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Day Three
Almagno Perfect At CU Invite
September 30, 2007 | Tennis
BOULDER ? University of Colorado senior Victoria Almagno added another singles and doubles victory on Sunday to close out the three-day CU Tennis Invitational with a perfect 6-0 mark helping the host Buffaloes dominate play at the South Campus Courts featuring teams from Colorado State, Northern Colorado and Oklahoma.
CU won 17 of 23 singles matches and eight-of-nine doubles matches over the three-day invite. The Sooners won 15 of 26 singles matches, followed by CSU (7-7) and
On the doubles court, OU went 6-6, followed by CSU (2-4), and UNC (2-7).
Almagno won singles matches in a round-robin format defeating two opponents from
Pheil was almost perfect herself establishing a 4-1 mark (three singles, one doubles tally), only falling in three-set match against CSU's Anette Pohjalainen, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2, Sunday afternoon.
Almagno's play helped establish her in a three-way tie on the team with the most victories joining Jendrian and sophomore Melisa Esposito with identical 6-2 records.
On a larger scale, Jendrian won her 40th career doubles match, and in singles, senior Gleisy Torres Torres won her 59th career match moving into 19th place on the school's all-time victories list.
CU is idle until the ITA Central Regional in October.
Sunday, Singles,
Melisa Esposito (CU) def. Camila Belassi (CU) 6-3, 6-3
Franziska Jendrian (CU) def. Abbie Probert (CU) 7-6(4), 6-0
Gleisy Torres Torres (CU) def. Maria Kalashnikova (OU) 6-0, 6-4
Sunday, Singles ? Round 4, Round-Robin
Tori Almagno (CU) def. Jodi Ciarvella (UNC) 6-0, 6-2
Anette Pohjalainen (CSU) def. Christiane Pheil (CU) 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
Greer Satherlie (CSU) def. Brittany Baldy (OU) 6-1, 6-2
Elena Antakova (OU) def. Luiza Xavier (UNC) 6-1, 6-0
Rachael Cox (OU) def. Natalia Agarycheva (UNC) 6-4, 6-4
Sunday, Doubles ? Round 2
Gold Pool: Esposito/Belassi (CU) def. Tabatha Knop/Santos (UNC) 8-2; Strasburger/Tyler (CSU) def. Constantinescu/Kalashnikova (OU) 8-5.
Black Pool: Probert/Torres Torres (CU) def. Ciarvella/Agarycheva (UNC) 8-4; Orr/Eckel (OU) def. Satherlie//Pohjalainen (CSU) 8-2.
Silver Pool: Jendrian/Almagno (CU) def. Baxley/Cox (OU) 8-4; Baldy/Antakova (OU) def. Groll/Tiffany Knop (UNC) 8-5.
Doubles ? Round 3
Gold Pool: Esposito/Belassi (CU) def. Strasburger/Tyler (CSU) 8-4; Tabatha Knopp/Santos (UNC) def. Constantinescu/Kalashnikova (OU) 8-6.
Black Pool
Probert/Torres Torres (CU) def. Satherlie/Pohjalainen (CSU) 8-4; Orr/Eckel (OU) def. Ciarvella/Agarycheva (UNC) 8-2.
Silver Pool: Jendrian/Pheil (CU) def. Baldy/Antakova (OU) 8-2; Baxley/Cox (OU) def. Groll/Tiffany Knop (UNC) 8-1.
