University of Minnesota Athletics
Vladea Into Third Round at ITA Midwest Regional Championships
10/26/2002 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
Vladea fought off Purdue's Swanna Zucarrini in the first round 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. She then faced Tiffany Eklov of Illinois and swiftly handed her a 6-1, 6-2 loss. That places Vladea, the tournament's eighth seed, in the third round of competition where she will go up against Kavitha Tipernini from Michigan at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
In other action, senior Amy Thomas advanced to the second round by defeating Jackie Lescovar of Ohio State 6-1, 2-6, 7-6. But, she was then eliminated with a 3-6, 1-6 loss to, the tournament's No. 1 seed, Marine Piriou of Northwestern. Fellow senior Michaela Havelkova lost to Leanne Rutherford of Michigan 6-7, 7-5, 4-6 and Illinois State's Liina Suurvanik defeated junior Angela Buergis 5-7, 1-6 in the first round of play.
The competition concludes on Sunday, October 27.
