Kentucky sophomores Liis Sober and Caroline Winebrenner each claimed their first career singles flight titles Sunday at the St. Mary?s Fall Tennis Classic in Knoxville, Tenn.
Sober, a Tallinn, Estonia native, turned in her third victory in as many days to win the sixth singles flight, defeating N.C. State?s Elin Stahl Johansson by a 6-1, 6-2 count. Winebrenner, a product of Louisville?s St. Francis H.S., followed suit with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over Middle Tennessee State?s Sabrina Rohrmoser in the seventh singles flight.
Five Wildcats earned singles victories Sunday at the Florida Fall Invitational in Gainesville. Leading the way was 32nd-ranked sophomore Sarah Foster, a 6-3, 6-0 winner over Florida State?s 36th-ranked Mihaela Moldvan. Senior Emily Foster and sophomore Lara Maurer each scored singles victories via third-set tiebreaker, and sophomores Kim Coventry and Joelle Schwenk added straight-set wins in what amounted to a Kentucky dual-match victory over Florida State.
?We made a nice recovery today after a tough start on Friday,? UK Coach Mark Guilbeau said. ?We managed several victories today over what is going to be a very good Florida State team, so we?re leaving Gainesville with some good results.?
The Cats return to action on Friday, Oct. 1 in the Kentucky Fall Invitational.
St. Mary?s Fall Tennis Classic ? Knoxville, Tenn.
Singles Liis Sober (UK) def. Elin Stahl Johansson (N.C. State) ? 6-1, 6-2 Caroline Winebrenner (UK) def. Sabrina Rohrmoser (MTSU) ? 7-6, 6-4
Florida Fall Invitational ? Gainesville, Fla.
Singles Sarah Foster (32), Kentucky def. Mihaela Moldvan (36), Florida State - 6-3, 6-0 Joelle Schwenk, Kentucky def. Lindsay Deason, Florida State - 6-4, 6-2 Roxanne Clarke, FSU def. Danielle Petrisko, Kentucky - 6-4, 6-3 Emily Foster, Kentucky def. Tapiwa Marobela, FSU - 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (13-11) Kim Coventry, Kentucky def. Natalie Tirapelli, FSU - 6-1, 6-0 Alina Mihailescu, FSU def. Christine Simpson, Kentucky - 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7) Lara Maurer, Kentucky def. Amberly Tantee, FSU - 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-4)
Doubles Jennifer Magley- Zerene Reyes (12), Florida def. Emily Foster- Sarah Foster, Kentucky – 8-4 Whitney Benik- Boglarka Berecz, Florida def. Danielle Petrisko- Joelle Schwenk, Kentucky – 8-2 Lolia Frangulyan- Nina Suvak, Florida def. Lara Maurer- Kim Coventry, Kentucky – 9-7