracket

Final  Doubles

Jounin/de Bakker (Troy) def. Morgan/Mallory (Samford) 8-3

Johansson/Pozo (Belmont) def. Djuranociv/Bybee (Auburn) 9-7

Redfern/Cunningham (UNCC) def. Nolen/Wettermark (Alabama) 8-4

Warren/Bennett (Belmont) def. Akel/Templeton (UNCG) 8-3

 

 

Bronze Bracket

Final  Doubles

Stoeva/Vergara (UNCC) def. Reidenbach/Kirven (Samford) 8-6

Leatherwood/Irick (Belmont) def. Mattox/Loeser (UNCG) 8-5

Arres/Dunlavy (Troy) def. Rhodes/Pence (Belmont) 8-2

 

Bracket Winners

 

Crimson:

Walter/Marobela (FSU)

Consolation: Chappelle/Beelen

 

White:

Spirakovski/Pillay (UNCC)

Consolation:

Berthe/Sienkob (AUM)

 

Gold:

Joseph/Juskova (MSU)

Consolation:

Bigos/Tunaru (UA)

 

Siver:

Jounin/de Bakker (Troy)

Consolation:

Johansson/Pozo (Belmont)

 

Bronze:

Stoeva/Vergara (UNCC)

Consolation:

Leatherwood/Irick (Belmont)

 

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