May 18, 2003
Gainesville, Fla. - The NCAA Women's Tennis Committee on Sunday morning unveiled the draws for the 64-player NCAA Singles Championship and the 32-team NCAA Doubles Championship. A total of four players from Stanford University will compete in the NCAA Singles Championships, while one Cardinal tandem is entered in the NCAA Doubles Championships.
The NCAA Singles Championship begins Monday morning at the Ring Tennis Complex, while the NCAA Doubles Championship gets underway on Tuesday afternoon. One round of each event will be played every day, culminating with the finals occurring on Saturday, May 24.
Freshmen Amber Liu (La Mesa, CA) and Alice Barnes (Cambridge, UK) were the only Cardinal to be seeded in the singles draw. Liu earned a No. 7 overall seed, while Barnes was placed within the 9-16 seed. Liu's first round opponent will be Florida's Julie Rotondi and Barnes will take on Dea Sumantri of Washington. Also representing Stanford is Lauren Barnikow (Woodbridge, NJ), who plays Ole Miss' Mira Radu and Erin Burdette (Jackson, GA) meets Christina Fusano of California.
In doubles action, the Cardinal duo of Barnikow and Burdette earned the top-seed in the competition. They will meet Jennifer Tuchband and Henriette Williams of Virginia in the opening round.
Tennessee's Vilmarie Castellvi is the No. 1 seed in the singles draw.
NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Championship Draw (1) Vilmarie Castellvi, Tennessee vs. Jessica Rush, Northwestern Nataly Cahana, Old Dominion vs. Maja Mlakar, Arizona (9-16) Alexis Gordon, Florida vs. Urska Juric, Missouri Susi Wild, UCLA vs. Amanda Johnson, Duke (8) Adria Engel, Arizona State vs. Aleke Tsoubanso, Vanderbilt Luana Magnani, Southern Calif. vs. Aleksandra Durska, Tulsa (9-16) Mira Radu, Ole Miss vs. Lauren Barnikow, Stanford Nathalie Roels, Kentucky vs. Aniela Mojzis, UNC (4) Agata Cioroch, Georgia vs. Anda Perianu, Oklahoma Kate Pinchbeck, UNC vs. Julia Scaringe, Florida (9-16) Alice Barnes, Stanford vs. Dea Sumantri, Washington Candice Fuchs, William & Mary vs. Caylan Leslie, Notre Dame (6) Racquel Kops-Jones, Cal vs. Jieun Jacobs, California Maureen Diaz, Southern Calif. vs. Alix Lacelarie, Clemson (9-16) Jackie Carleton, UCLA vs. Courtney Nagle, Oregon Zerene Reyes, Florida vs. Julie Smekodub, Tulane Dianne Hollands, Arizona vs. Sarah Witten, Kentucky Jennifer Tuchband, Virginia vs. (9-16) Sara Riske, Vanderbilt Jessica Roland, Texas A&M vs. Alicia Pillay, Tulsa Julie Rotondi, Florida vs. (7) Amber Liu, Stanford Alice Pirsu, Pennsylvania vs. Jenny Kuhn, Tulane Liina Suurvarik, Illinois State vs. (9-16) Chloe Carlotti, Fresno St. Barbora Zahnova, VCU vs. Kendra Strohm, Texas Viktoria Stoklasova, South Alabama vs. (3) Kelly McCain, Duke Christina Fusano, California vs. Erin Burdette, Stanford Jaime Wong, Georgia Tech vs. (9-16) Daria Panova, Oregon Saras Arasu, Duke vs. Marlene Mejia, UNC Manon Kruse, Middle Tenn. St. vs. (5) Jewel Peterson, Southern Calif. Anne Nguyen, Georgia vs. Tammy Encina, Tennessee Courtney Bergman, Harvard vs. (9-16) Sara Walker, UCLA Julie Coin, Clemson vs. Lindsay Dawaf, Florida Alicia Salas, Notre Dame vs. (2) Cristelle Grier, Northwestern
NCAA Women's Tennis Doubles Championship Draw (1) Lauren Barnikow / Erin Burdette, Stanford vs. Jennifer Tuchband/Henriette Williams, Virginia Melissa Applebaum/Megan Bradley, Miami vs. Amanda Johnson/Julie DeRoo, Duke (5-8) Sarah Witten/Amy Trefethen, Kentucky vs. Beverly Dawson/Irina Tereschenko, Texas Tech Jessica Roland/Roberta Spencer, Texas A&M vs. Ziva Grasic/Kendra Strohm, Texas (3) Sarah Riske/Aleke Tsoubanos, Vanderbilt vs. Stacy Varnell/Manon Kruse, Middle Tennessee St. Jessica Rush/Cristelle Grier, Northwestern vs. Jewel Peterson/Tiffany Brymer, Southern Calif. (5-8) Jennifer Magley/Zerene Reyes, Florida vs. Laurence Jayet/Julie Coin, Clemson Alice Sukner/Jessica Johnson, Marshall vs. Urska Juric/Katka Sevcikova, Missouri Alexis Gordon/Julia Scaringe, Florida vs. Silvia Tornier/Indra Erichsen, San Diego St. Courtney Nagle/Daria Panova, Oregon vs. (5-8) Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline, North Carolina Silvia Urickova/Barbora Zahnova, VCU vs. Kate Boomershine/Candice Fuchs, William & Mary Jennifer McGaffigan/Michelle Webb, Illinois vs. (4) Vilmarie Castellvi/Melissa Schaub, Tennessee Linda Faltynkova/Katarzyna Kolodynska, Oklahoma State vs. Hillary Adams/Kelly McCain, Duke Chloe Carlotti/Lucia Tallo, Fresno State vs. (5-8) Christina Fusano/Raquel Kops-Jones, Cal Heather Saluri/Anda Perianu, Oklahoma vs. Julie Smekodub/Jenny Kuhn, Tulane Lindsay Dawaf/Julie Rotondi, Florida vs. (2) Agata Cioroch/Lori Grey, Georgia