Vanderbilt Captures Flight One Doubles Title, Advances To Three Singles Finals

Oct. 1, 2005

Greenville, SC - Doubles play at the Furman Fall Classic ended Saturday morning with Vanderbilt, Tennessee, and North Carolina each capturing flight titles. In flight one the Commodores' Amanda Fish and Taka Bertrand downed Tennessee's Ghizela Schutte and Melissa Schaub 8-3, while in flight two action the Lady Vols' Bryce Marable and Blakeley Griffith knocked off Furman's Laura Gioia and Jacqueline Eckert 8-4. In the third flight North Carolina's Alexandra Jurewitz and Hanes Harris defeated Wisconsin's Morgan Tuttle and Chelsea Nusslock 8-3.

In singles play Vanderbilt led the way, advancing to three flight finals, dropping only one singles match on the day from injury. Close behind were Clemson, South Carolina, Furman, and Tennessee who placed players in two flight finals each.

The host Lady Paladins collected four singles victories on the day with Shannon Moore and Jacqueline Eckert advancing to the finals in flights four and six. Also picking up wins for Furman were Laura Gioia who downed Daniela Alvarez of Clemson 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in flight one and Marti Morris who won 6-1, 7-5 over Penn State's Jenny Shular in flight three.

The Furman Fall Classic ends Sunday at the Mickel Tennis Center with the singles championships. Play begins at 9 am.

Results - Saturday October 1

Doubles - Final Round

Flight One

Fish/Bertrand (VU) def. Schutte/Schaub (UT) 8-3

Alvarez/van Adrichem (CU) def. Abraham/Shular (PSU) 8-2

Smith/Fanjoy (UNC) def. Morris/Osborne (FU) 8-6

Ganzer/Schofield (USC) def. Beck/Carpenter (WI) 8-6

Flight Two

Marable-Griffith (UT) def. Gioia/Eckert (FU) 8-4

Tansill/Reichert (UNC) def. Vuckovic/Blakely (USC) 8-4

Taylor/Sveke (VU) def. Moore/Manojlovic (FU) 8-3

Bevard/Holzbert (PSU) def. Caiati/Salomone (WI) 8-5

Flight Three

Jurewitz/Harris (UNC) def. Tuttle/Nusslock (WI) 8-3

Brito/Salge (CU) def. Jones/Orlin (UT) 8-3

Ulery/Yahnar (VU ) def. Dohanics/Niculescu (PSU) 8-1

Walsh (USC)/Gerber (CU) def. Baird/Tomory (FU) 8-5

Flight Four

Harris (UT)/Ferrell (VU) def. Morzan/Shedd (PSU) 8-0

Singles - Round Two

Flight One

Laura Gioia (FU) def. Daniela Alvarez (CU)

Austin Smith (UNC) def. Laura Ganzer (USC) 6-3, 6-4

Sasha Abraham (PSU) def. Amanda Fish (VU) DNF

Taka Bertrand (VU) def. Blakeley Griffith (UT) 6-1, 6-2

Flight Two

Federica van Adrichem (CU) def. Lauren Osborne (FU)

Kaylan Caiati (WI) def. Andreea Niculescu (PSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

Gira Schofield (USC) def. Vicky Jones (UT) 6-1, 6-3

Amanda Taylor (VU) def. Charlie Tansill (UNC) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6

Flight Three

Marti Morris (FU) def. Jenny Shular (PSU)

Maria Brito (CU) def. Chizela Schutte (UT) 7-6(6), 6-3

Courtney Ulery (VU) def. Nicole Beck (WI) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Natasa Vuckovic (USC) def. Meg Fanjoy (UNC) 6-0, 6-2

Flight Four

Shannon Moore (FU) def. Carol Salge (CU) 7-5, 0-6, 6-1

Bryce Marable (UT) def. Lauren Tomory (FU) 6-3, 6-2

Chelsea Nusslock (WI) def. Justine Walsh (USC) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Laura Reichert (UNC) def. Katelyn Bevard (PSU) 6-1, 6-3

Flight Five

Maggie Yahnar (VU) def. Bonnie Baird (FU) 6-2, 6-4

Alex Jurewitz (UNC) def. Morgan Tuttle (WI) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(5)

Stephanie Harris (UT) def. Grace Blakely (USC) 6-2, 6-3

Lauren Hotzberg (PSU) def. Lexi Goldin (WI) 6-2, 6-0

Flight Six

Jacqueline Eckert (FU) def. Kathi Gerber (CU) 6-4, 7-6(4)

Liz Carpenter (WI) def. Natasa Manojlovic (FU) 6-0, 6-3

Hanes Harris (UNC) def. Leyla Morzan (PSU) 6-4, 6-4

Caroline Ferrell (VU) def. Samantha Orlin (UT) 0-6, 6-3, 6-1

Flight Seven

Dorothy Dohanies (PSU) def. Erin Jobe (WI) 7-6(4), 6-1

Ali Salomone (WI) def. Jenna Shedd (PSU) 6-1, 6-1

Liberty Sveke (VU) def. Gabrielle Solek-Tefft (CU) 6-0, 6-0