Bolender, Bektas Advance in Doubles at ITA All-American Championships
10/4/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 6, 2011
Site: Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Riviera Tennis Club)
Event: ITA/Riviera All-American Championships (Qualifying)
U-M Team Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Thursday, Oct. 7 -- ITA/Riviera All-American Championships - Day 4 (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Due to weather, Wednesday (Oct. 5) qualifying doubles matches were rescheduled for 9 a.m. PDT on Thursday (Oct. 6).
QUALIFYING SINGLES
No. 48 Sam Critser
Tuesday, Oct. 4 (First Round) -- d. No. 117 Aleksandra Josifoska (UNLV), 6-4, 6-2
Tuesday, Oct. 4 (Second Round) -- l. No. 30 Anya Morgina (South Carolina), 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
No. 62 Brooke Bolender
Tuesday, Oct. 4 (First Round) -- l. No. 25 Anna Bartenstein (Miami [Fla.]), 6-4, 6-1
Tuesday, Oct. 4 (Consolation) -- d. No. 100 Jackie Wu (Vanderbilt), 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
Emina Bektas
Tuesday, Oct. 4 (First Round) -- d. Stefanie Nunic (Boston University), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
Tuesday, Oct. 4 (Second Round) -- l. No. 21 Jillian O'Neill (Georgia Tech), 4-6, 7-6, 6-2
QUALIFYING DOUBLES
No. 17 Emina Bektas/Brooke Bolender
Tuesday, Oct. 4 (First Round) -- d. Kaitlin Burns/Whitney Wolf (LSU), 8-2
Thursday, Oct. 6 (Second Round) -- d. Hilary Bartlett/Lindsay Graff (Princeton), 9-8 (5)
Thursday, Oct. 6 (Third Round) -- l. No. 28 Brynn Boren/Sarah Toti (Tennessee), 8-4
N O T E S
• All three Wolverines are making their career debut.
• The top eight players from the qualifying tournament will advance to the 32-person main draw singles competition. Each player needs to win three matches to qualify.
• Bektas and Bolender are vying for one of four qualifying spots into the 24-team main draw doubles. The Wolverine duo, seeded No. 2 in the qualifying draw, needs to win three matches.
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