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Friday, October 26, 2001
FIU women advance at ITA
South Regional
 IU
singles players Anneliese Rose and Mei Ly have
advanced to the quarterfinals of the Omni Hotel/ITA South Regional
Tournament in Mobile, Ala.
In doubles, the Golden Panthers Maria Montoya and Dominique
Rosenberg made it to the quarterfinals while Rose and Cristina
Campana reached the round of 16.
The No. 4-seeded Rose won her first-round Flight A match against
Ole Miss’ Emma Petterson, 6-0, 6-1, then beat Auburn’s
Katia Illarionova, 6-0, 6-3. Rose faces the tournament’s
No. 13-seed, Alexis Gordon of Florida, in Saturday’s
quarterfinals action.
In Flight B singles, FIU’s unranked Ly won straight-sets
matches against Jenny Timmis, 6-0, 6-1, and Robin Gorman,
6-1, 6-1, to advance. Ly meets Ashlee Callahan in the
quarterfinals.
Rose and Campana took their Flight A doubles contest against
Rochelle Godthreate and Charlene Kambarami, 8-2.
The FIU duo plays the University of Miami’s Sihem Bennacer
and Sara Robbins, Saturday in the round of 16.
Montoya and Rosenberg got a first-round bye in Flight B doubles
then defeated Luisa Lopez and Mariana Melo, 8-4.
The tournament concludes on Sunday. |