Kelly McCain Advances On First Day Of Omni Hotels National Indoors

Nov. 7, 2002

DALLAS, TEXAS. - Duke University sophomore Kelly McCain advanced to the second round of action on Thursday at the 2002 Omni Hotels National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in Dallas, Texas.

The number one seed in the tournament, McCain knocked off Megan Muth of William & Mary, 7-6, 6-2, and will next take on 14th-ranked Alice Pirsu of Pennsylvania at 10:00 AM on Friday in the second round. The match will mark the second time this season McCain has played against Pirsu. On October 11th at the Riviera All-American, McCain won 6-4, 7-6 in the round of 16.

McCain, a native of Tampa, Fla., improved to 6-0 on the season with the victory on Thursday.

The Omni Hotels National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, the nation's premier collegiate indoor tennis tournaments for Division I men and women, are presented by the Dallas Morning News and hosted by SMU at the Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch.

The Omni Hotels National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships feature a 32-player singles field and 16-team doubles field for men and women, including: qualifiers from Omni Hotels Regional Championships held across the country during October, the Omni Hotels National Small College champions, the winners of the Icy Hot/ITA Men's and Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships and at-large and wild card selections made by the ITA National Tournament Committee. Overall, more than 10,000 players from nearly 600 schools participate annually in the Omni Hotels Regional and National Intercollegiate Championships.

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Women's Singles - First Round, Thursday
Kelly McCain, Duke (1), def. Megan Muth, William & Mary, 7-6 (0), 6-2 Alice Pirsu, Pennsylvania, def. Kendall Cline, North Carolina, 7-6 (0), 6-4 Lindsay Dawaf, Florida (7), def. Vida Mulec, Baylor, 6-2, 6-0 Marine Piriou, Northwestern, def. Amber Liu, Stanford, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 Agata Cioroch, Georgia (3), def. Alice Barnes, Stanford, 6-0, 6-4 Courtney Bergman, Harvard, def. Urska Juric, Missouri, 6-2, 6-3 Sara Walker, UCLA (6), def. Julia Scaringe, Florida, 6-2, 6-2 Daria Panova, Oregon, def. Antonina Grib, Brenau, 7-6 (2), 6-2 Julie Smekodub, Tulane, def. Julie Rotondi, Florida, 6-3, 6-4 Alicia Pillay, Tulsa, def. Nataly Cahana, Old Dominion (5), 6-4, 6-3 Mira Radu, Mississippi, def. Raquel Kops-Jones, California, 6-4, 7-6 (4) Jewel Peterson, Southern California (4), def. Chloe Carlotti, Fresno State, 6-3, 6-4 Kate Pinchbeck, North Carolina, def. Lauren Barnikow, Stanford, 6-4, 6-1 Julie Coin, Clemson (8), def. Jenny Langer, SMU, 6-3, 7-6 (2) Alexis Gordon, Florida, def. Alexis Matire, Harvard, 6-2, 6-2 Christelle Grier, Northwestern, def. Vilmarie Castellvi, Tennessee (2), 6-4, 6-3

Second Round - Friday
Kelly McCain, Duke (1) vs. Alice Pirsu, Pennsylvania, 10 a.m. Lindsay Dawaf, Florida (7) vs. Marine Piriou, Northwestern, 10 a.m. Agata Cioroch, Georgia (3) vs. Courtney Bergman, Harvard, 11:30 a.m. Sara Walker, UCLA (6) vs. Daria Panova, Oregon , 11:30 a.m. Julie Smekodub, Tulane vs. Alicia Pillay, Tulsa , 8:30 a.m. Mira Radu, Mississippi vs. Jewel Peterson, Southern California (4), 8:30 a.m. Kate Pinchbeck, North Carolina vs. Julie Coin, Clemson (8), 8:30 a.m. Alexis Gordon, Florida vs. Christelle Grier, Northwestern , 8:30 a.m.

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