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Friday, October 22
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ITA Midwest Regional
Doubles Pair Advances to Round of 16
10/22/2010 8:22:31 PM | Tennis
Westerink, Mebuke beat a Western Michigan duo to move on to day two
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- Nino Mebuke and Miriam Westerink who were able to advance in the opening round of the main draw for doubles on Day Two of the ITA Midwest Regional, Friday, Oct. 22, in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mebuke and Westerink were able to beat a Western Michigan team, 8-6, to advance.
"I was pleased with the progress we have made in doubles," said EMU Head Coach Ryan Ray. "We have worked on it a lot in the passed few weeks and our positioning is getting better. Miriam and Nino got a solid win to start the tournament and will compete in the round of 16 in the morning. I'm excited to see Miriam and Nino continue to compete in doubles and singles tomorrow."
Senior Xu Chang, who advanced to the final round of qualifiers yesterday after a win and a bye, was unable to continue as she lost a tough contested match to Wisconsin's Nicky Stracar, 6-3, 6-4.
"Chang had a tight match in the final round of qualifying, but her opponent was a little stronger at the right times," Ray said.
In other doubles play, Chang paired with Mariya Toncheva to take down an IPFW duo, before being upended in the second round by the No. 10 ranked pair in the country, Notre Dame's Kristy Frilling and Shannon Matthews.
The third day of the ITA Midwest Regionals kicks off Oct. 23, starting with Doubles competition at 9 a.m. and two rounds of Singles starting at 10:30 a.m.
Qualifying Singles
Final Round
Nicky Stracar (Wisconsin) def. Xu Chang (EMU) 6-3,6-4
Main Draw Doubles
1st Round
Westerink/Mebuke (EMU) bye
Donnet/de'Lisle-Tarr (EMU) bye
Xu/Toncheva (EMU) def. Kobayashi/Vescovi (IPFW) 8-0
2nd Round
Westerink/Mebuke (EMU) def. Remynse/Moccia (Western Michigan) 8-6
Rafael/Sanders (Notre Dame) def. Donnet/de'Lisle-Tarr (EMU) 8-3
#10 Frilling/Matthews (Notre Dame) def. Xu/Toncheva (EMU) 8-1
(National Ranking listed before team)
Mebuke and Westerink were able to beat a Western Michigan team, 8-6, to advance.
"I was pleased with the progress we have made in doubles," said EMU Head Coach Ryan Ray. "We have worked on it a lot in the passed few weeks and our positioning is getting better. Miriam and Nino got a solid win to start the tournament and will compete in the round of 16 in the morning. I'm excited to see Miriam and Nino continue to compete in doubles and singles tomorrow."
Senior Xu Chang, who advanced to the final round of qualifiers yesterday after a win and a bye, was unable to continue as she lost a tough contested match to Wisconsin's Nicky Stracar, 6-3, 6-4.
"Chang had a tight match in the final round of qualifying, but her opponent was a little stronger at the right times," Ray said.
In other doubles play, Chang paired with Mariya Toncheva to take down an IPFW duo, before being upended in the second round by the No. 10 ranked pair in the country, Notre Dame's Kristy Frilling and Shannon Matthews.
The third day of the ITA Midwest Regionals kicks off Oct. 23, starting with Doubles competition at 9 a.m. and two rounds of Singles starting at 10:30 a.m.
Qualifying Singles
Final Round
Nicky Stracar (Wisconsin) def. Xu Chang (EMU) 6-3,6-4
Main Draw Doubles
1st Round
Westerink/Mebuke (EMU) bye
Donnet/de'Lisle-Tarr (EMU) bye
Xu/Toncheva (EMU) def. Kobayashi/Vescovi (IPFW) 8-0
2nd Round
Westerink/Mebuke (EMU) def. Remynse/Moccia (Western Michigan) 8-6
Rafael/Sanders (Notre Dame) def. Donnet/de'Lisle-Tarr (EMU) 8-3
#10 Frilling/Matthews (Notre Dame) def. Xu/Toncheva (EMU) 8-1
(National Ranking listed before team)
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