Women's Tennis Continues Its Dominance In Fort Myers
Jan. 20, 2008
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Despite cool and windy conditions in Fort Myers Sunday, the No. 11 University of Miami women’s tennis team continued its dominance at the FGCU/Johan Kriek Classic, winning six of seven singles matches against opponents from Dartmouth and all three doubles matches versus No. 32 Wichita State on the third day of the event.
No. 29 Laura Vallverdu overwhelmed her singles opponent for the third time in as many days, beating Dartmouth’s Molly Scott, 6-1, 6-1, to set the pace for UM. Romy Farah and Michaela Kissell also moved their singles records to 3-0 with Farah defeating Megan Zebroski, 6-4, 6-3, and Kissell taking out Jesse Adler, 6-4, 6-2.
In other singles action, Claudia Wasilewski beat Carley Markovitz, 7-6 (4), 6-2 and Gina Sabatino edged out Ryan Reichel, 6-4, 6-4 while Jenna Osborne pushed her singles mark to 2-0 with a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 10-4 win over Maggie Suydam.
UM’s lone singles loss came when Mary Beth Winningham got by Caren Seenauth in a close match, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 10-8.
In doubles play against Wichita State, Eichkorn and Seenauth pushed their mark to 2-0 as a duo with a 9-8 (4) win over Stephanie Dalmacio and Laryssa Ferreira. Sabatino and Kissell also remained undefeated together after beating Torrie Browning and Florentina Hanisch, 8-5, while Wasilewski and Osborne shutout Anna Egorova and Lenore Lazaroiu, 8-0, in their first match as doubles partners.
Through the first three days of the tournament, the Hurricanes have gone 19-3 in singles competition and an even more impressive 8-1 in doubles play.
The tournament, which is a non-team scoring event that only counts towards individual records, will conclude Monday with UM facing opponents from No. 52 Ohio State in singles play at 9 a.m. and host Florida Gulf Coast in doubles play at 12 p.m.
Singles results vs. Dartmouth (11 a.m.)
Laura Vallverdu def. Molly Scott, 6-1, 6-1
Romy Farah def. Megan Zebroski, 6-4, 6-3
Mary Beth Winningham def. Caren Seenauth, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 10-8
Michaela Kissell def. Jesse Adler, 6-4, 6-2
Claudia Wasilewski def. Carley Markovitz, 7-6 (4), 6-2
Gina Sabatino def. Ryan Reichel, 6-4, 6-4
Jenna Osborne def. Maggie Suydam, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 10-4
Doubles results vs. Wichita State (2 p.m.)
Bianca Eichkorn/Caren Seenauth def. Stephanie Dalmacio/ Laryssa Ferreira, 9-8 (4)
Gina Sabatino/Michaela Kissell def. Torrie Browning/Florentina Hanisch, 8-5
Claudia Wasilewski/Jenna Osborne def. Anna Egorova/ Lenore Lazaroiu, 8-0
