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Rice Tennis Classic
Rice and Georgia Tech Go Home With Big Wins
10/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 8, 2006
The 2006 Rice Tennis Classic wrapped up Sunday at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium with Rice winning the championship in the gray flight doubles bracket and Georgia Tech taking championships in blue flight singles, gray flight singles, and blue flight doubles.
The Owls doubles team of Dominque Karas and Kimberely Patenaude soundly won against their teammates Jennifer Pan and Veronica Sagastegui 8-0 for a perfect tournament record and the gray flight championship.
Rice freshmen Rebecca Linn, Julie Chao, Jennifer Pan, and Veronica Sagastegui played hard and well this weekend racking up a singles record total of 11:5 over the three day tournament.
"The team played very tough and very aggressive this weekend," said head coach Roger White. "We didn't play our best tennis at times, but we competed hard every time we were out there. I feel like we are in a good position looking forward to the tournament in Midland next weekend and the regionals to follow. The girls are working really hard and have high aspirations as to what they want to accomplish as a team and as an individual. I'm really proud of each and every individual effort that was put in this weekend."
For Georgia Tech, one of the top 10 teams in the nation last year, Amanda Craddock took the singles championship in the blue flight by default, Christy Striplin defeated Owl Rebecca Lin 6-4, 6-2 for the gray flight title, and the doubles team of Whitney McCray and Amanda Craddock went home with the blue flight doubles championship with an 8-4 win over the Illinois team of Leigh Finnegan and Megan Fudge.
Marta Georgianna of SMU defeated Rice's Veronica Sagastegui 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 for the championship in the white singles round-robin.
The Owls return to the courts next weekend at the Midland Invitational.
Rice Tennis Classic Oct 07, 2006 at Rice University Jake Hess Tennis Stadium, Houston, Texas Teams: Rice, Baylor, Illinois, Georgia Tech, SMU, Texas-San Antonio, rairie View A&M, Lee College
Blue Flight Singles
Iva Mihaylova (BU) def. Amanda McDowell (GT) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Amanda Craddock (GT) def. Natalia Bubien (SMU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Amanda Craddock (GT) def. Iva Mihaylova (BU) Default
Megan Fudge (UI) def. Kalei Gora (Lee) 7-5, 6-3
Karen Scida (UTSA) def. Alanna Rodgers (Rice) 6-1, 6-1
Julie Chao (Rice) def. Christine Dao (Rice) Default
Leigh Finnegan (UI) def. Tiffany Lee (Rice) Default
Julie Chao (Rice) def. Leigh Finnegan (UI) 7-5, 6-2
Nicole Banks (PVAM) def. Melanie Brown (PVAM) Default
Zuzana Chmelarova (BU) def. Natalie Wallin (UTSA) Default
Gray Flight Singles
Christy Striplin (GT) def. Rebecca Lin (Rice) 6-4, 6-2
Whitney McCray (GT) def. Jana Bielikova (BU) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
Jen Shay (SMU) def. Kristina Minor (UI) 7-5, 7-5
Emily Braid (Rice) def. Melissa Guerrier (PVAM) 6-1, 6-4
Shivani Dave (UI) def. Sandra Kukla (UTSA) Default
Momei Qu (UI) def. Alejandra Mezcuadra (UI) 6-2, 6-2
Monika Drabkova (UTSA) def. Tanya Hasking (UTSA) Default
Stephanie Rodriguez (Lee) def. Kimberley Patenaude (Rice) Default
Shivani Dave (UI) def. Stephanie Rodriguez (Lee) 6-0, 6-0
White Flight Singles
Marta Georgiana (SMU) def. Veronica Sagastegui (Rice) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Jordan McCombs (Lee) def. Jennifer Pan (Rice) 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
Holly Phillips (UTSA) def. Camille Whittingham (PVAM) 6-0, 6-0
Charli Cooksey (PVAM) def. Bianca Simpson (PVAM) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Blue Flight Doubles
McCray/Craddock (GT) def. Finnegan/Fudge (UI) 8-4
Gora/McCombs (Lee) def. Dave/Cuadra (UI) 8-5
Kukla/Wallin (UTSA) def. Rodgers/Lin (Rice) 9-8 (4)
Scida/Hasing (UTSA) def. Chao/Lee (Rice) 8-6
Striplin/McDowell (GT) def. Mihaylova.Chmelarova (BU) 8-5
Chay/Marta (SMU) def. Dao/Braid (Rice) 8-2
Qu/Minior (UI) def. Bielikova (BU)/Rodriguez(Lee) 8-2
Gray Flight Doubles
Karas/Patenaude (Rice) def. Pan/Sagastegui (Rice) 8-0
Whittingham/Simpson (PVAM) def. Cooksey/Dawkins (PVAM) 8-3
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