The
University of Florida’s Caroline Hitimana (Waterloo, Belgium) won a pair
of singles matches to highlight the Gator’s second day of action at the 10th
annual Freeman Memorial Championships at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the
UNLV campus.
The
Gator junior advanced to the final of the consolation singles draw after
defeating UCLA’s Carling Seguso (UCLA) 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7) in the semifinals
after downing Oregon’s Julia Metzger, 6-2, 6-2, in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Hitimana
will play Duke’s Ester Goldfield in the consolation final on Sunday afternoon.
Florida’s
doubles team of Alex Cercone (Seminole, Fla.) and Olivia Janowicz (Palm
Bay, Fla.) lost a tough 8-6 decision to Southern California’s third-ranked Kaitlyn
Christian and Sabrina Santamaria in the quarterfinal round of the main draw.
Cercone
and Janowicz lost their respective singles matches in open play on Saturday,
with Cercone falling to UNC’s Lauren McHale, 6-1, 6-1 and Janowicz was down to
UCLA’s McCall Jones, 6-1, 4-1, before retiring.
