Women's Tennis Enjoys Success at Freeman Memorial Championships

Saturday, January 19

Las Vegas

12:00 AM

Florida Gators

Freeman Memorial, Day 2 of 3

Women's Tennis Enjoys Success at Freeman Memorial Championships

Sunday, January 20, 2013 | Women's Tennis

The Gator quartet of Alexandra Cercone, Danielle Collins, Olivia Janowicz and Brianna Morgan each won their respective singles matches during the second day of play at the 11th Annual Freeman Memorial Women's Tennis Championships at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the UNLV campus on Saturday.

In the quarterfinals of the Flight One consolation draw, Morgan defeated UCLA's Courtney Dolehide 6-2, 6-0, Collins topped UNLV's Janine Erasmus, 6-0, 6-1 and Janowicz downed Stanford's Stacy Tan, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.

Cercone, playing in a non-draw match, earned a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory against North Carolina's Lauren McHale.

“We were outstand in singles today,” UF head coach Roland Thornqvist said. “We played some big time tennis and earned some big time wins. I'm excited for us to finish this tournament strong on Sunday.”

On the doubles court, Collins and Janowicz lost their quarterfinal match to Southern California's Valerie Pulido and Danielle Lao, 8-7, while Cercone and Morgan fell to Stanford's Stacy Tan and Ellen Tsay in consolation action, 8-6.

The final day of play at the event begins on Sunday at 10 a.m. PST.

2013 FREEMAN MEMORIAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas, NV

January 19

COMPLETE RESULTS

FLIGHT ONE

SINGLES QUARTERFINALS (Jan. 19)

(1) #2 Krista Hardebeck (STAN) def. Lucia Batta (UNLV) 6-4, 6-1
(4) #17 Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. #55 Ellen Tsay (STAN) 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
(3) #14 Danielle Lao (USC) def. Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
(2) #11 Gina Suarez-Malaguti (UNC) def. #101 Tessa Lyons (UNC) 6-2, 6-3

FLIGHT ONE

SINGLES SEMIFINALS (Jan. 19)

(4) #17 Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. (1) #2 Krista Hardebeck (STAN) 6-0, 6-2

(2) #11 Gina Suarez-Malaguti (UNC) def.(3) #14 Danielle Lao (USC) 7-6, 6-4

FLIGHT ONE

SINGLES CONSOLATION (Jan. 19)

#65 Ashley Dai (UNC) def. Laura Slater (UNC) by walkover
#66 Brianna Morgan (UF) def. Courtney Dolehide (UCLA) 6-2, 6-0
#114 Olivia Janowicz (UF) def. Stacy Tan (STAN) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

(6) #22 Danielle Collins (UF) def. Janine Erasmus (UNLV) 6-0, 6-1

ADDED SINGLES MATCHES (Jan. 19)

Iren Kotseva (UNLV) def. Valeria Pulido (USC) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)

Alexandra Cercone (UF) def. #111 Lauren McHale (UNC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
(7) #28 Zoe De Bruycker (UNC) def. Julia Metzger (UO) 6-3, 6-2
(5) #21 Whitney Kay (UNC) def. Patricia Skowronski (UO) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1

Pamela Montez (UCLA) def. Ella Bourchier (UNLV) 6-0, 6-0

Kaitlyn Christian (USC) def. Laura Slater (UNC) 6-1, 6-0

FLIGHT ONE

DOUBLES QUARTERFINALS (Jan. 19)

(1) #1 Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. #51 Lauren McHale/Tessa Lyons (UNC) 8-6
(3) Pamela Montez/Courtney Dolehide (UCLA) def. Zoe De Bruycker/Gina Suarez-Malaguti (UNC) 8-3
(4) Valerie Pulido/Danielle Lao (USC) def. Danielle Collins/Olivia Janowicz (UF) 8-7
(2) Ashley Dai/Whitney Kay (UNC) def. Krista Hardebeck/Natalie Dillon (STAN) 8-2

FLIGHT ONE

DOUBLES CONSOLATION (Jan. 19)

Patricia Skowronski/Nicole Long (UO) BYE
Stacy Tan/Ellen Tsay (STAN) def. Brianna Morgan/Alexandra Cercone (UF) 8-6
Aleksandra Josifoska/Iren Kotseva (UNLV) def. Laura Slater/Kate Vialle (UNC) By Default
Kyle McPhillips/Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) def. Lucia Batta/Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) 8-1

TEAM KEY & CURRENT NATIONAL ITA RANKING

Florida (UF) 1

UCLA (UCLA) 2

Southern California (USC) 4

Stanford (STAN) 5

North Carolina (UNC) 8

UNLV (UNLV) 50

Oregon (UO) 66

Sunday's Schedule

Doubles Semifinals -10:00 a.m.

Doubles Final - Follow

Singles Final - Follow