University of Minnesota Athletics
Doubles Teams Play Well At Wildcat Invitational
10/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
Eight Gophers are competing in the event, two each in the four separate singles flights. Mariana Spilca and Elianna Kantar lost their opening-round singles matches in Flight A. Alexa Palen posted a win in her first-round match of Flight B, while Peta Forsyth fell in straight sets. Magdalena Wiecha and Emilie Renault were both 0-1 in Flight C singles. Natallia Pintusava posted a three-set win in Flight D singles, while Alessandra Ferrazzi lost her only singles match on Friday.
Pintusava and Wiecha were 2-0 in doubles and will play in the Flight C final tomorrow at 9 a.m. against Lynne Poggensee-Wei and Christina Harazin of Iowa. Ferrazzi and Palen advanced to the Flight D final by winning two matches and will square off against a duo from Oklahoma or Northwestern tomorrow. The semifinal between Oklahoma and Northwestern was suspended because of darkness with Northwestern leading 5-4. Forsyth and Kantar went 1-1 in doubles in Flight A, as did Renault and Spilca in Flight B.,
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