MSU Women's Tennis Completes Second Day At Hoosier Classic

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MSU Women's Tennis Completes Second Day At Hoosier Classic

October 04, 2008 | Women's Tennis

By: hailstate.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ? Mississippi State's Lady Netters completed the second day of action at the Hoosier Classic Saturday, picking up several doubles wins and one singles victory.

In the Crimson Draw of the doubles' brackets, MSU's tandem of Radka Ferancova and Olesya Tsigvintseva rebounded from their loss yesterday to win the consolation side of the draw. Ferancova and Tsigvintseva defeated the duo of Chelsea Preeg and Heather Steinbauer of SEC-foe Vanderbilt in a 9-8 tiebreaker. Wrapping up the consolation prize, the MSU pair defeated another VU tandem in Erica Robertson and Jackie WU by default.

Meanwhile, in the Cream Draw on the doubles side, the State pair of Martina Banikova and Valeriya Makarycheva picked up the third-place prize. In their first match of the day, Banikova and Makarycheva fell to Hannah Blatt and Keilly Ulery of Vanderbilt 9-8, but rebounded to defeat Vanessa Cottin and Mariya Slupska of Kansas State 8-5 to finish third in the bracket. The State team of Elna de Villiers and Natalya Mayuk ousted the Indiana State pair of Sarah Meghoufel and Sofia Lifanova 8-4 before falling to Kelsey Haviland and Julie Voss of Ohio State 8-4 in the consolation finals.

In singles play, Mississippi State's lone victory came from freshman Natalya Mayuk who defeated Maria Guerreiro of Indiana in two tie-break sets 7-6, 7-6.

Also competing in singles action were Olesya Tsigvintseva, Martina Banikova, Radka Ferancova, Elna de Villiers, Elizabeth Hall, and Jordan Zachary.

The Lady Bulldogs will be back in action on Sunday, as they wrap up action at the 2008 Hoosier Classic.

MSU RESULTS AT THE HOOSIER CLASSIC
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ? 10/4/08

SINGLES (ROUND-ROBIN FORMAT)

Katya Zapadalova (Indiana) def. Olesya Tsigvintseva (MSU) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (8); Brianna Williams (Indiana) def. Martina Banikova (MSU) 7-5, 6-1; Michelle Sammons (Purdue) def. Radka Ferancova (MSU) 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (6); Sigrid Fischer (Indiana) def. Elna de Villiers (MSU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11); Natalya Mayuk (MSU) def. Maria Guerreiro (Indiana) 7-6, 7-6; Sofia Lifanova (Indiana State) def. Elizabeth Hall (MSU) 6-0, 6-0; Tatiana Ganzha (Purdue) def. Jordan Zachary (MSU) 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES (CRIMSON DRAW)

Semifinals (Consolation)- Ferancova/Tsigvintseva (MSU) def. Chelsea Pregg/Heather Steinbauer (Vanderbilt) 9-8.

Finals (Consolation)- Ferancova/Tsigvintseva (MSU) def. Erica Robertson/Jackie Wu (Vanderbilt) default.

DOUBLES (CREAM DRAW)

Semifinals- Hannah Blatt/Keilly Ulery (Vanderbilt) def. Banikova/Makarycheva (MSU) 9-8.

3rd Place Match- Banikova/Makarycheva (MSU) def. Vanessa Cottin/Mariya Slupska (Kansas State) 8-5.

Semifinals (Consolation)- de Villiers/Mayuk (MSU) def. Sarah Meghoufel/Sofia Lifanova (Indiana State) 8-4.

Finals (Consolation)- Kelsey Haviland/Julie Voss (Ohio State) def. de Villiers/Mayuk (MSU) 8-4.

DOUBLES

Petra Chuda/Natasha Vieira (Kansas State) def. Hall/Zachary (MSU) 8-2.