Nov. 4, 2011
FLUSHING, N.Y.- Mallory Burdette and Nicole Gibbs defeated Tennessee's duo of Natalie Pluskota and Kata Szekely 8-5 in Friday's quarterfinal round at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships.
Burdette and Gibbs will take on Notre Dame's Kristy Frilling and Shannon Mathews on Saturday morning in the semifinals.
Gibbs also remains alive in singles play, having defeated USC's Danielle Lao 6-2, 6-3 in the round of 16 and Miami's Anna Bartenstein 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
Burdette notched a 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Mississippi's Kristi Boxx in the round of 16 before falling to SMU's Marta Lesniak 6-3, 6-1 in the quarterfinals.