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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
ITA Regional
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Four Tigers Advance to Sunday at ITA Regional
October 22, 2011 | Women's Tennis
One doubles team and two singles players emerged from Saturday's competition at the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional at Yale.
Katie Goepel and Rachel Saiontz defeated the Yale pair of Steph Kent and Blair Seideman 8-4 to advance to Sunday's quarterfinal match against Boston College's Alex Kelleher and Olga Khmylev, while Tiger teammates Hilary Bartlett and Lindsay Graff were upset by the Yale duo of Amber Li and Annie Sullivan 9-7.
In singles play, Goepel and Monica Chow dropped their first-round matches, though two of Princeton's three seeded competitors advanced to the round of 32 Sunday. Bartlett defended her No. 1 seed with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Columbia's Ioana Alecsiu while Lindsay Graff advanced with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Army's Jamila Paul. Eighth-seeded Rachel Saiontz was upset 7-6(6), 6-4 by Dartmouth's Akiko Okuda.
All of Princeton's Saturday results and a Sunday schedule are below. The singles rounds of 32 and 16 are scheduled to be played Sunday, while only the quarterfinals will be played in doubles.
Saturday's Results
Doubles - Round of 16
(9) Amber Li/Annie Sullivan (Yale) def. (2) Hilary Bartlett/Lindsay Graff (Princeton), 9-7
(9) Katie Goepel/Rachel Saiontz (Princeton) vs. Steph Kent/Blair Seideman (Yale), 8-4
Singles - Round of 128
Crystal Leung (Columbia) def. Monica Chow (Princeton), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Stephanie Do (Penn) def. Katie Goepel (Princeton), 7-6(3), 6-2
Singles - Round of 64
(1) Hilary Bartlett (Princeton) def. Ioana Alecsiu (Columbia), 6-4, 6-3
(17) Lindsay Graff (Princeton) def. Jamila Paul (Army), 6-0, 6-2
Akiko Okuda (Dartmouth) def. (8) Rachel Saiontz (Princeton), 7-6(6) ,6-4
Sunday's Schedule
Doubles - Quarterfinal
(9) Katie Goepel/Rachel Saiontz (Princeton) vs. (7) Alex Kelleher/Olga Khmylev (BC), 10 a.m.
Singles - Round of 32
(1) Hilary Bartlett (Princeton) vs. (17) Ryann Young (Cornell), 11 a.m.
(17) Lindsay Graff (Princeton) vs. (7) Vicky Brook (Yale), 11:30 a.m.