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Women's Tennis Opens Play at Penn Tournament
September 25, 2010 | Women's Tennis
PHILADELPHIA -- In its second tournament of the fall, the Princeton women's tennis team is off to a successful start at the Cissie Leary Invitational at Penn.
Monica Chow, Sarah Hoffman, Brett Ellen Keeler, Rachel Saiontz, Katherine Flanigan and Blakely Ashley are playing singles, with Ashley, Hoffman, Chow and Saiontz playing doubles as well.
Chow, Keeler and Saiontz won their first two singles matches to advance to the Round of 16 in the 64-player draw, while the Ashley/Hoffman and Chow/Saiontz duo won their first-round doubles matches in the round of 32.
The tournament will last through Sunday. Princeton's first-day results are below.
Doubles:
First Round:
Blakely Ashley/Sarah Hoffman (P) def. Ana Belzunce/Jordan Hansborough (Maryland) 9-7
Monica Chow/Rachel Saiontz (P) def. Sarah O'Neil/Christine Ordaway (Cornell) 8-6
Singles:
First Round:
Monica Chow (P) def. Marina Bykovskaya (Binghamton), 6-2, 6-2
Jordan Batey (Temple) def. Sarah Hoffman (P), 7-6, 6-2
Brett Ellen Keeler (P) def. Ivana Petrich (Delaware), 6-1, 6-2
Rachel Saiontz (P) def. Dorothy Safron (Delaware), 6-2, 6-0
Katherine Flanigan (P) def. Shannon Comolli (Cornell), 7-5, 6-1
Second Round:
Monica Chow (P) def. Yana Mavrina (Temple), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Brett Ellen Keeler (P) def. Theresa Stangl (Temple), 7-6, 6-1
Rachel Saiontz (P) def. Emma Whitfield (Penn), 6-0, 6-0
Natasha Makarova (Columbia) def. Katherine Flanigan (P), 6-6, ret.
Christine Ordaway (Cornell) def. Blakely Ashley (P), 6-0, 1-6, 6-3
Consolation:
Sarah Hoffman (P) def. Chelsea Davis (Columbia) 6-3, 6-0