Women's Tennis: Owls Compete at Yellow Jacket Invitational
10/22/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
After receiving a first-round bye, Chao swept Furman's McCall Holman 6-4, 6-3 before suffering a 6-3, 6-1 loss to Iowa's Steffi Hoch in the semifinals. Chao then rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 win against Sunnie Harmon of Clemson to finish third iin her flight. Goodrich opened the tournament with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Central Florida's Hadas Ronen. She then came up short in her rally against Hoch, losing 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4) in the quarterfinals. Goodrich finished the tournament strong, though, with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Holman and a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Illinois' Erin Miller.
Senior Erin Waters also had a solid weekend of action with two wins in flight A singles, including a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 victory over Iowa's Toni Neykova, the tournament's number-two seed.
In doubles action, Goodrich teamed with junior Judith Hagedorn to win the flight B backdraw. The Rice duo posted an 8-2 win against Natalie The and Krista Thompson of Furman on Saturday then held a 6-1 lead over Anna Savitskaya and Christina Oldock of Clemson before the Tigers defaulted.
Yellow Jacket Invitational Results Flight A Singles Erin Waters (RU) def. Mysit Morris (Ga.Tech), 6-4, 5-7, 10-6 Cassie Hass (Iowa) def. Judith Hagedorn (RU), 6-1, 6-2 Christina Denny (FSU) def. Erin Waters (RU), 6-1, 6-3 Judith Hagedorn (Rice), bye Erin Waters (RU) def. Toni Neykova (Iowa), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3) Ann Jeannette Svantesson (UCF) def. Judith Hagedorn (RU), 6-2, 6-2 Cassie Hass (Iowa) def. Erin Waters (RU), 6-3, 6-2 Meredith Moore (RU) def. Judith Hagedorn (RU), 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 Flight B Singles Natalie Briaud (RU) def. Simone Kung (Ill.) 1-6, 6-3, 10-5 Pascale Veraverbeke (Iowa) def. Jeri Gonzales (RU), 6-2, 6-0 Anna Savitskaya (Clemson) def. Natalie Briaud (RU), 7-5, 6-3 Jeri Gonzales (RU), bye Julie Pecastaing (UCF) def. Natalie Briaud (RU), 6-2, 6-2 Tiffany Eklov (Ill.) def. Jeri Gonzales (RU), 6-4, 6-4 Natalie Briaud (RU) def. Marina Raic (FSU), default Simone Kung (Ill.) def. Jeri Gonzales (RU), 6-0, 6-2 Flight C Singles Sonja Prokopek (UCF) def. Yasmin Fisher (RU), 6-1, 6-1 Yasmin Fisher (RU) def. Krista Thompson (Furman), 6-1, 6-2 Shellie Cochran (Furman) def. Yasmin Fisher (RU), 6-3, 6-4 Flight D Singles Annie Goodrich (RU) def. Hadas Ronen (UCF), 6-4, 6-3 Karen Chao (RU), bye Sunnie Harmon (Clemson) def. Kylie Wallis (RU), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 10-8 Steffi Hoch (Iowa) def. Annie Goodrich (RU), 6-2, 2-6, 10-4 Karen Chao (RU) def. McCall Holman (Furman), 6-4, 6-3 Kylie Wallis (RU), bye Annie Goodrich (RU) def. McCall Holman (Furman), 6-2, 6-1 Steffi Hoch (Iowa) def. Karen Chao (RU), 6-3, 6-1 Amira Samara (UCF) def. Kylie Wallis (RU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Annie Goodrich (RU) def. Erin Miller (Ill.), 6-2, 6-0 Karen Chao (RU) def. Sunnie Harmon (Clemson), 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 Hadas Ronen (UCF) def. Kylie Wallis (RU), 6-4, 6-3 Flight A Doubles Dunnigan/Moore (Furman) def. Briaud/Waters (RU), 8-6 Briaud/Waters (RU) def. Gallovits/Denny (FSU), 9-7 Brito/Jayet (Clemson) def. Briaud/Waters (RU), 8-6 Flight B Doubles Okal/Svantesson (UCF) def. Goodrich/Hagedorn (RU), 8-5 Goodrich/Hagedorn (RU) def. The/Thompson (Furman), 8-2 Goodrich/Hagedorn (RU) def. Savitskaya/Oldock (Clemson), 6-1, default Flight C Doubles Koon/Roberson (Ga. Tech) def. Chao/Gonzales (RU), 8-6 Chao/Gonzales (RU) def. Bowen/Stiglic (Clemson), 8-2 Hoch/Veraverbeke (Iowa) def. Chao/Gonzales (RU), 9-7 Flight D Doubles Fisher/Wallis (RU) def. Holman/Isaksson (Furman), 8-5 Hodgman/Hayden (Iowa) def. Fisher/Wallis (RU), 8-6 Fisher/Wallis (RU) def. Harmon/Miller (Clemson/Ill.), default
