`Canes Wrap Up Invitational with Perfect Singles Record
Sept. 26, 2010
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s tennis team wrapped up the 2010 Miami Fall Invitational on Sunday winning all nine of its matches in the individual round-robin style tournament at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. For the second straight day the Hurricanes swept singles play, finishing 15-0 for the tournament.
Senior Bianca Eichkorn – ranked No. 14 in the country the ITA – led the charge winning all three of her singles matches in the first flight. Eichkorn capped off the weekend with a big win over Michigan’s 12th-ranked Denise Muresan, 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the first flight title match on Sunday.
In the second flight, No. 53 Anna Bartenstein downed Brooke Bolender, 6-3, 6-4, while Kayla Rizzolo won 6-3, 6-2 over Sam Crister. Danielle Mills was victorious in the fourth flight with an easy 6-3, 6-0 win over Mimi Nguyen, No. 83 Gabriela Mejia improved to 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Michelle Sulahian and Bistra Otashlyska defeated Taylor Fournier, 6-2, 6-3.
Prior to singles play, the `Canes went 3-0 in doubles, led by a dominating 8-0 win for the 16th-ranked team of Eichkorn and Bartenstein over UCF’s Jenny Frisell and Alexis Rodriguez. Mejia and Rizzolo also improved to 2-0 as a team, beating Genevieve Lorbergs and Courtney Griffith, 8-5, while Mills and Otashlyska took down Josephine Haraldson and Jenna Doerfler, 8-3.
“I’m really pleased with the way the girls played throughout the entire tournament,” assistant coach Jeff Thomsen said. “It was a great start to the fall, but we’ll need to continue to improve with one of the biggest events of the year right around the corner.”
The `Canes closed out the weekend winning 20 of 21 matches, going 15-0 in singles and 5-1 in doubles. Eichkorn, Bartenstein and Mejia all went 3-0 in singles, while Rizzolo, Mills and Otashlyska finished 2-0.
In addition to her win over Muresan Sunday in a match-up of two Top 20 players, Eichkorn also teamed with Bartenstein on Saturday to take down Michigan’s fourth-rankd tandem of Rika Tatsuno and Whitney Taney, 8-3.
The `Canes will now begin preparation for next week’s ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif. For updates on the women’s tennis program, visit www.HurricaneSports.com or follow the team on twitter @CanesWTennis.
SUNDAY RESULTS
Singles
(14) Bianca Eichkorn (Miami) def. (12) Denise Muresan (Mich), 7-6 (6), 6-3
(53) Anna Bartenstein (Miami) def. Brooke Bolender (Mich), 6-3, 6-4
Kayla Rizzolo (Miami) def. Sam Crister (Mich), 6-3, 6-2
Danielle Mills (Miami) def. Mimi Nguyen (Mich), 6-3, 6-0
(83) Gabriela Mejia (Miami) def. Michelle Sulahian (Mich), 6-3, 6-3
Bistra Otashlyska (Miami) def. Taylor Fournier (Mich), 6-2, 6-3
Maria Spenceley (FIU) def. Kari Wig (Mich), 6-3, 6-1
Irene Rehberger (USF) def. (106) Alexis Rodriguez (UCF), 6-1, 6-3
Ecaterina Vasenina (USF) def. Jenny Frisell (UCF), 6-2, 6-3
Janette Bejlkova (USF) def. Courtney Griffith (UCF), 6-3, 6-3
Loreta Alonso Martinez (USF) def. Genevieve Lorbergs (UCF), 7-5, 6-0
Jenna Doerfler (UCF) def. Kate Parker (USF), 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Josephine Haraldson (UCF) def. Allesandra Bonte Ale (USF), 6-0, 7-6 (5)
Taylor Dubins (UCF) def. Katherine Pyne (USF), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
(16) Bianca Eichkorn/Anna Bartenstein (Miami) def. Jenny Frisell/Alexis Rodriguez (UCF), 8-0
Gabriela Mejia/Kayla Rizzolo (Miami) def. Genevieve Lorbergs/Courtney Griffith (UCF), 8-5
Danielle Mills/Bistra Otashlyska (Miami) def. Josephine Haraldson/Jenna Doerfler (UCF), 8-3
Rehberger/Vasenina (USF) def. Denise Muresan/Rika Tatsuno (Mich), 8-5
Mimi Nguyen/Brooke Bolender (Mich) def. Janette Bejlkova/Loreta Alonso Martinez (USF), 8-6
Sam Crister/Michelle Sulahian (Mich) def. Allesandra Bonte Ale/Kate Parker (USF), 8-2
Maria Spenceley/Lisa Johnson (FIU) def. Kari Wig/Taylor Fournier (Mich), 8-2
