September 22, 2000

VANDERBILT GOES UNDEFEATED IN SINGLES; DUNIGAN ADVANCES IN FLIGHT ONE AT FALL CLASSIC

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Vanderbilt cruised to six singles victories in the opening day of the Furman Fall Classic at the Minor Mickel Tennis Center.

The Commodores won first round singles matches at flights 1-6 on Friday as Julie Ditty led the way at No. 1 singles. Two

Furman players won their first round matches as No. 1 Megan Dunigan defeated Iowa's Toni Neykova 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 to advance to face Ditty in the semifinals of the Flight 1 draw on Saturday. Freshman Shellie Cochran was impressive in a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Clemson¹s Sunnie Harmon at flight seven.

In doubles, Vanderbilt's flight 1 and 2 doubles teams advanced to Saturday's finals. The Tennessee team of Alison Ojeda and Vilmarie Castellvi will face Julie Ditty and Kate Burson in the flight 1 final.

All of the scheduled doubles matches were not able to be completed due to a late finish thanks to inclement weather throughout the day. Outdoor play was suspended several times as the day¹s matches concluded indoors. Clemson¹s indoor facility was also used.

The Fall Classic will continue Saturday with singles semifinals beginning at 9 a.m. and doubles finals starting at 1 p.m.

Friday¹s Results

No. 1 Singles

• Julie Ditty (Vanderbilt) def. Vanessa Rauh (Wisconsin) 6-1, 6-2
• Megan Dunigan (Furman) def. Toni Neykova (Iowa) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Manon Kruse (MTSU) def. Alison Ojeda (Tennessee) 6-3, 6-4
• Katarina Markovski (USC ) def. Renata Brito (Clemson) 6-3, 6-3

No. 2 Singles

• Jenny Miller (Vanderbilt) def. Vilmarie Castellvi (Tennessee) 6-4, 6-3
• Cassie Haas (Iowa) def. Michaela Gridling (MTSU) 6-0, 6-2
• Jennifer Radman (USC) def. Meredith Moore (Furman) 6-2, 6-3
• Sarah Riske (Vanderbilt) def. Laurence Jayet (Clemson) 6-3, 6-1

No. 3 Singles

• Lara Vojnov (Wisconsin) def. Tanja Buchheim (MTSU) 7-6, 6-2
• Agnes Wiski (Tennessee) def. Anna Savitskaya (Clemson) 6-0, 6-1
• Kate Burson (Vanderbilt) def. Erica Johnson (Iowa) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Kathy Boyanovich (USC) def. Katie Dougherty (Wisconsin) 6-2, 6-1

No. 4 Singles

• Aleke Tsoubanos (Vanderbilt) def. Lynn-Yin Tan (USC) 7-6, 6-2
• Pascale Veraverbeke (Iowa) def. Emelie Isaksson (Furman) 6-3, 6-2
• Kim Gates (Tennessee) def. Kelly Schmandt (Vanderbilt) 6-4, 6-3
• Christina Oldock (Clemson) def. Stacy Varnell (MTSU) 6-4, 6-1

No. 5 Singles

• Ana Stiglic (Clemson) def. Steffi Hoch (Iowa) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Crystal Cleveland (Tennessee) def. Teresa Gonzaga (Wisconsin) 6-2, 6-1
• Corrin Scott (Vanderbilt) def. Carien Venter (MTSU) 6-4, 6-7, 6-4
• Tamara Sutton (USC) def. Natalie The (Furman) 6-0, 6-2

No. 6 Singles

• Lauren Rose (Vanderbilt) def. Niger Kaur (MTSU) 6-1, 6-4
• Brooke Cordell (Tennessee) def. Krista Thomson (Furman) 6-0, 6-0
• Ashlea Bowen (Clemson) def. Mindy Sheppard (Wisconsin) 6-0, 6-1
• Jennifer Hodgman (Iowa) def. Catherine Brown (USC) 6-2, 6-3

No. 7 Singles

• Beth Hayden (Iowa) def. Lauren Welch (Furman) 6-3, 6-3
• Leigh Eichelberger (USC) def. Laurie Ferguson (MTSU) 6-0, 6-0
• Shellie Cochran (Furman) def. Sunnie Harmon (Clemson) 6-1, 6-4
• Jody Scheldt (Iowa) def. Catherine Hall (Tennessee) 7-5, 6-4

No. 8 Singles

• McCall Holman (Furman) def. Eloise Harper (Vanderbilt) 7-5, 3-6, 7-5

No. 1 Doubles

• Ojeda-Castellvi (Tennessee) def. Kruse-Venter (MTSU) 8-5
• Brito-Jayet (Clemson) def. Rauh-Vojnov (Wisconsin) 8-1
• Radman-Boyanovich (USC) def. Dunigan-Holman (Furman) 8-2
• Ditty-Burson (Vanderbilt) def. Neykova-Scheldt (Iowa) 8-4
• Ojeda-Castellvi (UT) def. Brito-Jayet (CU) 8-1
• Kruse-Venter (MTSU) def. Rauh-Voljnov (UW) 8-3
• Ditty-Burson (VU) def. Radman-Boyanovich (USC) 8-4
• Neykova-Scheldt (IU) def. Dunigan-Holman (FU) 8-5

No. 2 Doubles

• The-Moore (Furman) def. Haas-Veraverbeke (Iowa) 8-6
• Riske-Tsoubanos (Vanderbilt) def. Savitskaya-Oldock (Clemson) 8-0
• Gridling-Varnell (MTSU) def. Dougherty-Gonzaga (Wisconsin) 8-5
• Eichelberger-Tan (USC) def. Gates-Cleveland (Tennessee) 8-6
• Riske-Tsoubanos (VU) def. The-Moore (FU) 8-4
• Savitskaya-Oldock (Clemson) def. Haas-Veraverbeke (Iowa) 8-3
• Eichelberger-Tan (USC) def. Gridling-Varnell (MTSU) 8-3
• Gates-Cleveland (UT) def. Dougherty-Gonzaga (UW) 9-8

No. 3 Doubles

• Cochran-Thomson (Furman) def. Bowen-Harmon (Clemson) 8-2
• Miller-Schmandt (Vanderbilt) def. Buchheim-Kaur (MTSU) 8-3
• Wiski-Cordell (Tennessee) def. Johnson-Hodgman (Iowa) 8-1
• Sutton-Brown (USC) def. Rose-Scott (Vanderbilt) 8-5
• Wiski-Cordell (UT) def. Sutton-Brown (USC) 8-3
• Rose-Scott (VU) def. Johnson-Hodgman (IU) 9-8

No. 4

• Doubles Hayden-Hoch (Iowa) def. Sheppard (Wisconsin)-Harper (Vanderbilt) 8-0
• Hall (Tennessee)-Stiglic(Clemson) def. Isaksson-Welch (Furman) 8-6