Florida Gators
ITA South Regionals (Day 2 of 4)
Women's Tennis Doubles Teams Highlight Day Two at South Regional
Monday, October 22, 2007 | Women's Tennis
Both Gator doubles teams competing in the ITA South Regional Women's Tennis Championships advanced to the quarterfinals on Sunday after each collected a pair of victories at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
Florida's third-seeded tandem of Whitney Benik and Diana Srebrovic opened with an 8-5 victory over Georgia's Ellis Cameron and Kelley Hyndman before they toppled South Florida's Liz Cruz and Iciri Rai, 8-4. They will face Georgia Tech's seeded team of Kirsten Flower and Maya Johansson in the quarterfinal round on Monday afternoon.
Megan Alexander and Lolita Frangulyan joined their Gator teammates in the quarterfinals after beginning the 32-team draw with an 8-1 win over Alabama's Andrea Brenes and Bianca Svensson, before downing Florida State's Carolin Walter and Tapiwa Marobela, 8-5. Alexander & Frangulyan play FIU's Egle Petrauskaite and Liset Brito on Monday for a chance to advance.
The doubles winner earns a berth into the ITA National Indoor Championships, held in Columbus, Ohio, next month.
The Gators weren't as fortunate on the singles court, where Benik, Srebrovic and Anastasia Revzina lost their respective round of 16 matches in the Flight A main draw. Benik lost to Florida State's Katie Rybakova, 6-3, 6-1, Srebrovic fell to Georgia Tech's Christy Striplin 6-4, 6-3 and Revzina withdrew from her match due to injury.
Alexander and Frangulyan also took to the singles court on Sunday when each logged wins in their consolation A singles draw round of 32 matches. Alexander topped KSU's Madeleine Hakansson, 6-1, 6-4, while Frangulyan downed FAMU's Rachel Pye, 6-2, 6-2. Both Gators return to the court at 8 a.m. on Monday for round of 16 competition.
ITA South Region Women's Tennis Championships
Dan Magill Tennis Complex
Athens, Ga.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
UF Results Only
Singles Flight A, Round of 16
Katie Rybakova, Florida State d. Whitney Benik (106), Florida 6-3, 6-1
Bianca Eichkorn, UM d. Anastasia Revzina (74), Florida walk-over (injury)
Christy Striplin (42), Georgia Tech d. Diana Srebrovic (12), Florida 6-4, 6-3
Doubles Flight A, Round of 32
Benik/Srebrovic, Florida d. Ellis Cameron and Kelley Hyndman, Georgia 8-5
Megan Alexander/Lolita Frangulyan, Florida d. Andrea Brenes/Bianca Svensson, Alabama, 8-1
Doubles Flight A, Round of 16
Benik/Srebrovic, Florida d. Liz Cruz and Iciri Rai, USF 8-4
Megan Alexander/Lolita Frangulyan, Florida d. Carolin Walter/Tapiwa Marobela, FSU 8-5
Singles Flight A, Consolation Round of 32
Megan Alexander (17), Florida d. Madeleine Hakansson, KSU 6-1, 6-4
Lolita Frangulyan, Florida d. Rachel Pye, FAMU 6-2, 6-2
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