Nov. 5, 2011
ASU Thunderbird Invitational Draws 
TEMPE, Ariz. - Two more rounds of play in the 17th-annual ASU Thunderbird Invitational left just two players standing at the Whiteman Tennis Center on Saturday, Nov. 5; top-seeded No. 41-ranked California women's tennis junior Tayler Davis and freshman Zsofi Susanyi. The two Golden Bears will meet in the championship match on Sunday, Nov. 6, in an all-Cal final which will guarantee that a player from Cal will win the Thunderbird title for the fifth time in eight years.
Davis brushed off a first-set loss and took out No. 62-ranked Brooke Bolender of Michigan, in three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1, in the quarterfinals. Susanyi upset second-seeded No. 42-ranked Marianne Jodoin of Fresno State, 6-2, 6-2, in her quarters match.
No. 88-ranked sophomore Anett Schutting dropped just four games en route to a 6-2, 6-2 win over Arizona State's No. 115-ranked Michelle Brycki, to advance. No. 57-ranked junior Annie Goransson won her first set, 6-2, but couldn't get past fourth-seeded No. 53-ranked Kate Turvy of Northwestern as the Wildcat claimed the three-set victory, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.
In the semifinals, Susanyi took out Turvy in three sets after falling, 6-3, in the first set, to win, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, and notch her 12th win of the fall. Davis met Schutting in the other semifinal, and gave no quarter to her teammate as she walked away with a 7-5, 7-5 win; her 10th singles victory, this season. Davis and Susanyi will meet at 9:30 a.m. MT on Sunday, Nov. 6, in the championship match.
In the first-round consolation draw (Sparky Draw), freshman Cecilia Estlander picked up another pair of wins to get to the back draw's final match. Estlander took out Ohio State's Kara Cecil, 6-1, 6-2, in the quarterfinal, and then posted a 6-2, 6-4 win over Michigan's Kristen Dodge, in the semifinal. She will meet Laura Claus of San Diego at 9:30 a.m. MT, on Sunday, to decide the Sparky Draw's champion. In the quarterfinals loser's bracket, Goransson and Bolender face off in a 9:30 a.m. consolation match.
In a singles round-robin match, senior Stephany Chang defeated Nicole Perez of Northern Arizona, 7-5, 6-1. In doubles matches, Cal's 53rd-ranked team of Goransson and Schutting picked up an 8-1 win over Leighann Shahagun and Nicole Smith of Arizona State. Turvy and Brittany Wowchuk of Northwestern came up with an 8-5 win over sophomore Alice Duranteau and Susanyi. Cal's teams of Davis and Estlander and Chang and Visico each earned doubles victories over mixed teams.
2011 Arizona State Thunderbird Invitational
Whiteman Tennis Center | Tempe, Ariz.
Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011
Singles Quarterfinals
[1] No. 41 Tayler Davis (CAL) def. [5-8] No. 62 Brooke Bolender (MICH), 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
No. 88 Anett Schutting (CAL) def. No. 115 Michelle Brycki (ASU), 6-2, 6-2
Zsofi Susanyi (CAL) def. [2] No. 42 Marianne Jodoin (FSU), 6-2, 6-2
[4] No. 53 Kate Turvy (NWU) def. [5-8] No. 57 Annie Goransson (CAL), 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
Singles Semifinals
[1] No. 41 Tayler Davis (CAL) def. No. 88 Anett Schutting (CAL), 7-5, 7-5
Zsofi Susanyi (CAL) def. [4] No. 53 Kate Turvy (NWU), 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Sparky Draw (First-round Consolation) Quarterfinal
Cecilia Estlander (CAL) def. Kara Cecil (OSU), 6-1, 6-2
Sparky Draw (First-round Consolation) Semifinal
Cecilia Estlander (CAL) def. Kristen Dodge (MICH), 6-2, 6-4
Singles Round Robin
Stephany Chang (CAL) def. Nicole Perez (NAU), 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
No. 53 Goransson/Schutting (CAL) def. Sahagun/Smith (ASU), 8-1
Turvy/Wowchuk (NWU) def. Duranteau/Susanyi (CAL), 8-5
