Florida Gators
ITA South Regionals (Day 1 of 4)
W-Tennis: Alexander and Boonstra advance to semifinals
Friday, October 24, 2008 | Women's Tennis
Juniors Megan Alexander (Dallas, Texas) and Marrit Boonstra (Groningen, The Netherlands) advanced to the semifinals in doubles action at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southern Regional Championships on Friday with an 8-0 win over Jacksonville University's Tatiana Soldatova and Elvira Yusupova.
The No. 6-ranked duo of Alexander and Boonstra were the only Gators competing on day one of the ITA Regionals due to scheduling changes that postponed singles' action until Saturday.
The third-seeded pair of Alexander and Boonstra won 8-2 over Florida A&M's Alice Izomor and Rachel Pye in the opening round. They advanced through the round of 16 with an 8-3 win over the University of Georgia's Monika Dancevic and Cameron Ellis.
Facing Jacksonville's Soldatova and Yusupova in the quarterfinals, Alexander and Boonstra breezed through with an 8-0 win. The shutout sets up a semifinal match with Ole Miss' Kristi Boxx and Karen Nijssen on Sunday.
With three wins on the day, the duo of Alexander and Boonstra improved to 5-2 in doubles action on the year and 20-6 in their collegiate career playing together.
Three Gators will play tomorrow when singles action begins tomorrow. Junior Anastasia Revzina (Moscow, Russia) will take on UCF's Elvi Serrot at 9 a.m. Alexander will play Miami's Gabriela Mejia at 10:30 a.m. and Boonstra will face Annabelle Bares from Troy at noon.
Results and a daily recap will be posted on GatorZone.com following the day's action.
ITA Southern Regional Championships
Friday's Doubles action
(3) Alexander/Boonstra (Florida) def. Izomor/Pye (FAMU), 8-2
(3) Alexander/Boonstra (Florida) def. Dancevic/Ellis (Georgia), 8-3
(3) Alexander/Boonstra (Florida) def. Soldatova/Yusupova (Jacksonville), 8-0
Saturday's Singles action
Anastasia Revzina (UF) vs Iciri Rai (USF), 9:00 a.m.
Megan Alexander (UF) vs Gabriela Mejia (Miami), 10:30 a.m.
Marrit Boonstra (UF) vs Annabelle Bares (Troy), 12:00 p.m.
