Oct. 24, 2011
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STANFORD, Calif. - The California women's tennis team completed its run at the 2011 USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium on Mon., Oct. 24. The Golden Bears had a pair of teams in the doubles semifinals and top-seeded No. 1-ranked senior Jana Juricova was in the singles semifinals.
In the singles draw, Juricova had reeled off four consecutive wins including an impressive three-set victory over No. 42-ranked Marianne Jodoin of Fresno State in the quarters. In a rematch, Juricova drew fourth-seeded No. 7 Nicole Gibbs of Stanford. The two had met in the semifinals of the 2011 NCAA singles championship, as well. Juricova won that meeting in three sets before she went on to claim the NCAA crown.
Juricova won the first set, 6-4, but Gibbs responded to come away with a pair of 6-2 scores in the second and third sets. Though Juricova exits the tournament as a semifinalist, her finish at the All-American Championships at the beginning of October qualifies her for a berth in the 2011 USTA/ITA National Indoor Tennis Championships in New York, Nov. 3-6.
Cal had one doubles team on each side of the doubles semifinals bracket, but both were eliminated in upsets, today. The Bears' second-seeded duo of Juricova and freshman Zsofi Susanyi was defeated by Clarisse Baca and Maria Meliuk of Sacramento State, 8-3; and the third-seeded No. 53-ranked tandem of junior Annie Goransson and sophomore Anett Schutting was handed an 8-4 loss by Stanford's eighth-seeded team of Stacey Tan and Ellen Tsay.
While Juricova prepares for the indoor championships, the rest of the Bears will shift their focus to the final fall tournament of the year. Cal will travel several players to the 17th-annual ASU Thunderbird Invitational on the courts of the Whiteman Tennis Center in Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 4-6.
For more information on the 2011 USTA/ITA Regional Championships, please visit www.itatennis.com. For complete schedules, draws, and results, visit the tournament home page.
2011 USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships
Taube Family Tennis Stadium | Stanford, Calif.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Singles Semifinals
[4] No. 7 Nicole Gibbs (STAN) def. [1] No. 1 Jana Juricova (CAL), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Doubles Semifinals
Baca/Meliuk (SAC) def. [2] Juricova/Susanyi (CAL), 8-3
[8] Tan/Tsay (STAN) def. [3] No. 53 Goransson/Schutting (CAL), 8-4
