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Women's Tennis
vs ITA All-American Championship
Saturday, October 15
Chapel Hill, N.C.
All Day
Duke University
at
Day Three
Doubles Teams Perfect On Day Three Of Regional Competition
10/15/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Duke women's tennis players will make up half of the doubles quarterfinal competitors Sunday at the Wilson/ITA Southeast Regional Championships at North Carolina. All four Blue Devil pairs who remained at the start of Saturday's competition defeated Atlantic Coast Conference opponents to advance to Sunday's quarterfinals, where they will continue to compete for a championship and a bid to the ITA National Collegiate Indoor Championships Nov. 3-6. In the singles competition, fourth-seeded Jackie Carleton advanced to the quarterfinals as well.
Top-seeded Daniela Bercek and Jessi Robinson did not disappoint Saturday, claiming an 8-6 victory over Caitlin Collins and Tanja Markovic from host UNC. The tandem of freshman Melissa Mang and junior Jennifer Zika also pulled out a win over a UNC team, upsetting seventh-seeded Meg Fanjoy and Austin Smith, 8-2.
The young duo of sophomore Clelia Deltour and freshman Tara Iyer also earned an upset, defeating the eighth-seeded pair from N.C. State, Alejandra Guerra and Barbara Orlay, 8-4. Sixth-seeded Kristin Cargill and Carleton won 8-3 over Wake Forest's Ana Jerman and Christian Tara.
In singles, Carleton won two matches to move on to the quarterfinal round, posting victories over Guerra (6-4, 6-3) from N.C. State and Clemson's Maria Brito (6-1, 6-2), seeded ninth. Carleton faces Wake Forest's Alexandra Hirsch Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
Iyer won her first match, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, but fell to UNC's Jenna Long, the No. 3 seed, 6-1, 6-4, in the Round of 16. Deltour, Cargill and Zika were also knocked out of the singles bracket.
Mang and Robinson both advanced with two wins in consolation Saturday. Mang will compete in the quarterfinals Sunday, while Robinson has already earned a spot in the semifinals, advancing on a default in the first round and then winning two matches.
Play resumes Sunday with the singles and doubles quarterfinals. The semifinal and championship rounds will be held Monday.
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