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Guerra drops set, but wins 18th straight match as UVA Invite opens
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – She proved she isn't perfect, but UNC Greensboro's Alejandra Guerra won her 18th straight match as play opened at the UVA Fall Invitational on Friday afternoon.
For the first time in her streak, Guerra lost a set. After having won 34 consecutive sets in singles play, Guerra had to rally from a deficit to defeat Virginia's Jennifer Stevens, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, in her first match of the fall slate and of action at the UVA Fall Invitational. Guerra is the first Spartan to receive a pre-season Top 125 national ranking from the ITA at No. 114, while Stevens was ranked No. 68 in the ITA's preseason rankings and was UVA's No. 2 singles player last season, going 12-9 at No. 2 last spring and 14-19 overall.
In other action involving UNCG players, Olena Leonchuk of Virginia Commonwealth defeated Arielle VonStrolley, 6-3, 6-3. NC State's Kristen Bleakley topped Valerie Behr, 6-4 and 6-4. Also, in double action, VonStrolley and Guerra lost to Old Dominion's Irina Dementyeva and Marija Citic in a pro-set, 8-3.
Play continues on Saturday morning.
AGATE
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Doubles
Schmitt/Bailey (Mar) def. Bartlett/Stevens (UVa) 8-5
Fraser/Rales (UVa) def. Keener/Kellner (Mar) 8-3
Hardenbergh/Vaez (UVa) def. Lock/Koprcina (Mar) 8-1
Citic/Dementyeva (ODU) def. Guerra/Vonstrolley (UNCG) 8-3
Haarhoff/Fahoum (ODU) def. Whoriskey/Sorbello (Tenn) 8-2
Zubor/Pluskuta (Tenn) def. Bara/Bara (VCU) 8-3
Alda/Meredith (Tenn) def. Yergina/Burns (VCU) 8-4
Bunea/Leonchuk (VCU) def. Orlin/Raich (Tenn/Mar) 8-2
Schofield/Vuckovic (S.Car) def. Brock/Hojckova (NCSU) 8-5
Zubori/Jocic (S.Car) def. Dobrowolska/Spicin (ODU) 8-6
Barringer/Mortlock (NCSU) def. Mansour/Miller (S.Car) 9-8
Rajic/Behr (S.Car/UNCG) def. Bleakley/Sessoms (NCSU) 8-5
Singles
Kellie Schmitt (Mar) def. Emily Fraser (UVa) 6-4, 6-4
Alejandra Guerra (UNCG) def. Jennifer Stevens (UVa) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Lindsey Hardenbergh (UVa) def. Thaddea Lock (Mar) 6-0, 6-1
Claire Bartlett (UVa) def. Deanna Bailey (Mar) 6-4, 6-2
Amanda Rales (UVa) def. Jessica Keener (Mar) 6-0, 6-3
Neela Vaez (UVa) def. Catherine Kellner (Mar) 6-2, 6-4
Isabell Raich (Mar) def. Marija Citic (ODU) 6-1, 6-1
Irina Dementyeva (ODU) def. Kristina Koprcina (Mar) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Rosalia Alda (Tenn) def. Nadine Fahoum (ODU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Caitlin Whoriskey (Tenn) def. Ana Bara (VCU) 6-4, 6-1
Maria Sorbello (Tenn) def. Kateryna Yergina (VCU) 6-4, 6-3
Jennifer Meredith (Tenn) def. Alex Bara (VCU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
Laura Burns (VCU) def. Sam Orlin (Tenn) 6-1, 6-3
Mihaela Bunea (VCU) def. Zsofia Zubor (Tenn) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Natalie Pluskuta (Tenn) def. Joanna Dobrowolska (ODU) 5-7, 7-6, 7-6
Olena Leonchuk (VCU) def. Arielle Vonstrolley (UNCG) 6-3, 6-3
Ana Zubori (S.Car) def. Berkley Brock (NCSU) 6-3, 6-2
Charleen Haarhoff (ODU) def. Gina Schofield (S.Car) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
Natasa Vuckovic (S.Car) def. Lenka Hojckova (NCSU) 7-5, 6-2
Miljana Jocic (S.Car) def. Margarita Spicin (ODU) 6-4, 6-1
Jelena Rajic (S.Car) def. Neils Barringer (NCSU) 6-2, 6-1
Suzanna Mansour (S.Car) def. Diana Mortlock (NCSU) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
Kristen Bleakley (NCSU) def. Valerie Behr (UNCG) 6-4, 6-4
Ashley Miller (S.Car) def. Pender Sessoms (NCSU) 6-3, 6-1
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