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UF W-Tennis Caps Opening Weekend with Doubles Title at Wolverine Invitational
ANN ARBOR Mich. – UF
freshman Danielle Collins (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and junior Olivia
Janowicz (Palm Bay, Fla.) were crowned doubles champions at the Univ.
of Michigan Women’s Tennis Wolverine Invitational on Sunday at the
Varsity Tennis Center.
The Gator pair capped the team’s first individual event of the season
winning its third doubles match in as many days after posting an 8-2
victory against Iowa’s 58th-ranked Ruth Seaborne and Shelby Talcott on
Sunday and accumulated the most points determined by the event’s
guidelines.
Alexandra Cercone (Seminole, Fla.) and Sofie Oyen (Leopoldsburg,
Belgium) earned an 8-4 win against Iowa’s Christina Harazin and Katie
Zordani, while the Gator team of Caroline Hitimana (Waterloo, Belgium)
and Brianna Morgan (Beverly Hills, Calif.) fell to Iowa’s Annette
Dohanics and Morven McCulloch, 8-4.
On the singles court the Gators won five of six matches against members
from Michigan on Sunday, highlighted by Janowicz’s 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 upset
of No. 58 Brooke Bolender and completing her three-day event winning
all three singles matches, as well as all three doubles contests.
Collins also matched Janowicz by capturing all three singles matches,
capped with Sunday’s 6-0, 6-2 decision over No. 100 Mimi Nguyen for her
first collegiate win against a nationally-ranked opponent.
Oyen tallied a 3-0 singles record during the Gator’s opening weekend
after taking down Ronit Yurovsky, 6-2, 6-2. Morgan and Hitimana also
went 3-0 on the singles court, with Morgan earning a 6-4, 6-4 win
against Any Zhu and Hitimana capturing the 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 mark versus
Kristen Dodge.
“Overall, this was a very productive weekend,” UF associate head coach
Dave Balogh said. “We improved every day and played better. We got
closer to where we need to be heading into next weekend’s Riviera
All-American Championships.”
Florida won 16 of 18 singles matches played during the three days, as well as four of nine on the doubles court.
Gator senior Lauren Embree (Marco Island, Fla.) is the only member of
the team not in Ann Arbor, as she prepares to compete at an ITF
professional tournament in Las Vegas, where qualifying action begins on
Monday at the Amanda and Stacey Darling Memorial Tennis Center.
New up is the national Riviera/ITA All-American Championships, with
Collins, Hitimana and Janowicz each starting their tournament run in
the 64-player prequalifying event that will be played Sept. 29-30 at
UCLA. Competitors must win three rounds to advance to the qualifying
draw.
Univ. of Michigan Wolverine Invitational
Varsity Tennis Center
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
UF Results Only
Doubles
Danielle Collins/Olivia Janowicz (Florida) d. T-#58 Ruth Seaborne/Shelby Talcott (Iowa), 8-2
Alexandra Cercone/Sofie Oyen (Florida) d. Christina Harazin/ Katie Zordani (Iowa), 8-4
Annette Dohanics/Morven McCulloch (Iowa) d. Caroline Hitimana/Brianna Morgan (Florida), 8-4
Singles
Olivia Janowicz (Florida) d. #58 Brooke Bolender (U-M), 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
Sofie Oyen (Florida) d. Ronit Yurovsky (U-M), 6-2, 6-2
#125 Sarah Lee (U-M) d. Alexandra Cercone (Florida), 6-4, 6-3
Brianna Morgan (Florida) d. Amy Zhu (U-M), 6-4, 6-4
Danielle Collins (Florida) d. #100 Mimi Nguyen (U-M), 6-0, 6-2
Caroline Hitimana (Florida) d. Kristen Dodge (U-M), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
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