MESTEROVA AND NOVAKOVA FINISH UNDEFEATED AT HURRICANE INVITATIONAL
9/27/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Sept. 27, 2004
TULSA, Okla. - The University of Texas at Arlington's Pavla Mesterova and Daniela Novakova closed out the Hurricane Invitational in Tulsa with a perfect weekend mark. The Czech Repulbic natives each finished the weekend with a 3-0 clip.
Mesterova opened the weekend with a 6-0, 6-0 blanking of Illinois State's Liz Bingier and moved on to drop Tulsa's Lisette Pereira, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. The freshman closed out with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Southwest Missouri's Maja Stanojevic.
Fellow Czech native, Novakova opened play with a come-from-behind 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 win over ISU's Emilie Sechaud. Novakova earned a straight set victory over Tulsa's Timberly Greenly, 6-3, 6-4 and defeated Southwest Missouri's Liz Garza, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 to close out play.
UTA's Jessica Shepard finished the tournament with 2-1 mark after handing Veronique Parke-Bedard of ISU a 6-3, 6-1 loss and defeating ISU's Carolina Ardila, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 but falling in straight sets to Tulsa's Tiffany Smiht.
Anete Rozkalne and Gretel Hach each came away with a 1-2 mark while Monika Peciulionyte finished 0-2.
Rozkalne's lone victory came in straight sets over Southwest Missouri's Patty Manzur while Hach defeated the Bear's Biljana Gakovic 7-5, 6-2.
In doubles action, Novakova paired with Peciulionyte for a 3-0 record while Mesterova and Rozkalne finished 2-1. Hach/Shepard went 0-3 on the weekend.
Novakova/Peciulionyte dropped Tulsa's Grimes/Smith, 8-3, ISU's Mazwell/Parent, 8-6 and Wichita State's Spink/Ropoll, 8-1.
The tandem of Mesterova and Rozkalne dropped its first match to Tulsa's Pereira/Delport 8-6 but rebounded to defeat ISU's Miller/Parke-Bedard, 8-6 and WSU's Exeni/Webster, 8-4.
The Lady Mavericks continues tournament play October 1 at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, California.
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