Oct. 3, 2004

Johnson City, Tenn. - Western Carolina's Kristin Ikard and Ashley Harris each won their respectively singles brackets at this weekend's ETSU Fall Tennis Tournament. Ikard and Harris had success as a doubles team as well, reaching the final of "B" bracket.

Ikard, playing in the singles "D" bracket, reached the final by defeating Whitney Stround of Mars Hill (6-3, 6-0) and Jobria McCracken of Tusculum (6-1, 6-1). In the championship, the senior from Clemson, S.C., cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jewel Aldea of East Tennessee State. Harris, a freshman from Belmont, N.C., was playing in the singles "F" bracket and reached the final by only dropping a total of just four games thanks to 6-1, 6-1 decisions over Bronwyn Jartley (Tusculum) and Kasey Campbell (Milligan). In the championship Harris shutout Tusculum's Linsey Kurtz, 6-0, 6-0.

In doubles, Ikard and Harris defeated KrissiDenton and Amber Campbell of Milligan, 8-1, then beat Tusculum's team of Gabriela Mora and Lindsey Kurtz by the same 8-1 score. However, in the final, ETSU's Aldea and Gemma Halim won by a score of 8-3.

In other singles action, freshman Trish Hanson (Alpharetta, Ga.) suffered a tough first-round loss to ETSU's Mariia Ilina, 7-5, 6-1 in the singles "B" bracket. However Hanson rallied to defeat Milligan's Cassie Lomison 6-1, 7-6 and Virginia Intermont's Vita Feldman in three sets 6-2, 4-6 and 11-9 in a tie-breaker. In the singles "A" bracket, freshman Katherine Ptak dropped a 6-1, 6-1 decision to ETSU's Sandie Knight and lost to Appalachian State's Lindsey Free 6-4, 6-1 in the consolation championship. Susanna Sjokvist (Gustafs, Sweden) reached the championship of the "E" singles bracket. The freshman first defeated Virginia Intermont's Anna Bloome 6-2, 6-2, then handed Leanna Shutt of App State a 7-5, 6-1 loss. In the championship, Sjokvist fell 6-4, 6-2 to App State's Meg Dlugos.

In doubles action, Western's Hanson and Ptak lost in the first round of the "A" bracket, 8-2, to Sandie Knight and Elena Volobueva of ETSU. The Catamount duo then beat Virginia Intermont's Ester Mbugua and Janetta Khaemba, 8-4, before losing to Tusculum's Claudia Bolivar and Maria Nevarez, 8-6, in the consolation championship.

The WCU tennis team returns to action Oct. 15-17 at the N.C. State Fall Invitational.

ETSU Fall Tournament
Johnson City, Tenn.

Complete Singles Bracket from ETSU Fall Tennis Tournament

Complete Doubles Bracket from ETSU Fall Tennis Tournament


WCU Results

Singles:
"A" - Katherine Ptak l. Sandie Knight (ETSU) 6-1, 6-1 (Rd1)
      Ptak l. Lindsey Free (ASU) 6-4, 6-2 (consolation championship)
"B" - Trish Hanson l. Mariia Ilina (ETSU, 7-5, 6-1 (Rd1)
      Hanson d. Cassie Lominson (MC) 6-1, 7-6
      Hanson d. Vita Feldman (VI) 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 (consolation championship) 
"D" - Kristin Ikard d. Whitney Stroud (MHC) 6-3, 6-0 (Rd1)
      Ikard d. Jobria McCracken (TC) 6-1, 6-1 (Rd2)
      Ikard d. Jewel Aldea (ETSU) 7-6 (8), 6-2 (championship)
"E" - Susanna Sjokvist d. Anna Bloome (VI) 6-2, 6-2 (Rd1)
      Sjokvist d. Leanna Shutt (ASU) 7-5, 6-1 (Rd2)
      Sjokvist l. Meg Dlugos (ASU) 6-4, 6-2 (championship)
"F" - Ashley Harris d. Bronwyn Hartley (TC) 6-1, 6-1 (Rd1)
      Harris d. Kasey Campbel (MC) 6-1, 6-1 (Rd2)
      Harris d. Lindsey Kurtz (TC) 6-0, 6-0 (championship)

Doubles:
"A" - Hanson/Ptak l. Knight/Volobueva (ETSU) 8-2 (Rd1)
      Hanson/Ptak d. Mbugua/Khaemba (VI) 8-4 (consolation)
      Hanson/Ptak l. Bolivar/Nevarez (TC) 8-6 (consolation championship)
"B" - Ikard/Harris d. Campbell/Denton (MC) 8-1 (Rd1)
      Ikard/Harris d. Mora/Kurtz (TC) 8-1 (Rd2)
      Ikard/Harris l.  Aldea/Halim 8-3 (championship)

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