MAVS ROLL AT UNT INVITE
9/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Sept. 24, 2006
DENTON, Texas - The UT Arlington women's tennis team showed their depth as five singles players notched two-or-more wins during the North Texas Invitational played at the Waranch Tennis Complex here.
Freshman Sofya Lifanova (Moscow, Russia) won three of four singles matches during the weekend, including as 6-0, 6-0 rout of Idelina Fanca of North Texas on Sunday.
Sara Pesic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro), Simri van Rooyen (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Daniela Novakova (Prague, Czech Republic) and Monika Peciulionyte (Siaulial, Lithuania) each won two matches during the weekend.
Novakova defeated TCU's Karina Ionesco 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 and followed that with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Janet Durham of Texas Tech on Friday.
Pesic defeated Theresa Brolin in straight sets on Friday and then knocked off Sam Houston State's Peta Taylor, 6-1, 7-5 on Sunday.
van Rooyen needed three sets to defeat Brooke Mills of Sam Houston State Friday. She defeated Sammie Moreton 6-2, 6-3 on the final day.
In doubles play Saturday, the tandem of van Rooyen and Peciulionyte defeated Patricia Manzur and Ashley Longoria of Sam Houston 8-1 and followed with an 8-4 decision over Kerryn Potgeiter as Samantha van der Drift of Texas Tech.
Members of the women's team will compete at the Riviera ITA All-American in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Oct. 5-8.
Results from the North Texas Fall Invitational
Sept. 22-24, at the Waranch Tennis Complex in Denton, Texas
Friday's results
Singles
Monika Peciulionyte def. Paula Chelminska, Arkansas State, 6-4, 6-1; Daniela Novokova def. Karina Ionesco, TCU, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2; Pecuilionyte def. Megan Schmulbach, North Texas, 6-1, 6-4; Novakova def. Janet Durham, Texas Tech, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Simri van Rooyen def. Brooke Mills, Sam Houston State, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Samantha van der Drift, Texas Tech def. van Rooyen, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Patricia Manzur, Sam Houston State def. Sara Pesic, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6; Sofya Lifanova def. Monika Neveklovska, SMU, 7-4, 6-2; Lifanova def. Peta Taylor, SHSU, 6-1, 6-0; Pesic def. Theresa Brolin, Tyler JC, 6-1, 6-1
Saturday's results
Singles
(Green Flight) Claire Rietsch, SMU def. Monika Pecuiloinyte, 7-6, 6-1; (Black flight) Pavl Francis, SMU def. Daniella Novokova, 6-3, 6-4; Simri van Rooyen def. Sammie Moreton, North Texas, 6-2, 6-3; Hillary Collins, SMU def. Sara Pesic, 7-5, 6-0; Brenna Jackson, Texas Tech def. Sofya Lifanova, 2-6, 6-0, 10-6.
Doubles
Peciulionyte/van Rooyen def. Patricia Manzur/Ashley Longoria, Sam Houston State, 8-1; Novakova/Pesic def. Brooke Mills/Peta Taylor, Sam Houston State by default; Peciulionyte/van Rooyen def. Kerryn Potgeiter/Samantha van der Drift, Texas Tech, 8-4; Janet Durham/Lakann Wagley, Texas Tech def. Novokova/Pesic, 8-6.
Sunday's results
Singles
Lifanova def. Idelina Fanca, North Texas, 6-0, 6-0; Ashley Longoria, Sam Houston State def. van Rooyen, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6; Pesic def. Peta Taylor, Sam Houston State 6-1, 7-5.
Doubles
Irina Sotnikova/Lata Assudani, Sam Houston State def. Peciulionyte/van Rooyen, 8-3; Novakova/Pesic def. Monica Nevekloska/Hillary Collins, SMU, 8-4.
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