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Old Point Bank Invitational at Old Dominion
October 17-19, 2003

Riddle Advances to Flight D Singles, Flight D Doubles Semifinals

NORFOLK, VA -- Stefanie Riddle advanced to the Flight D-1 singles semifinals and teamed with Julia Shapiro to advance to the Flight D doubles semifinals to lead University of Delaware players at the Old Point National Bank College Tennis Invitational this weekend at Old Dominion University.

Riddle defeated Natalie Hudson of Hofstra 6-0, 6-1 and Katie Zelenak of Mary Washington 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 before falling to Cristina Meilicke of East Carolina 6-3, 6-0 in the semifinals and then teamed with Shapiro for two wins before falling to Jackie Sy and Lauren Verrall of Temple 8-3 in the semifinals.

Delaware's other top finisher was Katie Rose, who lost her first match at Flight D singles but came back with wins of 8-4 over Connecticut's Christi Lazar, 8-0 over Lizbeth Hoyos of Norfolk State, and 8-5 over Virginia Wesleyan's Lisa Fanny before falling to Kerri Califano of Mary Washington 8-5 in the consolation finals.

On the men's side, the Hens had three singles players and one doubles team advance to the quarterfinals.

Dustin Lewis downed Alex Wright of Georgetown 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and James Madison's Clint Morse 6-2, 6-3 before falling to Ryan Mills of Campbell 6-2, 6-3 in the Flight C quarterfinals; Philip Wayne downed Wes Lyon of Virginia Wesleyan 6-2, 6-0 and Chris Lyon of Virginia Wesleyan 6-3, 6-0 before falling to Artoym Starkov of Campbell 6-1, 7-5 in the Flight D quarterfinals; and Adam Freedenberg downed David Weiner of Christopher Newport 6-1, 6-2 and J.R. Gudger of East Carolina 6-4, 7-6 (5) before falling to Nick Rose of East Carolina 6-0, 6-2 in the Flight D quarterfinals.

Also advancing to the quarterfinals was the Flight D doubles team of Freedenberg and Adam Liebman who defeated a team from Christopher Newport before falling to East Carolina.

Delaware's No. 1 singles player, John Tully, extended his winning streak to 12 matches, the longest for UD player since the 1996-97 season, with a first round 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2 win over Longwood's Rashko Patnikov before falling to American's Guillaume Tarralle in the second round.

AGATE:

Delaware Women's Results:

Singles

Flight B: Virginia Romero (North Carolina St.) def. Marissa Singer (Delaware), 7-6 (4), 6-0; Coralie Herrmann (Old Dominion) def. Singer, 8-0; Kate LaCoste (UNC Greensboro) def. Sari Shuster (Delaware), 6-1, 6-1; Shuster def. Daniela Milano (Radford), 8-5; Fernanda Luiz (Old Dominion) def. Shuster, 8-2; Mary Napier (James Madison) def. Liz Perlow (Delaware), 6-3, 6-4; Georiana Marta (Campbell) def. Perlow, 8-3.

Flight C-1: Augustina Arechevaleta (North Carolina St.) def. Beth Principe (Delaware), 6-0, 6-0; Sevia Gonca (Geo. Washington) def. Principe, 8-2; Jana Koycankova (Hampton) def. Julia Shapiro (Delaware), 6-2, 6-1; Lauren Graham (James Madison) def. Shapiro, 8-3

Flight C: Jamie deGraffenreid (Delaware) def. Paige Mowry (James Madison), 6-2, 6-2; Veena Rao (UMBC) def. Jamie deGraffenreid (Delaware), 7-6 (5), 7-5;

Flight D-1: Katie Miller (Delaware) def. Andrea Degermenci (Virginia Wesleyan), 6-1, 6-0; Eileen Boyle (Georgetown) def. Miller, 6-3, 6-4; Stefanie Riddle (Delaware) def. Natalie Hudson (Hofstra), 6-0, 6-1; Riddle def. Katie Zelenak (Mary Washington), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Cristina Meilicke (East Carolina) def. Riddle, 6-3, 6-0 (Semifinals).

Flight D: Taylor Parker (North Carolina State) def. Katie Rose (Delaware), 6-1, 6-0; Rose def. Christi Lazar (Connecticut), 8-4; Rose def. Lizbeth Hoyos (Norfolk State), 8-0; Rose def. Lisa Fanny (Va. Wesleyan), 8-5; Kerri Califano (Mary Washington) def. Rose, 8-5 (Consolation Finals)

Doubles:

Flight B: Liz Perlow-Sari Shuster (Delaware) def. Elena Branker-Nicole Henderson (Howard), 8-5; Estee Bartell-Lindy First (George Washington) def. Perlow-Shuster, 8-4.

Flight C: Georiana Marta-Iva Stojancev (Campbell) def. Katie Miller-Beth Principe (Delaware), 8-4;

Flight D: Stefanie Riddle-Julia Shapiro (Delaware) def. Jillian Schalk-Jill Spirtus (Hofstra), 8-3; Riddle-Shapiro def. Caroline Kanaskie-Natalie Oudar (George Mason), 8-6; Jackie Sy-Lauren Verrall (Temple) def. Riddle-Shapiro, 8-3 (Consolation Semifinals); Christi Lazar-Jen LoRusso (Connecticut) def. Jamie deGraffenreid-Marissa Singer (Delaware), 8-1.

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