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Wolfpack Completes First Day of St. Mary's Fall Classic
10/4/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 4, 2002
Knoxville, Tenn. - NC State advanced two singles players in the main draw of competition in Friday's St. Mary's Fall Classic hosted by the Tennessee Lady Vols in Knoxville, Tenn. Danielle Staddelmann and Carmen Torres won their matches in flight four and five competition, respectively.
Staddelmann advances to the second round by defeating fellow ACC player, Lyndsey Shosho of Georgia Tech. Straight sets of 6-4, 6-4 were good enough to place Staddelmann in the flight four semi-finals where she will meet Purdue's Laura Burgello Saturday at 10:00am. Torres dominated Mississippi State's Tumi Uedo, allowing only two points in two sets to win, 6-1, 6-1. Torres will face Maryland's Jennifer Dent at 9:30am on Saturday.
The Wolfpack wasn't as fortunate in the rest of its singles matches. In flight one action, Myrna Bawono faced UNC's Kate Pinchneck who is currently ranked No. 8 in the nation by the ITA. Bawono went down in sets of 6-2, 6-1. She will face Melisa Iqbal, who is ranked No. 71, in the consolation bracket at 8:00am Saturday.
Jennifer Jassawalla fell to Maryland's Delila Causevic in a flight two match. Causevic is the No. 36 player in the nation. Jassawalla will face Shannon Stough of Kentucky at 8:00am.
Tennessee's Melisa Schaub downed Loni Worsley, 6-3, 6-3 in flight three play. Worsley will play Reitz of Purdue at 8:00am.
Two NC State players entered the flight six bracket. Taylor Parker, who lost to Melinda Morrow of Tennessee will advance to the consolation finals on Sunday by default. Her scheduled opponent went down with an injury and will not be able to play Saturday's match. Landis Strader went down in three sets after dominating Tennessee's Megan Keer in the first. Strader jumped out with a powerful 6-1 win in the first set, and kept it tight in the second, forcing a tie-breaker in the set. Strader finally went down in the third with a score of 1-6, 7-6(1), 6-2. She will face another Lady Vol, Claudia Farace, at 8:00am.
In doubles play, Staddelmann and Jassawalla exited as winners in a tight 9-7 decision with a pair from Georgia Tech, Shosho/Nieto. The pair was downed in the semifinals by Iqbal/Woods, and will play in the consolation match for third place on Sunday versus Morris/Scenk from Georgia Tech.
Torres and Worsley were successful in their first round of play in the flight three doubles bracket, downing Cohn/Farace from host Tennessee, 8-5. Also falling short in the semifinals, they will face the Maryland tandem of Jedrezejak/Fusea on Sunday.
Strader and Parker lost their first match of the day, but prevailed in the consolation match and will advance to play on Sunday by defeating Morrow/Kerr 8-3.
The St. Mary's Women's Fall Tennis Classic is being played at the Goodfriend Tennis Center and Tyson Park.
