CU Sends Five to Flight Finals at USAFA Invitational

Friday, October 6

Colorado Springs, Colo.

All Day

Colorado

Day One

October 06, 2006 | Tennis

By: Andrew Green, Assistant SID

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ? Five University of Colorado tennis players will attempt to earn Flight titles with victories on Saturday at the 2006 USAFA Invitational. Along with tournament host Air Force, CU joins Colorado State, Northern Colorado, Denver, Wyoming, Northern Arizona, Memphis and Cornell at the weekend tournament.

With nine flights of singles and five doubles sessions, the Buffaloes will attempt to crown five singles and two championship teams on Saturday.

In singles, the five CU student-athletes each won two matches en route to their respective finals. In Flight I, freshman Camila Belassi defeated Corina Lazar (Wyoming) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3) and Susan McClelland (Northern Arizona) 6-1, 6-1.

In Flight II, sophomore Franziska Jendrian swept both of her matches, defeating Marjorie Ondeck (Memphis) 6-2, 6-4 and Sarah Summerfield (Wyoming) 6-4, 7-5; and in Flight III, saw junior Veera Nurmi defeat Paij Porter (Northern Arizona) in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, then advancing to the final with a default of Denver's Julia Bauregger.

Belassi, Jendrian and Nurmi are 4-1 this fall season.

Junior Gleisy Torres Torres remained unbeaten this fall and was another CU student-athlete cruising in straight set victories defeating Christina Shelly (Northern Colorado) 6-2, 6-0 and Kirsten Stople (Colorado State) 6-0, 6-1.

Rounding out trips to the finals was freshman Christina Macey, who claimed her first collegiate singles win defeating Amanda Brown (Memphis) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7), then defeating Carolina Chaix of Wyoming.

CU also had two of their four doubles teams reach Saturday's winner's bracket.

In Flight III, Belassi and Martina Sedivec defeated Nuccio/Groll (Northern Colorado), 8-3 and Stople/Satherlie (Colorado State), 8-0.

In Flight IV, Nurmi and Allison Quinn defeated Shortridge/Walters (Air Force) and Seltsam/Brown (Colorado State) by identical 8-2 scores.

Each CU tandem begins play at 9 and 10:15 a.m. determining the winner of each flight, while the singles finals begin at Noon and 1:30 p.m. at the Academy's outdoor tennis courts.

SINGLES

Flight I

Camila Belassi (CU) def. Corina Lazar (Wyo) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3)

Camila Belassi (CU) def. Susan McClelland (NAU) 6-1, 6-1

Saturday, Flight I, Final

Camila Belassi (CU) vs. Annette Aksdal (DU), 1:30 p.m.

Flight II

Franziska Jendrian (CU) def. Marjorie Ondeck (Memphis) 6-2, 6-4

Franziska Jendrian (CU) def. Sarah Summerfield (Wyo) 6-4, 7-5

Saturday, Flight II, Final

Franziska Jendrian (CU) vs. Rachel Sackmaster (DU), 1:30 p.m.

Flight III