September 19, 2009

Whitehead advances to two finals at UVa Fall Invitational

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - UNC Greensboro's Alex Whitehead continued her impressive debut weekend, earning a spot in a singles final and teaming with Stephanie Macfarlane to earn a spot in a doubles final on the second day of action at the UVa Fall Invitational.

Whitehead, a freshman from Victoria, Australia, topped top-seeded Anik Cepeda of William & Mary in straight sets, 6-4 and 6-3, to earn a spot the Flight "C" singles final. That was sandwiched around a pair of doubles wins with Macfarlane to earn a spot in Sunday's Flight "C" doubles final.

Whitehead will face Neela Vaez of Virginia in the singles final at 12:15 p.m. In doubles action, Whitehead and Macfarlane will face Marlen Mesgarzadeh and Carmen Pop at 9 a.m.

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Singles Flight "B": D. Mortlock (NC State) def. Lucy Dougherty 6-4, 6-3.

Singles Flight "C": Alex Whitehead (UNCG) def. A. Cepeda (W&M) 6-3, 6-4; R. Maisak (South Carolina) def. Stephanie Macfarlane 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles Flight "A": Nagaraj/Brock (NC State) def. Valerie Behr/Dougherty 8-4; Stojic/Jocic (South Carolina) def. Behr/Dougherty 8-3

Doubles Flight "C": Macfarlane/Whitehead def. Zak/Carpeni (Dartmouth) 8-4; Macfarlane/Whitehead def. Raich/Kellner (Marshall) 8-4.

 

 

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