Sept. 27, 2008

Greenville, S.C. -- The duo of Courtney Ulery and Catherine Newman posted a fourth-place finish in the flight-one doubles draw to lead the Commodores in day one of the 22nd annual Furman Fall Classic on Friday. The Commodores showed signs of success against some the nation¹s best teams.

The 35th ranked Commodore opened the tournament by defeating duo defeat Florida State¹s nationally ranked pair of Katie Rybakova and Lauren Macfarlane 8-3 before falling to No. 17 Federica Van Adrichem and Ani Mijacika of Clemson, 8-2.

In the second doubles draw Vanderbilt sophomore Keilly Ulery paired up with freshman Jackie Wu. The Commodore duo fell in a hard fought match to North Carolina¹s Sophie Grabinski and Jelena Durisic 8-4. In the next match, Wu paired up with teammate Chelsea Preeg to defeat South Carolina¹s team of Miljana Jocic and Suzanna Mansour 8-6 before falling in a close match to Florida State¹s pair of Federica Suess and Jessica Wente, 8-6.

Junior Hannah Blatt and freshman Erica Robertson posted a 2-1 record on the day in route to a fifth-place finish in the third flight of doubles. After dropping their first match, the Vanderbilt duo won consecutive matches over teams Furman and North Carolina.

No singles matches were played due to inclement weather.

Tomorrow¹s competition is set to begin with singles action around 9 a.m.

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