September 25, 1999

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VANDERBILT CONTINUES TO ROLL AT FALL CLASSIC

FURMAN'S HOLMAN PICKS UP WIN

GREENVILLE, SC -- Vanderbilt continued its dominance at the Furman Fall Classic as they won all three doubles flight and advanced to the singles finals in six of seven singles flights on Saturday at the Minor Mickel Tennis Center.

Vandy's No. 1 doubles team of Kristy Blumberg and Kate Burson downed Iowa's Toni Neykova and Shera Wiegler 9-7, while Sarah Riske and Anne Plessinger defeated South Carolina's Leigh Eighelberger and Lynn-Yin Tan 9-7 to claim the No. 2 doubles title. Vanderbilt's No. 3 team of Jenny Miller and Lauren Rose made it a clean sweep for the Commodores in doubles with a 8-1 victory over Iowa's Megan Kearney and Erica Johnson.

Kristy Blumberg, the Commodores No. 1 singles player, will face Wisconsin's April Gabler in the flight one finals Sunday after downing Tennessee's Dana Noel 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 on Saturday. South Carolina's Katarina Markovski, the 22nd-ranked player in the country, will face Vandy's Annie Plessinger in the singles final at flight two. South Carolina's Tamara Sutton breezed into the flight four finals today with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Wisconsin's Dena Baritot and will face Vanderbilt's Kate Burson in Sunday's final.

Furman's lone singles winner on the day was sophomore Gene Holman who downed Clemson's Cinny Clausen 6-4, 6-2 to advance in flight three.

Action continues Sunday in the Furman Fall Classic with the singles finals set to being at 9 a.m.

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Furman Fall Classic Results for Saturday, September 25

Flight 1 Singles

Kristy Blumberg (VU) def. Dana Noel (UT) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0

April Gabler (UW) def. Toni Neykova (Iowa) 7-5, 6-2

Tina Hojnik (MTSU) def. Catherine Galvin (CU) 6-2, 6-3

Jennifer Radman (USC) def. Megan Dunigan (FU) def-J

Flight 2 Singles

Katarina Markovski (USC) def. Shera Wiegler (Iowa) 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4

Annie Pleasinger (VU) def. Debbie Reynolds (UW) 7-5, 6-3

Katja Kuehner (MTSU) def. Laurence Jayet (CU) 7-5, 6-3

Vilmarie Castellvi (UT) def. Meredith Moore (FU) 6-0, 6-1

Flight 3 Singles

Sarah Riske (VU) def. Meiling Parks (UT) 6-0, 6-1

Shana McElroy (UW) def. Leigh Eichelberger (USC) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0

Natalya Dawaf (Iowa) def. Sarah Grohnert (MTSU) 6-1, 6-0

Gene Holman (FU) def. Cinny Clausen (CU) 6-4, 6-2

Flight 4 Singles

Tamara Sutton (USC) def. Dena Baritot (UW) 6-2, 6-0

Kate Burson (VU) def. Erica Johnson (Iowa) 6-4, 6-2

Anna Savitskaya (CU) def. Michaela Gridling (MTSU) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4

Candy Reid (UT) def. Jarrell Starnes (FU) def.-j

Flight 5 Singles

Jenny Miller (VU) def. Crystal Cleveland (UT) 6-1, 6-0

Megan Kearney (Iowa) def. Emelie Isaksson (FU) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3

Lynn-Yin Tann (USC) def. Sunny Harmon (CU) 6-1, 6-3

Vanessa Rauh (UW) def. Stacy Varnell (MTSU) default

Flight 6 Singles

Lauren Rose (VU) def. Katie Dougherty (UW) 6-1, 6-4

Tanja Buccheim (MTSU) def. Catherine Hall (UT) 6-0, 7-6(3)

Jennifer Sinclair (Iowa) def. Natalie The (FU) 6-0, 1-6, 6-1

Catherne Brown (USC) def. Lara Vojnov (UW) 7-5, 6-3

Flight 7 Singles

Amy Bartlett (UT) def. Laurie Ferguson (MTSU) 6-1, 6-0

Niger Kaur (MTSU) def. Eloise Harper (VU) 6-2, 6-1

Beth Hayden (Iowa) def. Krista Thomson (FU) 6-3, 6-1

Maggie Donohue (Iowa) bye

Other Singles Results

(Flight 1) Jennifer Radman (USC) def. (Flight 4) Candy Reid (UT) 6-1, 6-3

(Flight 5) Vanessa Rauh (UW) def. (Flight 7) Maggie Donahue (Iowa) 6-4, 6-2

Flight 1 Doubles

Blumberg-Burson (VU) def. Neykova-Wiegler (Iowa) 8-5

Markovski-Radman (USC) def. Castellvi-Reid (UT) 8-2

Gabler-McElroy (UW) def. Moore-Holman (FU) 8-4

Galvin-Savitskaya (CU) def. Hojnik-Gridling (MTSU) 9-7

Flight 2 Doubles

Riske-Plesinger (VU) def. Eichelberger-Tan (USC) 9-7

Jayet-Clausen (CU) def. Starnes-The (FU) 8-6

Cleveland-Baritot (UW) def. Buccheim-Kuehner (MTSU) 8-5

Dawaf-Sinclair (Iowa) def. Noel-Parks (UT) 8-1.

Flight 3 Doubles

Miller-Rose (VU) def. Kearney-Johnson (Iowa) 8-1

Hall-Bartlett (UT) def. Rauh-Vojnov (UW) 8-6

Brown-Sutton (USC) def. Grohnert-Kaur (MTSU) 8-3

Hayden-Donohue (Iowa) def. Isaksson-Thomson (FU) 9-7