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UF’s Caroline Hitimana Wins Singles Tennis Title at Freeman Memorial
LAS
VEGAS – The University of Florida’s Caroline Hitimana (Waterloo,
Belgium) defeated Duke’s Ester Goldfeld and captured the 10th annual
Freeman Memorial Championships consolation singles title on Sunday
afternoon at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the UNLV campus.
The
Gator junior earned a hard-fought 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4) decision to win
the second singles championship of her career. She also won three
matches en route to capturing the Flight 3A draw of the SEC Coaches
Fall Classic during the 2010 fall season.
Hitimana moved into
the consolation draw after she lost her first -round match on Friday to
Southern California’s 19th-ranked and fifth seeded Zoe Sandalis, who
upset Stanford’s top-ranked Mallory Burdette in Sunday’s Flight One
singles final on Sunday.
UF sophomore Alex Cercone (Seminole,
Fla.) was in action, as well on Sunday, earning a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory
against UNLV’s Aleksandra Josifoska in an added match.
This event is the last individual singles and doubles competition of the year until the season-ending NCAA Championships in May.
The
next action for Florida is on Wed., January 25, when the top-ranked
Gators open their 2011-12 dual match season playing host to Troy
beginning at 3 p.m. at Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex where
admission to all regular-season matches is free.
2012 FREEMAN MEMORIAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas, NV
Sunday, January 15, 2012
COMPLETE RESULTS
FLIGHT ONE SINGLES
FINAL (Jan. 15)
(5) #19 Zoe Scandalis (USC) def. (1) #1 Mallory Burdette (STAN) 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-3
CONSOLATION FINAL (Jan. 15)
Caroline Hitimana (UF) def. Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)
ADDED SINGLES MATCHES (Jan. 15)
Montez (UCLA) def. J. Smith (ASU) 6-3, 6-2
Malagurti (UNC) def. Simmons (ASU) 6-4, 6-0
Brycki (ASU) def. Van Nguyen (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
Cercone (UF) def. Josifoska (UNLV) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
Hager (UO) def. Bourchier (UNLV) 6-1, 6-4
Ray (UCLA) def. Skowronski (UO) 6-3, 6-0
Metzger (UO) def. Seguso (UCLA) 6-3, retired
Morton (UCLA) def. Featherston (UNC) 6-3, 6-2
Christian (USC) def. Mar (DUKE) 6-0, 6-3
DeBruycker (UNC) def. Jones (UCLA) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
McHale (UNC) def. Anderson (UCLA) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
FLIGHT TWO SINGLES
FINAL (Jan. 15)
Not played
CONSOLATION (Jan. 15)
Natalie Dillon (STAN) vs. Joanna Smith (ASU) DNP
FLIGHT ONE DOUBLES
SEMIFINALS (Jan. 15)
(4) #23 Pamela Montez/Courtney Dolehide (UCLA) def. Mary Clayton/Ester Goldfeld (DUKE) 9-8
(2) #3 Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. (3) #12 Robin Anderson/Skylar Morton (UCLA) 8-4
FINAL (Jan. 15)
(4) #23 Montez/Dolehide (UCLA) def. (2) #3 Christian/Santamaria (USC) 8-4
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS (Jan. 15)
(1) #1 Mallory Burdette/Nicole Gibbs (STAN) def. Michelle Brycki/Joanna Smith (ASU) 8-1
Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (UNC) def. Stacey Tan/Natalie Dillon (STAN) 8-2
CONSOLATION FINAL (Jan. 15)
(1) #1 Burdette/Gibbs (STAN) vs. Featherston/McHale (UNC) DNP
FLIGHT TWO DOUBLES
FINAL (Jan. 15)
Sianna Simmons/Hannah James (ASU) vs. Kaitlin Ray/Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) DNP
ADDED DOUBLES MATCHES (Jan. 15)
Jones/Seguso (UCLA) def. Mar/Mulholland (DUKE) 8-6
Sahugan/J. Smith (ASU) def. Scandalis/Pulido (USC) 9-8
Gorny/Turewicz (DUKE) def. Simmons/James (ASU) 8-5
Skowronski/Hager (UO) def. Ray/van Nguyen (UCLA) 8-5
Metzger/Neubert (UO) def. Terzieva/Bourchier (UNLV) 8-2
TEAM KEY & CURRENT NATIONAL ITA RANKING
Florida (UF) 1
Stanford (STAN) 2
Duke (DUKE) 3
North Carolina (UNC) 4
UCLA (UCLA) 5
Southern California (USC) 16
Arizona State (ASU) 19
UNLV (UNLV) 36
Oregon (UO) NR
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