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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