September 24, 2000

FURMAN'S DUNIGAN, COCHRAN TAKE THIRD PLACE FINISHES AT FURMAN FALL CLASSIC

GREENVILLE, S.C.-- Furman's Megan Dunigan and Shellie Cochran earned straight-set victories on Sunday, giving them both third place finishes in their flights at the Furman Fall Classic. Cochran defeated Iowa¹s Beth Hayden 7-6 (1), 6-3, and Dunigan beat Middle Tennessee State¹s Manon Kruse 7-6 (6), 6-1 at the Minor Mickel Tennis Center.

Teams from the Southeastern Conference continued their streak of success, as six of the seven singles championships were divided amongst South Carolina, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt. In the flight one final, South Carolina's Katarina Markovski fended off Vanderbilt's Julie Ditty 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Markovski's teammate, Kathy Boyanovich, defeated Tennessee's Agnes Wiski 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the flight three championship.

The all-Vanderbilt flight two final was won by Sarah Riske because of a default by injury. Vanderbilt's second champion, Aleke Tsoubanos, beat Tennessee's Kim Gates 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.

Tennessee players Crystal Cleveland and Brooke Cordell both won 7-5, 6-3, to win flights five and six, respectively.

The lone player not in the Southeastern Conference to win a singles flight was Iowa's Jody Scheldt, who defeated South Carolina's Leigh Eichelberger in the flight seven final. Scheldt won the first set 7-5, but the match could not be finished because Eichelberger was forced to retire due to an injury.

In their bids for fifth place finishes, Furman's Meredith Moore and Krista Thomson both came up short. Moore lost to Tennessee's Vilmarie Castellvi 7-6 (2), 6-1. Thomson was defeated by South Carolina's Catherine Brown 7-6 (3), 6-0.

• Katarina Markovski (USC) def. Julie Ditty (VU) 4-6,7-6(3), 6-4
• Megan Dunigan (FU) def. Manon Kruse (MTSU) 7-6(6), 6-1
• Vilmarie Castellvi (UT) vs. Meredith Moore (FU) 7-6(2), 6-1
• Laurence Jayet (CU) def. Michaela Gridling (MTSU) 6-1,6-2
• Aleke Tsoubanos (VU) def. Kim Gates (UT) 6-3, 0-6, 6-2
• Sarah Riske (VU) def. Jenny Miller (VU) by default-injury
• Jennifer Radman (USC) def. Cassie Haas (Iowa) 6-3,6-1
• Tanja Buchheim (MTSU) def. Katie Dougherty (UW) 7-6(2), 6-1
• Kathy Boyanovich (USC) def. Agnes Wiski 7-6(3), 6-1
• Kate Burson (VU) def. Lara Vojnov (UW) 6-0,6-0
• Erica Johnson (Iowa) def. Anna Savitskaya (CU) 7-6(1), 6-2
• Alison Ojeda (UT) def. Toni Neykova (Iowa) 7-5, 6-4
• Vanessa Rauh (UW) vs. Renate Brito (CU)
• Kelly Schmandt (VU) def. Lynn-Yin Tann 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
• Pascale Veraverbeke (Iowa) def. Christina Oldock (CU) 6-4, 6-0
• Stacy Varnell (MTSU) def. Emelie Isaksson (FU) 6-1,6-1
• Brooke Cordell (UT) def. Jennifer Hodgman (Iowa) 7-5, 6-3
• Lauren Rose (VU) def. Ashlea Bowen (CU) 6-0,6-1
• Jody Scheldt (Iowa) def. Leigh Eichelberger (USC) 7-5, Ret.-Injury
• Shellie Cochran (FU) def. Beth Hayden (Iowa) 7-6(1), 6-3
• Carien Venter (MTSU) def. 6-1, 6-3
• Teresa Gonzaga (UW) def.Natalie The (FU) 6-1,6-0
• Crystal Cleveland (UT) def. Tamara Sutton (VU) 7-5, 6-3
• Corrin Scott (VU) def. Anna Stiglic (CU) Default-Injury
• Catherine Brown (USC) def. Krista Thomson 7-6(3), 6-0
• Niger Kaur (MTSU) def. Mindy Sheppard (UW) 11:00 a.m.
• Catherine Hall (UT) def. Lauren Welch (FU) 6-1, 6-2
• Sunnie Harmon (CU) def. Laurie Ferguson (MTSU) 6-3, 6-0