Oct. 1, 2011
2011 Cal Nike Invitational Draws Schedules, and Results
BERKELEY - The California women's tennis team forged ahead and claimed all four spots in the singles semifinal of the 2011 Cal Nike Invitational on Sat., Oct. 1, at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The Golden Bears had five players in the quarterfinal round to produce one all-Cal match-up, but one guaranteed spot wasn't enough as the Bears came out on top in all four quarterfinals to produce an all-Cal semifinal.
No. 1-ranked and top-seeded senior Jana Juricova claimed a 6-4, 6-0 win over Arizona State's seventh-seeded Hannah James, and was followed by her teammates as each player earned straight-set wins. Second-seeded No. 41-ranked junior Tayler Davis dismissed Clarisse Baca of Sacramento State, 6-4, 6-3, while fifth-seeded No. 88-ranked sophomore Anett Schutting upended the fourth seed--No. 77-ranked Jenny Jullien of Saint Mary's College--6-1, 6-3. In the Cal vs. Cal quarterfinal, freshman Sofie Susanyi stood fast to claim a 7-5, 6-3 win against third-seeded No. 57-ranked junior Annie Goransson.
Davis will match up against Susanyi and Juricova will take on Schutting in 10:30 a.m. PT semifinal matches on Sun., Oct. 2. The singles championship match is scheduled for 2 p.m.
In Blue Flight singles matches, senior Stephany Chang advanced to the semifinal round after taking a 6-4 first-set win against third-seeded Kacie Wagner of Santa Clara, who retired due to an injury after the first set. Chang will face Maggie McGeorge of Santa Clara in a 10:30 a.m. semifinal match. The Blue Flight singles final will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Sophomore Alice Duranteau tacked up a 6-0, 6-1 win over Yurie Hashiguchi of San Francisco in consolation play. Freshman Cecilia Estlander added another win to her resume as she took out Joanna Smith of Arizona State, 7-5, 6-4, in a singles consolation round robin match.
In Gold Flight doubles matches, the top-seeded and No. 13-ranked Cal duo of Juricova and Schutting muscled its way into the championship match by dispatching of Pacific's team of Julia Hansen and Iveta Masarova, 8-3, in the quarterfinal, and the Sacramento State team of Sophi Lohscheidt and Tatsiana Kapshai, 8-1, in the semifinal round. The Bears' other two Gold doubles teams were handed losses in the quarterfinals. Duranteau and Susanyi bowed out in an 8-3 loss to Kapshai and Lohscheidt, while Davis and Goransson pushed the Arizona State team of Michelle Brycki and Nicole Smith to a tiebreaker, but fell, 7-2, in the breaker.
In the Blue Flight's doubles consolation quarterfinals, Chang and Estlander picked up an 8-4 win against Gergana Boncheva and Susan Te of Pacific and went on to take out Juliette Legendre and Sophie Stevens of Nevada, 8-6, in the semifinals. The Cal duo will draw Meghan Sheehan Dizon and Morgan Anderson of BYU in the consolation final at 9 a.m. PT.
Play concludes on Sunday with championship matches in all singles and doubles flights. For more information, complete draws, schedules, and results, please visit www.TennisInformation.com under tournament ID#5206392.
2011 Cal Nike Invitational
Hellman Tennis Complex | Berkeley, Calif.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Gold Flight Singles Quarterfinals
[1] No. 1 Jana Juricova (CAL) def. [7] Hannah James (ASU), 6-4, 6-0
[2] No. 41 Tayler Davis (CAL) def. Clarisse Baca (SAC), 6-4, 6-3
Sofie Susanyi (CAL) def. [3] No. 57 Annie Goransson (CAL), 7-5, 6-3
[5] No. 88 Anett Schutting(CAL) def. [4] No. 77 Jenny Jullien (SMC), 6-1, 6-3
Blue Flight Singles Quarterfinals
Stephany Chang (CAL) def. [3] Kacie Wagner (SCU), 6-4 (ret. inj.)
Blue Flight Singles Consolation
Alice Duranteau (CAL) def. Yurie Hashiguchi (USF), 6-0, 6-1
Gold Flight Doubles Quarterfinals
[1] No. 13 Juricova/Schutting (CAL) def. Hansen/Masarova (UOP), 8-3
Kapshai/Lohscheidt (SAC) def. Duranteau/Susanyi (CAL), 8-3
[3] Brycki/Smith (ASU) def. Davis/Goransson (CAL), 9-8(2)
Gold Flight Doubles Semifinals
[1] No. 13 Juricova/Schutting (CAL) def. Lohscheidt/Kapshai (SAC), 8-1
Blue Flight Doubles Consolation Quarterfinals
Chang/Estlander (CAL) def. Boncheva/Te (UOP), 8-4
Blue Flight Doubles Consolation Semifinals
Chang/Estlander (CAL) def. Legendre/Stevens (NEV), 8-6
Singles Consolation Round Robin
Cecilia Estlander (CAL) def. Joanna Smith (ASU), 7-5, 6-4
