Eagles in Doubles Play Today

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Eastern Michigan University women’s tennis team continued competition today at the 2007 Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championship Qualifying draw at the University of Michigan’s Varsity Tennis Center. After struggling in singles competition yesterday, the Eagles took on a tough challenge in doubles play today, going 1-3.

"We really had some tough draws again today,” said head coach Ryan Ray. “I did see some bright spots in Stankovic and Bestehorn's play today of which they can hopefully continue to improve upon."

Aleksandra Stankovic and Tina Bestehorn teamed up and took on the fifth seeded Ghazal and Robison of Northwestern and were defeated by a score of 8-4. In the optional consolation round Stankovic and Bestehorn defeated Coulson and Lish of IPFW, 8-1. Aditi Krishnan and Joanna Woo failed to advance after being blanked by the seventh seeded Fudge and Finnegan of Illinois. Vanessa Frankowski and Sandra Wikstrom with drew from the tournament after an injury to Wikstrom.

Tomorrow, Frankowski, the number six seed in the tournament will take on Kylie Moore of Marquette. The match is schedule for Saturday afternoon.

After this weekend’s competition at the Midwest Regionals, the Eagles will rest up for regular season play in January.

Doubles First Round
#5 seed Ghazal/Robison (Northwestern) def. Stankovic/Bestehorn (EMU) 8-4
#7 seed Fudge/Finnegan (Illinois) def. Krishnan/Woo (EMU) 8-0
Frankowski/Wikstrom withdrew from tournament with an injury to Wikstrom

Optional Doubles Consolation
Stankovic/Bestehorn (EMU) def. Coulson/Lish (IPFW) 8-1

Tomorrow First Round Singles
#6 seed Vanessa Frankowski (EMU) vs. Kylie Moore (Marquette) Scheduled for afternoon

Eastern Michigan Athletics

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