September 26, 2009

Rogers advances to semifinals on Day 2 at Wake Forest Invitational

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - UNC Greensboro's Mikayla Rogers advanced to the semifinal round in Flight C singles at the Wake Forest Women's Tennis Fall Invitational on Saturday.

Rogers easily topped Isabell Arana of Richmond, 6-0 and 6-1, to advance to a semifinal match late on Saturday.

Rogers also teamed with Sasha Skirpkina to win two out of three doubles matches in the round robin doubles bracket.

Tournament play concludes on Sunday.

AGATE - UNCG players only

Singles Flight A

Tidwell (Richmond) def. Dougherty, 6-1, 7-5; Berry (Davidson) def. Dougherty 7-5, 6-4.

Singles Flight B

Smutko (Illinois) def. Behr 6-4, 6-4; Lambropoulos (Illinois) def. Macfarlane 6-2, 6-1; Macfarlane def. Galainena 6-3, 6-1.

Singles Flight C

Rios (UNCG) def. Dicconson (Davidson) 6-1, 6-0; Rogers def. Arana (Richmond) 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles

Cutillo/Reveche (Wake Forest) def. Dougherty/Behr 8-4; Dougherty/Behr def. Gores/Wang (Davidson) 8-2

Doubles Round Robin

McCarthy/Allin (Illinois) def. Rios/Eblen 8-5; Rios/Eblen def. Clemente/Wood (Davidson) 8-5; Rios/Eblen def. Galainena/Dicconson (Davidson) 9-7; Skripkina/Rogers def. Clemente/Wood (Davidson) 8-3; Skripkina/Rogers def. Grant/Crystal (Richmond) 8-4; McCarthy/Allin (Illinois) def. Skripkina/Rogers 8-2.

- UNCG -