19th-Ranked Fodor Advances To Round Of 32 In NCAA Championships
Next up for Fodor will be two matches Tuesday as she will compete in thesecond round of the singles tournament and the first round of doublescompetition. In singles, the sophomore will face the winner of the66th-ranked Helga Vieira (Texas A&M) and ninth-ranked and overallninth-seeded Nicole Leimbach (Southern California).
State's 14th-ranked doubles combination of Fodor and Anastasia Kugakolovaare slated to take on Notre Dame's sixth-ranked and eighth-seeded duo ofCatrina Thompson and Christian Thompson Tuesday in Athens. The FightingIrish sisters posted a 19-4 mark in dual doubles matches this season. Fodorand Kugakolova wrapped up their 2004-05 doubles season with a 23-6 overallrecord. In dual matches the tandem posted a 15-3 mark, 8-3 in the league enroute to earning Second-Team all-SEC doubles team accolades. The duostarted the spring season ranked 46th in the nation and at one point wereranked as high as 13th nationally. The two posted seven consecutive winsover league competition, including an 8-3 upset win over Georgia'sseventh-ranked pair of Robinson and Basu. At the 2005 SEC Tournament, thecombo knocked off Kentucky's sixth-ranked team of Foster and Kalsarieva 8-5.