Florida Gators
Omni Hotels Nat'l Indoor-Day 1
Dawaf & Gordon Win at W-Tennis Nat'l Indoor Champs
Friday, November 8, 2002 | Women's Tennis
The University of Florida's Lindsay Dawaf (Olney, MD) and Alexis Gordon (Windsor, CT) won their respective first round singles matches Thursday at the 2002 Omni Hotels National Indoor Championships played at Brookhaven Country Club.
Dawaf, the No. 7 seed in the 32-player singles draw, defeated Baylor's Vida Mulec 6-2, 6-0 in her first round match and faces Northwestern's Marine Piriou in the round of 16 Friday morning. Gordon topped Harvard's Alexis Matire 6-2, 6-2 in her opening contest and will play Northwestern's Christelle Grier in the next round.
Gator senior Julia Scaringe (Marietta, GA) lost for the first time in 10 singles matches this season, falling in the first round 6-2, 6-2 to UCLA's Sara Walker, the No. 6 seed in the event. Junior Julie Rotondi (Hingham, MA) also dropped her opening round singles match with the 6-3, 6-4 decision to Tulane's Julie Smekodub. Both will compete in the consolation draw beginning Friday.
In doubles action, both Gator tandems won their opening round matches in the 16-team draw, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Gordon and Scaringe defeated SMU's Kit Carson and Nadia Vaughan 8-3, but lost to California's Christina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones 8-3. UF's Dawaf and Rotondi began with a 8-4 win over Pennsylvania's Shela Chao and Alice Pirsu, but couldn't capitalize on a pair of match points in the second round and lost a 9-8 (7) heartbreaker to Missouri's Urska Juric and Katka Sevcikova, Missouri.
"Overall, it was an okay day for us. We played and compete pretty well, but hopefully we'll learn from today's matches and play even better on Friday," UF head coach Roland Thornqvist said. "Alexis and Lindsay played very well in singles. They made great adjustments to the very fast indoor courts."
The Omni Hotels National Indoor Championships is the second of three national championship singles and doubles events played on the collegiate circuit.
2002 Omni Hotels National Indoor Championships
Hosted by SMU at Brookhaven Country Club, Farmers Branch, TX
Thursday, November 07, 2002
Complete Results
Women's Singles - First Round
Kelly McCain, Duke (1), d. Megan Muth, William & Mary, 7-6 (0), 6-2
Alice Pirsu, Pennsylvania, d. Kendall Cline, North Carolina, 7-6 (0), 6-4
Lindsay Dawaf, Florida (7), d. Vida Mulec, Baylor, 6-2, 6-0
Marine Piriou, Northwestern, d. Amber Liu, Stanford, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
Agata Cioroch, Georgia (3), d. Alice Barnes, Stanford, 6-0, 6-4
Courtney Bergman, Harvard, d. Urska Juric, Missouri, 6-2, 6-3
Sara Walker, UCLA (6), d. Julia Scaringe, Florida, 6-2, 6-2
Daria Panova, Oregon, d. Antonina Grib, Brenau, 7-6 (2), 6-2
Julie Smekodub, Tulane, d. Julie Rotondi, Florida, 6-3, 6-4
Alicia Pillay, Tulsa, d. Nataly Cahana, Old Dominion (5), 7-5, 6-3
Mira Radu, Mississippi, d. Raquel Kops-Jones, California, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Jewel Peterson, Southern California (4), d. Chloe Carlotti, Fresno State, 6-3, 6-4
Kate Pinchbeck, North Carolina, d. Lauren Barnikow, Stanford, 6-4, 6-1
Julie Coin, Clemson (8), d. Jenny Langer, SMU, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
Alexis Gordon, Florida, d. Alexis Matire, Harvard, 6-2, 6-2
Christelle Grier, Northwestern, d. Vilmarie Castellvi, Tennessee (2), 6-4, 6-3
Second Round - Friday (times Central)
Kelly McCain, Duke (1) vs. Alice Pirsu, Pennsylvania, 10 a.m.
Lindsay Dawaf, Florida (7) vs. Marine Piriou, Northwestern, 10 a.m.
Agata Cioroch, Georgia (3) vs. Courtney Bergman, Harvard, 11:30 a.m.
Sara Walker, UCLA (6) vs. Daria Panova, Oregon , 11:30 a.m.
Julie Smekodub, Tulane vs. Alicia Pillay, Tulsa , 8:30 a.m.
Mira Radu, Mississippi vs. Jewel Peterson, Southern California (4), 8:30 a.m.
Kate Pinchbeck, North Carolina vs. Julie Coin, Clemson (8), 8:30 a.m.
Alexis Gordon, Florida vs. Christelle Grier, Northwestern , 8:30 a.m.
Consolation First Round - Friday (times Central)
Castellvi, Tennessee vs. Matire, Harvard, 11:30 a.m.
Muth, William & Mary vs. Liu, Stanford, 11:30 a.m.
Barnikow, Stanford vs. Scaringe, Florida, 8:30 a.m.
Cline, North Carolina vs. Mulec, Baylor, 10 a.m.
Barnes, Stanford vs. Juric, Missouri, 8:30 a.m.
Rotondi, Florida vs. Kops-Jones, California, 8:30 a.m.
Carlotti, Fresno State vs. Langer, SMU, 11:30 a.m.
Grib, Brenau vs. Cahana, Old Dominion, 11:30 a.m.
Women's Doubles - First Round
Jennifer McGaffigan/Michelle Webb, Illinois, d. (alt) Courtney Bergman/Alexis Matire, Harvard, 8-2
Claire Carter/Darija Klaic, Washington, d. Jill Buckey/Amy Trefethen, Kentucky, 9-7
Alexis Gordon/Julia Scaringe, Florida (4) d. Kit Carson/Nadia Vaughan, SMU, 8-3
Christina Fusano/Raquel Kops-Jones, California, d. Delia Causevic/Emily Marker, Maryland, 8-5
Lindsay Dawaf/Julie Rotondi, Florida, d. Shela Chao/Alice Pirsu, Pennsylvania, 8-4
Urska Juric/Katka Sevcikova, Missouri d. Lauren Barnikow/Erin Burdette, Stanford, 8-4
Nathalie Roels/Sarah Witten, Kentucky, d. Victoria Domina/Brenda Magnetti, Ouachita Baptist, 8-3
Jenny Kuhn/Julie Smekodub, Tulane d. Linda Faltynkova/Katia Kolodynska, Oklahoma State (2), 8-5
Quarterfinals
Claire Carter/Darija Klaic, Washington d. Jennifer McGaffigan/Michelle Webb, Illinois 8-6
Christina Fusano/Raquel Kops-Jones, California, d. Alexis Gordon/Julia Scaringe, Florida (4), 8-3
Urska Juric/Katka Sevcikova, Missouri d. Lindsay Dawaf/Julie Rotondi, Florida, 9-8 (7)
Jenny Kuhn/Julie Smekodub, Tulane d. Nathalie Roels/Sarah Witten, Kentucky 8-5
END OF REPORT
