Florida Gators
Freeman Memorial - Day 2 of 3
Caroline Hitimana Wins Pair of Singles Matches at Freeman Memorial Championships
Sunday, January 15, 2012 | Women's Tennis
The University of Florida's Caroline Hitimana (Waterloo, Belgium) won a pair of singles matches to highlight the Gator's second day of action at the 10th annual Freeman Memorial Championships at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the UNLV campus.
The Gator junior advanced to the final of the consolation singles draw after defeating UCLA's Carling Seguso (UCLA) 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7) in the semifinals after downing Oregon's Julia Metzger, 6-2, 6-2, in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Hitimana will play Duke's Ester Goldfield in the consolation final on Sunday afternoon.
Florida's doubles team of Alex Cercone (Seminole, Fla.) and Olivia Janowicz (Palm Bay, Fla.) lost a tough 8-6 decision to Southern California's third-ranked Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria in the quarterfinal round of the main draw.
Cercone and Janowicz lost their respective singles matches in open play on Saturday, with Cercone falling to UNC's Lauren McHale, 6-1, 6-1 and Janowicz was down to UCLA's McCall Jones, 6-1, 4-1, before retiring.
2012 FREEMAN MEMORIAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas, NV
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Complete Results
FLIGHT ONE SINGLES
QUARTERFINALS (Jan. 14)
(1) #1 Mallory Burdette (STAN) def. (8) #44 Zoe DeBruycker (UNC) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
(4) #18 Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. (6) #38 Hanna Mar (DUKE) 6-1, 6-1
(5) #19 Zoe Scandalis (USC) def. #121 Lucia Batta (UNLV) 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
(2) #8 Robin Anderson (UCLA) def. Stacey Tan (STAN) 6-0, 6-4
SEMIFINALS (Jan. 14)
(1) #1 Mallory Burdette (STAN) def. (4) #18 Sabrina Santamaria (USC) 6-4, 6-3
(5) #19 Zoe Scandalis (USC) def. (2) #8 Robin Anderson (UCLA) 6-0, 6-2
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS (Jan. 14)
Carling Seguso (UCLA) def. Joanna Smith (ASU) 6-2, 6-3
Caroline Hitimana (UF) def. Julia Metzger (UO) 6-2, 6-2
#70 Pam Montez (UCLA) def. Patricia Skowronski (UO) 6-1, 6-1
Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) def. def. Gina Suarez-Malaguti (UNC) 6-3, 6-2
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS (Jan. 14)
Caroline Hitimana (UF) def. Carling Seguso (UCLA) 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7)
Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) def. #70 Pam Montez (UCLA) 6-2, 6-1
ADDED SINGLES MATCHES (Jan. 14)
Brycki (ASU) def. Clayton (DUKE) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5)
Jones (UCLA) def. Janowicz (UF) 6-1, 4-1 retired
Hager (UO) def. De Lanlay (UNLV) 6-2, 6-3
McHale (UNC) def. Cercone (UF) 6-1, 6-1
Ray (UCLA) def. Josifoska (UNLV) 7-5, 6-4
Nguyen (UCLA) def. Featerston (UNC) 6-4, 6-4
Christian (USC) def. Gorny (DUKE) 6-1, 6-4
Simmons (ASU) def. Pulido (USC) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6
FLIGHT ONE DOUBLES
QUARTERFINALS (Jan. 14)
Mary Clayton/Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) def. Valeria Pulido/Zoe Scandalis (USC) 8-5
(4) #23 Pamela Montez/Courtney Dolehide (UCLA) def. Hanna Mar/Annie Mulholland (DUKE) 8-5
(3) #12 Robin Anderson/Skylar Morton (UCLA) def. Aleksandra Josifoska/Lucia Batta (UNLV) 8-3
(2) #3 Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. Alex Cercone/Olivia Janowicz (UF) 8-6
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS (Jan. 14)
(1) #1 Mallory Burdette/Nicole Gibbs (STAN) def. McCall Jones/Carling Seguso (UCLA) 8-4
Michelle Brycki/Joanna Smith (ASU) def. Patricia Skowronski/Sofia Hager (UO) 8-4
Stacey Tan/Natalie Dillon (STAN) def. Nicole Smith/Leighann Sahagun (ASU) 8-3
Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (UNC) def. Monica Gorny/Monica Turewicz (DUKE) 8-6
SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Sunday
Doubles Semifinals 10:00 a.m.
Doubles Final Follow
Singles Final Follow
