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Tennis Earns Five Singles, Three Doubles Titles At USAFA Invite

October 07, 2006 | Tennis

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ? The University of Colorado tennis team dominated the United States Air Force Academy Invitational winning five singles and three doubles flights Saturday afternoon. Nine schools from across the country participated in the three-day event (Air Force, CU, Colorado State, Northern Colorado, Denver, Wyoming, Northern Arizona, Memphis and Cornell).

    All five singles winners each won three matches en route to first place honors.

 

    Freshman Camila Belassi (Flight I), sophomore Franziska Jendrian (Flight II), junior Veera Nurmi (Flight III), junior Gleisy Torres Torres (Flight V) and freshman Christina Macey (Flight IX) all claimed first place honors in singles.

 

    In doubles, three CU tandems claimed the winners' circle. Winning all three matches they played were Belassi and Martina Sedivec in Flight III and in Flight IV, Nurmi and Allison Quinn.

 

    Torres Torres and Victoria Almagno won Flight II with a 3-1 record, however were declared the first place winner after winning more games (24), than Colorado State's Neal/Strasburger (23), who finished in second.

 

    With each of their flight victories, Belassi, Jendrian and Nurmi all improved to 5-1 this fall season, while Torres Torres remained unbeaten at 4-0. Macey's three wins in her flight improved her fall record to 3-2.

 

    Belassi and Nurmi achieved the most success this weekend winning three singles and three doubles matches.

 

    Picking up the lone bronze medal singles finish was Quinn, who triumphed in Flight VIII.

 

    CU is idle until the Central Region Championships, Oct. 19-25 at Salt Lake City.


 

DOUBLES (*First place winner)

Flight I, Consolation

Esposito/Jendrian (CU) def. House/Rowinski (Wyo) 8-1

Esposito/Jendrian (CU) def. Krystofik/Shelly (UNC) 8-1

 

Flight II (Almagno/Torres Torres (CU) declared first place winner

having won more games (24), than Neal/Strasburger (CSU) 24

Almagno/Torres Torres (CU) def. Lazar/Summerfield (Wyo) 8-2

*Almagno/Torres Torres (CU) def. Aksdal/Iwinski (DU) 8-5

 

Doubles, Flight III (Winners Bracket)

Belassi/Sedivec (CU) def. Pinchbeck/Newman (NAU) 8-1

*Belassi/Sedivec (CU) def. Boothman/Mechem (DU) 8-3

 

Doubles, Flight IV (Winners Bracket)

Nurmi/Quinn (CU) def. Ebbert/Cruite (Cornell) 8-2

*Nurmi/Quinn (CU) def. Biemold/Randall (NAU) 8-3

 

SINGLES

Flight I, Final

Camila Belassi (CU) def. Annette Aksdal (DU) 7-6(3), 6-3

 

Flight II, Final

Franziska Jendrian (CU) def. Rachel Sackmaster (DU) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6)

 

Flight III, Final

Veera Nurmi (CU) def. Elizabeth Googe (Cornell) 6-1, 6-3

 

Flight IV, Consolation, 7th Place

Ekin Zafir (Memphis) def. Melissa Esposito (CU) default

 

Flight V, Final

Gleisy Torres Torres (CU) def. Lorinda Boothman (DU) 6-1, 6-7(4), 1-0 (10-5)

 

Flight VI, Consolation, 3rd Place

Shayna Miller (Cornell) def. Martina Sedivec (CU) 6-3, 6-1

 

Flight VII, Consolation, 5th Place

Tori Almagno (CU) def. Sarah Seltsam (CSU) 6-3, 6-2

 

Flight VIII, Consolation, 3rd Place

Allison Quinn (CU) def. Flavia Russo (Memphis) 6-4, 6-1

 

Flight IX, Final

Christina Macey (CU) def. Weatherly Schwab (Cornell) 6-2, 7-5

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