Florida Gators
Riviera All-American (Day 1)
W-Tennis Advances Two at Riviera All-American
Friday, October 11, 2002 | Women's Tennis
Florida's Lindsay Dawaf (Olney, MD) and Zerene Reyes (Mexico City, Mexico) each upset their respective first rounds opponents and advanced to the Round of 16 at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships. The Gator doubles team of Alexis Gordon (Windsor, CT) and Julia Scaringe (Marietta, GA) also posted an opening round upset to advance to the quarterfinals.
Dawaf, who is ranked 12th nationally, outlasted 10th-ranked Sarah Riske from Vanderbilt 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the opening round of the prestigious event that is the first of three individual national championships played on the collegiate circuit. Reyes, who battled through three rounds of qualifying before Thursday's match, defeated Fresno State's Chole Carlotti 6-4, 6-0 to advance.
Dawaf plays No. 7-seeded and eighth-ranked Kate Pinchbeck of North Carolina on Friday, while Reyes challenges Duke's 16th-ranked Amanda Johnson.
UF's Gordon and Julie Rotondi (Hingham, MA) lost their first round singles matches and will continue play on Friday in the consolation draw. Gordon fell to No. 5-seeded and sixth-ranked Sara Walker of UCLA 3-6, 6-4, 6-0, while Rotondi lost to No. 1-ranked Vilmarie Castellvi of Tennessee 6-1, 6-1.
In first round doubles action, UF's Gordon and Scaringe, who are ranked 26th, upset 11th-ranked Claire Carter and Darija Klaic of Washington 8-4. The Gator pair of Dawaf and Rotondi drew the misfortune of playing the third-seeded team of Adria Engel and Dora Krstulovic of Arizona State in the opening round and lost 8-6. They will continue play in the consolation draw on Friday.
Riviera/ITA All-American Championships
Riviera Tennis Club
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Oct. 10, 2002
Singles, First Round
(1) Vilmarie Castellvi, Tennessee def. Julie Rotondi, Florida, 6-1, 6-1
Amber Liu, Stanford def. Julie DeRoo, Duke, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
Mira Radu, Mississippi def. (8) Adria Engel, Arizona State, 6-4, 6-4
Alicia Pillay, Tulsa def. Maja Mlakar, Arizona, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
(3) Jewel Peterson, Southern California def. Catherine Lynch, California, 7-6 (2), 6-2
Nataly Cahana, Old Dominion def. Marine Piriou, Northwestern, 6-4, 6-0
Amanda Johnson, Duke def. (6) Erin Burdette, Stanford, 6-3, 6-4
Zerene Reyes, Florida def. Chloe Carlotti, Fresno State, 6-4, 6-0
Courtney Bergman, Harvard def. Urska Juric, Missouri, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
(5) Sara Walker, UCLA, def. Alexis Gordon, Florida, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
Alice Pirsu, Pennsylvania def. Sadhaf Pervez, Ohio State, 6-1, 6-0
(4) Kelly McCain, Duke def. Dora Krstulovic, Arizona State, 6-3, 6-0
Lindsay Dawaf, Florida def. Sarah Riske, Vanderbilt, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
(7) Kate Pinchbeck, North Carolina def. Lauren Barnikow, Stanford, 6-4, 6-1
Raquel Kops-Jones, California def. Jessica Roland, Texas A&M, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
(2) Agata Cioroch, Georgia def. Cristelle Grier, Northwestern, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles, First Round
(1) Sarah Riske/Aleke Tsoubanos, Vanderbilt vs. Karie Schlukebir/Linda Tran, Indiana, in progress
Agata Cioroch/Lori Grey, Georgia def. Julie DeRoo/Amanda Johnson, Duke, 8-3
(3) Adria Engel/Dora Krstulovic, Arizona State def. Lindsay Dawaf/Julie Rotondi, Florida, 8-6
Delia Causevic/Emily Marker, Maryland def. Ashley Hedberg/Jessica Roland, Texas A&M, 8-0
Nathalie Roels/Sara Witten, Kentucky def. Lauren Barnikow/Erin Burdette, Stanford, 8-4
Linda Faltykova/Katia Koloynska, Oklahoma State def. (4) Debbie Larocque/Maja Mlakar, Arizona, 8-4
Alexis Gordon/Julia Scaringe, Florida def. Claire Carter/Darija Klaic, Washington, 8-4
(2) Tiffany Brymer/Jewel Peterson, Southern California def. Hillary Adams/Kelly McCain, Duke, 9-7
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