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Sept. 29, 2009
Chloe Pike won three singles matches to advance to the quarterfinals, while the doubles team of Pike and Emilia Osborne also made their way to the quarterfinals at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Atlantic Regional tournament held Saturday through Monday at Bloomsburg. Pike defeated Galina Vishikina of California 6-1, 6-4 in the opening round before blanking Jaclyn Metzger of Clarion 6-0, 6-0 in the second round. In the round of 32, Pike defeated Emily Palko of Bloomsburg in a 10-7 pro set that was necessitated by rain which backed up the schedule until Monday. Pike was defeated by second-seeded Axelle Fernandez of California by a score of 10-4. Katie Eaton and Osborne advanced in the first round of the singles matches on Saturday and both won their second round match before being eliminated. Eaton defeated Sam Prager of Millersville 6-0, 6-0 and Marianna Olivera of California 6-3, 6-3 before dropping a 10-7 pro set to Slippery Rock's Laura Handy. Handy was in the group seeded between fifth and eighth. Osborne defeated Jessica Hilborn of Slippery Rock 6-3, 6-1 and advanced to the third round when Jamie Ferrigno of East Stroudsburg defaulted. Osborne had won the first set and the match was one game into the second set when the rain came and postponed the match. The East Stroudsburg team opted not to stay for the conclusion of the tournament. Osborne lost in the round of 16 to third-seeded Rohini Das of Kutztown in a 10-1 pro set. The doubles team of Pike and Osborne advanced to the quarterfinals with wins over Alyssa Hackworth and Neha Rana of Charleston 8-2 and Ferrigno and Katie D'Ambrosia of East Stroudsburg 8-3 before dropping an 8-1 decision to Fernandez and Alina Stanila, California's top-seeded duo, 8-1. |
