Nov. 5, 2010

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Vanderbilt women’s tennis team concluded the first day of the Kitty Harrison Invitational, hosted by the University of North Carolina. The Commodores faced tough competition out of the Atlantic Coast Conference in Duke and Georgia Tech.

Duke boasts four players ranked in the preseason Campbell’s/ITA rankings, while Georgia Tech has the No. 92 player in the nation.

Friday morning, the Commodores played three doubles matches against Duke followed by six singles matches against Georgia Tech. Vanderbilt concluded the day with six singles matches against Duke.

On Saturday, the ‘Dores will face Pepperdine in doubles and Virginia in both doubles and singles. Complete results will be posted to vucommodores.com.

Doubles vs. Duke
Robertson/Mira (VU) def. Gorny/Mar (Duke) 9-8
Plotkin/Clayton (Duke) def. Wu/Preeg (VU) 9-8(2)
Dillon/Leatu (VU) def. Nze/Kahan (Duke) 8-5

Singles vs. Georgia Tech
No. 92 Sasha Krupina (GT) def. No. 58 Chelsea Preeg (VU) 6-2, 7-6, 1-0(6)
Lauren Mira (VU) def. Viet Ha Ngo (GT) 7-5, 6-4
Caroline Lilley (GT) def. Alex Leatu (VU) 7-5, 6-3
Keilly Ulery (VU) def. Lynn Blau (GT) 6-3, 6-2
Elizabeth Kilborn (GT) def. Rachael Dillon (VU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(6)
Rocio Lopez (GT) def. Nelly Radeva (VU) 7-6, 4-6, 1-0(8)

Singles vs. Duke
No. 24 Nadine Fahoum (Duke) def. No. 25 Jackie Wu
No. 29 Ellah Nze (Duke) def. No. 58 Chelsea Preeg (VU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 50 Elizabeth Plotkin (Duke) def. Alex Leatu (VU) 6-2, 6-2
Rachael Dillon (VU) def. Hanna Mar (Duke) 7-5, 6-2
Monica Gorny (Duke) def. Nelly Radeva (VU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0
No. 111 Mary Clayton (Duke) def. Erica Robertson (VU) 6-2, 6-1

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