Thursday, October 6
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Riviera/ITA All-American Championships
MSU Women’s Tennis’ Lee/Rioux Advance To Quarterfinals At Riviera/ITA All-American
October 06, 2016 | Women's Tennis
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – Posting two top 25 wins, including an upset of the No. 3 seed, the Mississippi State women's tennis tandem of Jasmine Lee and Lisa Marie Rioux has advanced to the quarterfinals of the main draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships. The event is the first major of the college tennis season.
After posting three wins in qualifying play earlier this week to advance to the main draw, the senior Lee and freshman Rioux kept their momentum rolling Thursday. The pair opened main draw action by upsetting Stanford's 21st-ranked Emily Arbuthnott and Taylor Davidson 8-6. In the round of 16, the Bulldog duo registered another big upset, knocking off Michigan's third-seeded and fourth-ranked Brienne Minor and Mira Ruder-Hook 8-7(4).
Lee and Rioux, now 8-0 to start the season with five top 60 wins (three top 25) to their credit, will meet North Carolina's Jessie Aney and Hayley Carter in Friday's quarterfinals at 11 a.m. CT. Live video of main draw matches is available at FloTennis.com.
In singles action Thursday, State's eighth-ranked Lee, the No. 5 seed, was upended by Oklahoma State's 27th-ranked Vladica Babic in three tough sets 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. Lee will begin play in the consolation bracket on Friday, meeting Georgia's 21st-ranked Caroline Brinson at 2:30 p.m. CT. Lee won the consolation title at the All-American last fall.
Also on Friday, other members of MSU's team will start play in the Under Armor Invite, hosted by Baylor University in Waco, Texas. In singles, Bulldog newcomer Sara Lizariturry will face Wisconsin's Kelsey Grambeau, MSU's Caroline Kelly plays Louisiana Monroe's Madalina Grigoriu, and State's Jennifer Brown matches up with ULM's Karolina Snita. In doubles, Brown and Lizariturry are set to face Troy's Hannah Seizer and Luisa Ferrauti.
For more information on Mississippi State women's tennis and updates, fans can follow the Bulldogs on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at HailStateWT.
MSU at the 2016 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships – October 6, 2016
Riviera Tennis Club – Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Doubles – Main Draw
First Round – Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) def. #21 Arbuthnot/Davidson (Stanford) 8-6
Round of 16 – Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) def. #4 Brienne Minor/Mira Ruder-Hook (Michigan) [3] 8-7(4)
Singles – Main Draw
First Round – #27 Vladica Babic (Oklahoma State) def. #8 Jasmine Lee (MSU) [5] 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Numbers preceding names indicate current ITA national rankings; numbers in brackets indicate tournament seeds
After posting three wins in qualifying play earlier this week to advance to the main draw, the senior Lee and freshman Rioux kept their momentum rolling Thursday. The pair opened main draw action by upsetting Stanford's 21st-ranked Emily Arbuthnott and Taylor Davidson 8-6. In the round of 16, the Bulldog duo registered another big upset, knocking off Michigan's third-seeded and fourth-ranked Brienne Minor and Mira Ruder-Hook 8-7(4).
Lee and Rioux, now 8-0 to start the season with five top 60 wins (three top 25) to their credit, will meet North Carolina's Jessie Aney and Hayley Carter in Friday's quarterfinals at 11 a.m. CT. Live video of main draw matches is available at FloTennis.com.
In singles action Thursday, State's eighth-ranked Lee, the No. 5 seed, was upended by Oklahoma State's 27th-ranked Vladica Babic in three tough sets 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. Lee will begin play in the consolation bracket on Friday, meeting Georgia's 21st-ranked Caroline Brinson at 2:30 p.m. CT. Lee won the consolation title at the All-American last fall.
Also on Friday, other members of MSU's team will start play in the Under Armor Invite, hosted by Baylor University in Waco, Texas. In singles, Bulldog newcomer Sara Lizariturry will face Wisconsin's Kelsey Grambeau, MSU's Caroline Kelly plays Louisiana Monroe's Madalina Grigoriu, and State's Jennifer Brown matches up with ULM's Karolina Snita. In doubles, Brown and Lizariturry are set to face Troy's Hannah Seizer and Luisa Ferrauti.
For more information on Mississippi State women's tennis and updates, fans can follow the Bulldogs on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at HailStateWT.
MSU at the 2016 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships – October 6, 2016
Riviera Tennis Club – Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Doubles – Main Draw
First Round – Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) def. #21 Arbuthnot/Davidson (Stanford) 8-6
Round of 16 – Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux (MSU) def. #4 Brienne Minor/Mira Ruder-Hook (Michigan) [3] 8-7(4)
Singles – Main Draw
First Round – #27 Vladica Babic (Oklahoma State) def. #8 Jasmine Lee (MSU) [5] 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Numbers preceding names indicate current ITA national rankings; numbers in brackets indicate tournament seeds
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