Competition at Cissie Leary Invitational Concludes – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/30/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Sept. 30, 2002
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s tennis team gained experience against some of the nation’s top competitors at the Cissie Leary Invitational over the last weekend. No. 9 seed Sadhaf Pervez (Sr./Warren, N.J.) won her first two matches to reach the Round of 16 where she fell to No. 4 seed Danira Penic of Temple. Erica Fisk (Jr./Indianapolis, Ind.), the No. 5 seed, was upset in the second round by Penn’s Raluca Ciochina.
Julie Smekodub, a No. 9 seed from Tulane, won the singles draw. She knocked out Ohio State’s Taryn Bowen (Sr., Columbus, Ohio) in the first round, No. 1 seed Nataly Cahana (ODU) in the semifinals and No. 2 seed Alice Pirsu (Penn) in the finals.
OSU head coach Chuck Merzbacher tried different doubles match ups and advanced all four teams to the Round of 16. From there, only the duo of Meaghan Colville (Jr./Toronto, Ontario) and Fisk advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were defeated by Penn State’s No. 5 seed duo of Leigh Ann Merryman and Maaria Husain.
Buckeye’s Results Singles – Round of 64 Lindsay Williams, OSU def. Kim Barfuss, Seton Hall 6-4, 5-5(4), 1-0 (11) Nicole Ptak (9), Penn def. Lindsay Bryan, OSU 6-1, 6-2 Julie Smekodub (9), Tulane def Taryn Bowen, OSU 6-0, 6-3 Sadhaf Pervez (9), OSU def. Megan Marton, PSU 6-1, 6-2 Yalena Klurfield, Columbia def. Jackie Leskovar, OSU 6-3, 6-3
Singles – Round of 32 Caroline Stanislawski, Penn def. Lindsay Williams, OSU 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7) Raluca Ciochina, Penn def. Erica Fisk (5), OSU 6-3, 6-3 Sadhaf Pervez (9), OSU def. Sanela Kunovac, Penn 6-1, 6-2
Singles – Round of 16 Danira Penic (4), Temple def. Sadhaf Pervez (9), OSU 6-1, 6-2
Women Doubles — Round of 32 Leskovar J – Pervez S (OSU) def. Ptak N – Shweky R (Penn) 8-2 Adams L – Bowen T (OSU) def. Lee D – Rambally H 8-5 Colville M – Fisk E def. Iwinski S – Walker L (TAMU) 8-2 DeCamilla E – Williams L (OSU) def. Barfuss K – Zamot L (SHU) 8-4
Women Doubles — Round of 16 Marton M – Wang J [5] (PSU) def. Leskovar J – Pervez S (OSU) 8-4 Ercegovic L – Marovic M (Temple) def. Adams L – Bowen T (OSU) 8-0 Colville M – Fisk E (OSU) def. Kaufman B – Purcell M (Yale) 8-3 Bergman C – Lingman S [2] (Harvard) def. DeCamilla E – Williams L (OSU) 8-7
Women Doubles — Quarterfinals Husain M – Merryman L (PSU) def. Colville M – Fisk E (OSU) 8-4
Women Singles Consolations — Round 1 Lindsay Bryan, Ohio State def. Roberta Spencer, Texas A&M 6-5(4); 6-4 Kristin Martinez, Columbia def. Taryn Bowen, Ohio State 6-1; 6-1 Erica Fisk [5], Ohio State def. Ashley Martin, Yale 5-1 Seva Iwinski, TAMU def. Jackie Leskovar, Ohio State 3-6; 6-2; 1-0(8)
Women Singles Consolations — Round 2 Alice Sukner, Marshall def. Lindsay Bryan, Ohio State 7-6(2); 7-6(1) Erica Fisk [5], Ohio State def. Lille Nzudie, Marshall 4-6; 6-3; 6-4 Emily DeCamilla, Ohio State def. Margaret Purcell, Yale 6-4; 3-6; 7-6(5)
Women Singles Consolations — Consolation Quarterfinals Lara Ercegovic[5], Temple def. Erica Fisk[5], Ohio State 6-1; 6-4 Seva Iwinski, TAMU def. Emily DeCamilla, Ohio State 7-5; 6-4
Double Jepardy Singles — Round of 32 Shelah Chao, Penn def. Linsey Adams, Ohio State 7-6; 2-6; 6-3 Jackie Leskovar, Ohio State def. Maaria Husain, Penn State 6-4; 6-3 Roberta Spencer, Texas A&M def. Taryn Bowen, Ohio State 6-4; 6-0
Double Jepardy Singles — Round of 16 Julia Sotiriu, Old Dominion def. Jackie Leskovar, Ohio State 8-5 Lindsay Bryan, Ohio State def. Coralie Herrmann, Old Dominion 8-7
Double Jepardy Singles — Quarterfinals Mia Marovic, Temple def. Lindsay Bryan, Ohio State 8-0
Round of 16 Opponents – Quarterfinals Sadhaf Pervez, Ohio State def. Jessica Johnson, Marshall 6-3; 6-4
Last Day Make Up Matches — Quarterfinals Linsey Adams, Ohio State def. Halley Rambally, Texas A&M 8-0 Maaria Husain, Penn State def. Taryn Bowen, Ohio State 8-2
Last Day Make-Up Doubles — Semifinals DeCamilla E – Williams L def. Lee D – Meehem N 8-6 Leskovar J – Pervez S def. Hedberg A – Iwinski S 8-5
