Dascoli Wins First-Round Match at All-American Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/19/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 19, 2000
%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State women’s tennis player Kristy Dascoli (Sr., Bradenton, Fla./Bradenton Academy) upset the No. 4 seed in the first round of the main draw at the Riviera Women’s All-American Championships, Oct. 19 in Pacific Palisades, Calif.%^$
%^$No. 33-ranked Dascoli defeated No. 6 (tied) Adria Engel of Arizona State in three sets (5-7, 6-3, 6-3) in the first round. Last season, Engel reached the final of the All-American tournament. Dascoli will face Stanford’s Keiko Tokuda, ranked No. 30, in the next round.%^$
%^$The No. 8-ranked duo of Dascoli and Monica Rincon (Jr., Lapeer, Mich./West) lost in the first round of the doubles main draw to Vlada Ulhirova and Janet Walker of Texas in three sets.%^$
%^$The Riviera Women’s All-American Championships is the second leg of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Grand Slam. The Grand Slam also includes the T. Rowe Price National Clay Court Championships (Sept. 22-24, 2000), the Rolex National Indoor Championships (Feb. 1-4, 2001) and the NCAA Championships (May 17-25, 2000).%^$
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Riviera Women’s All-American Championships%^$Oct. 19, 2000, Pacific Palisades, Calif.%^$Ohio State Results%^$
%^$Singles Main Draw – First Round%^$Kristy Dascoli, OSU def.%^$(4) Adria Engel, Arizona State%^$5-7, 6-3, 6-3%^$
%^$Doubles Main Draw – First Round%^$Vlada Ulhirova and Janet Walker, Texas def.%^$Kristy Dascoli and Monica Rincon, Ohio State%^$6-3, 3-6, 7-5%^$
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