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Women's Tennis

Cardinal Falls in Finals of ITA Northwest Regional

Oct. 24, 2005

Stanford, Calif. - Cal's Suzi Fodor and Fresno State's Lucia Sainz and Katharina Winterhalter captured the 2005 Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northwest Women's Regional Championship in singles and doubles, respectively, this morning at the Taube Tennis Center.

In singles, Fodor scored a 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, victory over Stanford's Theresa Logar to claim the 2005 ITA Northwest Regional title.

Stanford's Alice Barnes and Anne Yelsey won their semifinal match in doubles, defeating Cal's Claire Ilcinkas and Stephanie Kusano, 8-4. Sainz and Winterhalter advanced to the title match with an 8-6 victory over Cardinal pair Amber Liu and Celia Durkin, before posting an 8-6 victory over Barnes and Yelsey to capture the ITA Northwest Regional crown.

The singles finalists and doubles champion from this event, along with at-large selections, earned spots in the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships hosted by The Ohio State University at the Racquet Club of Columbus, on Nov. 3-6.

Wilson/ITA Northwest Regional Championships
Stanford, Calif. * Taube Tennis Center
Complete Stanford Results
Singles

Megan Doheny (1-1): lost to Erin Young (Saint Mary's), 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-2; def. Elke Harms (San Jose State), 6-1, 6-4.
No. 79 Celia Durkin (4-1): def. Stephanie Svanfeldt (Washington), 6-1, 7-6(2); def. Courtney Koenigsfeld (San Jose State), 6-0, 6-4; def. No. 45 Ekaterina Burduli (Washington State), 6-1, 6-4; def. Lucia Sainz (Fresno State), 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; lost to No. 13 Theresa Logar (Stanford), 7-6(3), 6-0.
No. 35 Lejla Hodzic (2-1): def. Pichaya Laosrichon (USF), 6-2, 6-0; def. Bianca Selaru (Washington State), 6-0, 6-4; lost to No. 119 Marion Ravelojaona (Cal), 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.
Joanna Kao (0-2): lost to Allison Rainey (Washington),6-4, 0-6, 6-1; lost to Erica Barnes (Santa Clara), 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6).
Jessica Leck (1-2): lost to Maria Ring (Washington State), 6-0, 6-4; def. Jenna Tanzer (Portland), 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6); lost to Lizzy Kenfield (Pacific), 6-3, 6-2.
Theresa Logar (5-1, Runner-Up): def. Sheila Lewis (Cal Poly), 6-1, 6-1; def. Jessica Shu (Cal), 6-1, 6-4; Tara Simpson (Washington), 6-2, 6-2; def. No. 65 Stphanie Kusano (California), 6-2, 6-1; def. No. 79 Celia Durkin (Stanford), 7-6(3), 6-0; lost to No. 12 Suzi Fodor (California), 1-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Jessica Nguyen (2-1): def.Carmen Seremeta (Oregon), 7-6(4), 7-5; def. Carol Erickson (Cal Poly), 6-2, 6-1; lost to No. 12 Suzi Fodor (Cal), 6-1, 4-0-Ret. (inj).

Doubles
No. 6 Alice Barnes/Anne Yelsey (4-1, Runners-Up): def. Karen Konishi/Efrat Leopold (Idaho), 8-1; Claudia Hirt/Anna Leksinska (Oregon), 8-1; def. Dinka Hadzic/Tara Simpson (Washington), 8-2; def. Claire Ilcinkas/Stephanie Kusano (Cal), 8-4; lost to No. 41 Lucia Sainz/Katharina Winterhalter (Fresno State), 8-6.
Megan Doheny/Joanna Kao (0-1): lost to Stephanie Svanfeldt/Melinda Wong (Washington), 8-6.
Celia Durkin/Amber Liu (3-1): def. Anna Powaska/Carmen Seremeta (Oregon), 8-0; Saskia Nauenberg/Allison Rainey (Washington), 8-1; def. Claire Ilcinkas/Stephanie Kusano (Cal), 8-2; lost to No. 41 Lucia Sainz/Katharina Winterhalter (Fresno State), 8-6.
Theresa Logar/Jessica Nguyen (2-1): def. Jennifer Jolley/Sayaka Yoshimoto (Eastern Washington), 8-0; def. Cecilia Helland/Svetl Pirmenova (Sac. State), 8-2; lost to Bojana Bobusic/Marion Ravelojaona (California), 9-8(1).