Oct. 26, 2002
Winston-Salem, N.C. –
Freshman Nathalie Roels defeated defending ITA/Southeast Regional Tournament Champion Julie DeRoo, 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center. DeRoo, a senior from Duke, is ranked No. 28 nationally and was seeded second at this year’s tournament. Roels will face 11th-seeded Aniela Mojzis, from UNC-Chapel Hill, on Sunday.
“This is easily the best win ever by a freshman at UK,” Coach Mark Guilbeau said. “This was a great, great victory for Nathalie and I’m happy to see her demonstrate such a high level of play.”
Senior Sarah Witten, seeded fourth and ranked No. 39, also advanced by defeating Duke’s Hillary Adams, 6-2, 6-0. She will take on fifth-seeded Saras Arasu, another Duke player, who is currently ranked No. 47. In other singles action, senior Amy Trefethen lost her match to third-round match to Arasu, 7-5, 6-3.
In doubles, the UK team of Jill Buckley and Amy Trefethen, No. 41and seeded third, defeated Campbell’s Isabel Declercq and Pascale Veraverbeke in the second round, 8-2. In the third round they defeated the Clemson duo of Julie Coin and Laurence Jayet, who were seeded sixth, to advance to the semi-finals where they will take on the top-seeded tandem of Hillary Adams and Kelly McCain (Duke), who are ranked No. 9 in the country.
UK’s top team, Sarah Witten and Nathalie Roels, seeded second, knocked off the South Carolina tandem of Ayako Suzuki and Danielle Wiggins in the second round, 8-3, and lost their third-round match, 8-5, to the UNC-Chapel Hill team of Kendrick Bunn and Kate Pinchbeck, who are seeded seventh.
Freshman Kacie Anson and partner Shannon Stafford were defeated by Duke’s Katie Granson and Julia Smith, the fifth seed, 8-4.
For more information on the tournament, log-on to www.tennisinformation.com. The tournament ID is 2917483.
Agate:
Singles-Qualifying
1st Round: Kacie Anson def. Sumitra Rao (Memphis) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
Shannon Stough def. Viktoria Gruber (Memphis) 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
Cheryl Graham (Murray State) def. Danielle Petrisko 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
2nd Round:
Kacie Anson def. Lindsey Morris (UNC-Charlotte) 7-5, 6-4
Shannon Stough def. Marie Matrka (Coastal Carolina) 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
Singles – Main Draw (field of 64)
1st Round:
No. 39 Sarah Witten (4) def. Laurence Jayet (Clemson) 6-2, 6-1
Amy Trefethen (13) def. Anita Obando (Tenn Tech) 6-2, 6-3
Nathalie Roels (10) def. Kathryn Jackson (NC-A&T) 6-0, 6-0
Shannon Stafford def. Pascale Veraverbeke (Campbell) 6-4, 6-2
Kendall Cline (UNC-Chapel Hill) def. Jill Buckley 7-6, 7-5
No. 92 Julie Coin (7) (Clemson) def. Shannon Stough 6-2, 6-1
No. 75 Katie Martzolf (6) (Wake Forest) def. Kacie Anson 6-2, 6-2
2nd Round:
No. 39 Sarah Witten (4) def. Danielle Wiggins (South Carolina) 6-2, 6-1
Amy Trefethen (13) def. Meghan Fillnow (Davidson) 6-1, 6-2
Nathalie Roels (10) def. Mary Hagood (Furman) 6-2, 6-0
Prim Siripipat (16) (Duke) def. Shannon Stafford 7-5, 6-3
3rd Round:
No. 39 Sarah Witten (4) def. Hillary Adams (Duke) 6-2, 6-0
Nathalie Roels (10) def. No. 28 Julie DeRoo (2) (Duke) 6-2, 7-5
No. 47 Saras Arasu (5) (Duke) def. Amy Trefethen (13) 7-5, 6-3
Quarterfinals:
No. 39 Sarah Witten (4) vs. No. 47 Saras Arasu (5) (Duke) – Sun.
Nathalie Roels (10) vs. Aniela Mojzis (11) (UNC-Chapel Hill) – Sun.
Doubles – Main Draw (field of 64)
2nd Round:
No. 22 Witten/Roels (2) def. Barreto/Caceres (Winthrop) 8-0
No. 41 Buckley/Trefethen (3) def. Brown/Wojdylo (South Carolina) 9-7
Anson/Stafford default victory over Chandresaker/Orlay (Charleston Southern) (no-show)
No. 9 Adams/McCain (1) (Duke) def. Petrisko/Stough 8-2
3rd Round:
No. 22 Witten/Roels (2) def. Suzuki/Wiggins (South Carolina) 8-3
No. 41 Buckley/Trefethen (3) def. Declercq (Campbell) 8-2
Granson/Smith (5) (Duke) def. Anson/Stafford 8-4
Quarterfinals:
No. 41 Buckley/Trefethen (3) def. Coin/Jayet (6) (Clemson) 8-5
Bunn/Pinchbeck (7) (UNC-Chapel Hill) def. No. 22 Witten/Roels (2) 8-5
Semi-Finals:
No. 41 Buckley/Trefethen (3) vs. No. 9 Adams/McCain (1) (Duke) – Sun.