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Fall Conference Tournament
Women's Tennis Competes in the Rice Invitational
10/8/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 8, 2010
HOUSTON, Texas - The Southern Miss women's tennis team claimed five wins in the opening round of the Rice Invitational Friday at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.
Vroni van Berlo won her first match with a 6-4, 7-5, win over Byronny Hunter (Houston). She will face Jessica Jackson (Rice) Saturday in the Flight 1 Singles.
Freshman Åsa Bengtson lost to Elizabeth Hamlim (Tulane), 6-2, 6-2, and will play Paula Alvarez (UAB) in the back draw of the Flight 2 Singles.
Moorea Williams dropped her first match to Joanna Kacprzyk (Houston), 6-0, 6-2, and plays Alexandra Glevova (UTEP) in the back draw of the Flight 4 Singles.
Zoë Lee defeated Jo Gary (Houston) 6-3, 6-3 in the Flight 6 Singles and will play Bernice van Den Berth (Texas State) in the semifinals.
Shannon Rogers lost to Varsha Shiva-Shankar (Rice), 6-4, 6-2 and will play Leah Smith (Lee College) in the Flight 6 back draw.
Alex Bradley posted a win over Stephanie Williamson (Lee College) 6-4, 6-2. She plays Elena Kaskova (Houston) in the semifinals of the Flight 7 singles.
Frances Askew lost to Leah Fried (Rice) 6-1, 6-1. Askew will play Ximena Fuetes (UTEP) in the back draw of the Flight 7 singles.
Elja van Berlo and Bengston teamed together in doubles, but lost to Jackson/Shiva-Shankar (Rice), 8-5. They came back and won against Giorgia Romeo/Jenny Cape (UAB), 8-4. They will play in the finals of the back draw against Gabriela Vasquez/Fuentes (UTEP).
Bradley and Rogers lost to Maja Kazimieruk/Jo Garvey (Houston), 8-3, and defeated Richole Berger/Cohen (UAB), 8-4. They will face Marie Leblond/Rebecca Calvillo (UTEP) in the finals of the back draw in the Flight 3 doubles.
Lee and Askew lost to Mariana Perez/Van Den Berth (Texas State), 8-5, then, lost to Leblond/Rebecca Calvillo (UTEP), 8-6.
In Round Robin play, Kellie Gutterman lost to Gina Stephenson (Lee), 6-0, 6-2. In doubles, Williams and Gutterman lost to Leah Fried/Alex Rasch (Rice), 8-2, and lost to Stephenson/Fonseca (Lee) 8-3.
The Golden Eagles will be back in action on Saturday.