Five UF women’s tennis players advance

ATHENS, Ga. – All eight members of the University of Florida women’s tennis team competing won their respective first-round singles matches, while all three Gator doubles teams advanced on the opening day of play at the ITA Southeast Regionals held at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Five of the eight Gators – Allie Will, Olivia Janowicz, Sofie Oyen, Joanna Mather and Alex Cercone – then won their next matches Friday afternoon to advance to the Round of 16.

“Everyone won their first-round matches and when we went down in the second round, we were tough outs,” Florida coach Roland Thornqvist said. “We competed well and hopefully we can continue to play better. We played better in the second round today and it’s a good sign if we can continue to play better each match.”

Florida began the day with solid wins on the doubles court, with the pair of Mather and Caroline Hitimana downing Vera Shkundina and Avano Tanaka of Kennesaw State, 8-3. Cercone and Janowicz earned an 8-1 victory against UCF’s Jenny Frisell and Courtney Griffith, while Oyen and Will blanked Mercer’s Jennifer Lada and Aurelie de Montiou, 8-0.
 
ITA/USTA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dan Magill Tennis Complex / Athens, Ga. / Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 / Florida results
DOUBLES
Round of 32
Joanna Mather/Carolina Hitimana (UF) def. Vera Shkundina/Avano Tanaka (Kennesaw State), 8-3; Alex Cercone/Olivia Janowicz (UF) def. Jenny Frisell/Courtney Griffith (UCF), 8-1; (18) Sofie Oyen/Allie Will (UF) def. Jennifer Lada/Aurelie de Montiou (Mercer), 8-0.
SINGLES
Round of 64
(5) Allie Will (UF) def. Kate Parker (USF), 6-1, 6-1; Brittany Borsanyi (UF) def. Courtney Girffith (UCF), 7-5, 6-4; Olivia Janowicz (UF) def. Genevieve Lorbegs (UCF), 6-4, 6-4; Sofie Oyen (UF) def. (61) Francesca Segarelli (Florida State), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5); Claire Bartlett (UF) def. Aurelie de Montjou (Mercer), 6-4, 7-5; (98) Joanna Mather (UF) def. Manon Veldman (Florida State), 6-0, 6-1; (77) Caroline Hitimana (UF) def. Morgan Bechtel (Florida Gulf Coast), 6-3, 6-0; Alex Cercone (UF) def. Kir Kemp (Georgia State), 6-2, 6-2.
Round of 32
(5) Allie Will (UF) def. Kate Fuller (Georgia), 7-6 (8), 6-2; Katie Rybakova (FSU) def. Brittany Borsanyi (UF), 6-4, 6-0; Olivia Janowicz (UF) def. Gabriela Mejia (UM), 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Sofie Oyen (UF) def. Tereza Lerova (Georgia State), 6-4, 6-2; Sasha Krupina (Georgia Tech) def. Claire Bartlett (UF), 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-3; (98) Joanna Mather (Florida) def. Joseph Haraldson (UCF), 6-2, 6-0; Loreto Alonso Martinez (USF) def. (77) Caroline Hitimana (UF), 6-3, 7-6 (7); Alex Cercone (UF) def. Jenny Frisell (UCF), 7-5, 6-1.