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Women's Tennis Advances to Summit League Finals

TULSA, Okla. - Top-seeded IPFW and Oral Roberts advanced to Saturday's Summit League Women's Tennis Championship match. The Mastodons (23-5) notched a 4-0 victory over No. 4 seed Southern Utah (10-11) while the second-seeded Golden Eagles (8-8) bested No. 3 seed UMKC (10-13) 4-0.

IPFW scored the doubles victory behind wins from the team of Summit League Player of the Year Amy Recht and Ingrid Ballus at the No. 1 position and Yuka Kobayashi and Raquel Vescovi at the No. 3 spot. The Mastodons followed that performance with singles wins by Ballus at No. 2, Alex Forsyth at No. 5 and the clinching victory by Kobayashi at No. 6.

Oral Roberts won all three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. The Golden Eagles then got straight-set singles victories from Ekaterina Kondrashova at No. 4 and Tori Dollar at No. 6 before Ana Costa notched the clinching win in straight sets at No. 4.

Saturday's championship match between IPFW and Oral Roberts will be played at 1 p.m. at the Shadow Mountain Racquet Club in Tulsa. ORU is looking to defend its 2009 championship.

2010 SUMMIT LEAGUE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Shadow Mountain Racquet Club | Tulsa, Okla.
Women's Semifinals | Friday, April 23

(1) IPFW 4, (4) Southern Utah 0
Doubles
No. 1: Recht/Ballus (IPFW) def. Nazarova/Tatarchenko (SUU), 8-1
No. 2: Brien/Forsyth (IPFW) led Burden/Blanco (SUU), 4-2 [DNF]
No. 3: Kobayashi/Vescovi (IPFW) def. Latteier/Divino (SUU), 8-1
Order of Finish: 1,3

Singles
No. 1: Amy Recht (IPFW) vs. Ksusha Nazarova (SUU), 5-7, 6-0 [DNF]
No. 2: Ingrid Ballus (IPFW) def. Olia Tatarchenko (SUU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 3: Raquel Vescovi (IPFW) led Kirrily Burden (SUU), 6-4, 2-2 [DNF]
No. 4: Katie Brien (IPFW) led Carmen Blanco (SUU), 7-5, 1-1 [DNF]
No. 5: Alex Forsyth (IPFW) def. Kristi Latteier (SUU), 6-0, 6-3
No. 6: Yuka Kobayashi (IPFW) def. Mandie Divino( SUU), 6-2, 6-2 [clinching win]
Order of Finish: 2,5,6

(2) Oral Roberts 4, (3) UMKC 0
Doubles
No. 1: Semenova/Pippin (ORU) def. Dalvai/Horner (UMKC), 8-3
No. 2: Gray/Costa (ORU) def. Bouet/Lisenby (UMKC), 8-5
No. 3: Dollar/Kondrashova (ORU) def. Yakiminich/Ball (UMKC), 8-5
Order of Finish: 1,2,3

Singles
No. 1: Eva Dalvai (UMKC) led Lena Semenova (ORU), 6-2, 3-4 [DNF]
No. 2: Laura Bouet (UMKC) led Kristin Gray (ORU), 6-4, 5-2 [DNF]
No. 3: Tayler Pippin (ORU) led Chelsea Horner (UMKC), 6-0, 5-5 [DNF]
No. 4: Ana Costa (ORU) def. Suzan Lisenby (UMKC), 7-5, 6-2 [clinching win]
No. 5: Ekaterina Kondrashova (ORU) def. Jillian Yakominich (UMKC), 6-2, 6-1
No. 6: Tori Dollar (ORU) def. Holly Davis (UMKC), 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish: 5,6,4
-SUMMIT-


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Players Mentioned

Ana Costa

Ana Costa

5' 8"
Junior
Tori Dollar

Tori Dollar

5' 6"
Redshirt
Kiev Christian Academy
Kristin Gray

Kristin Gray

5' 8"
Sophomore
Holland Hall
Ekaterina Kondrashova

Ekaterina Kondrashova

5' 7"
Sophomore
Yaroslavl High School
Tayler Pippin

Tayler Pippin

5' 8"
Senior
Charles Page HS

Players Mentioned

Ana Costa

Ana Costa

5' 8"
Junior
Tori Dollar

Tori Dollar

5' 6"
Redshirt
Kiev Christian Academy
Kristin Gray

Kristin Gray

5' 8"
Sophomore
Holland Hall
Ekaterina Kondrashova

Ekaterina Kondrashova

5' 7"
Sophomore
Yaroslavl High School
Tayler Pippin

Tayler Pippin

5' 8"
Senior
Charles Page HS
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