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 Women's tennis newcomers have strong showing at USC Upstate Tournament. |
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Sept. 12, 2008
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Western Carolina women's tennis opened the fall portion of its 2008-09 schedule competing in the USC Upstate Tournament Friday.
Newcomers Layne Arnold and Ainhoa Iglesias teamed up in doubles and won their first match as a team, defeating East Tennessee's Whitney Trotter and Jessica Ratliff 8-6. Later in the day the Catamount duo fell 8-1 to USC Upstate's Anna Novo and Emilia Milovanovic.
In singles play, Iglesias won her opening singles match in Draw B against Ratliff 6-4, 6-2 and will play Wofford's Sonia Anand at 10 a.m. Saturday. After falling 6-3, 6-3 to Charleston Southern's Brooke Pletcher in the A Draw, Western Carolina's Sarah Brinkley bounced back to defeat Wofford's Sabrina Smyers 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of consolation. Brinkley will face East Tennessee's Paula Jamie on Saturday.
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