Clemson Women’s Tennis Finishes Day One at Furman Fall Invite

Sept. 25, 2009

GREENVILLE, SC – The Clemson Women’s Tennis team opened their season at the prestigious Furman Fall Classic, which features seven ranked teams from a season ago and 22 of the top 125 players in the nation.

The 9th-ranked player in the nation, Ina Hadziselimovic to win their first doubles match against Newman and Steinbauer, 8-6.

Sophomore Caroline Magnusson to record a doubles victory over Stojic and Andersson from South Carolina at flight two doubles.

Hadziselimovic, the 99th-ranked player nationally dropped her first singles match to Francesca Segareli of Florida state, 2-6, 5-6, before defeating Jessica Preeg of Furman in the afternoon. She will play for fifth place in flight three on Saturday.

Freshman Nelly Ciolkowski won her collegiate debut at flight six, defeating Zoe De Bruycker of UNC 6-3, 6-3.

The Tigers return to action on Saturday and Sunday in singles and doubles, and results will be posted to ClemsonTigers.com.

Doubles: F1 Bek/Hadziseljimovic (CU) def. Newman/Steinbauer (VU) 8-6 F2 Wong/Magnusson (CU) def. Stojic/Andersson (USC) 8-4 F3 Murray/Abu Mushraf (NWU) def. Balda/Ciolkowski (CU) 8-2

Singles – Round One F1 Josipa Bek (CU) def. Catherine Newman (VU) 6-2,2-6,6-2 F2 Keri Wong (CU) def. Lauren Lui (NWU) 6-2,6-1 F3 Francesca Segareli (FSU) def. Ina Hadziseljimovic (CU) 6-2,6-5 F4 Kate Turvy (NWU) def. Estefania Balda (CU) 2-6,7-6(2),6-4 F5 Rosalia Alda (UT) def. Laurianne Henry (CU) 6-2,6-4 F6 Nelly Ciolkowski (CU) def. Zoe De Bruycker (UNC) 6-3,6-3 F7 Jessica Wente (FSU) def. Caroline Magnsson (CU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

Singles – Round Two F1-W Caitlin Whoriskey (UT) def. Josipa Bek (CU) 6-0,6-1 F2-W Maria Sorbello (UT) def. Keri Wong (CU) 6-3,6-0 F3-L Ina Hadziseljimovic (CU) def. Jessica Preeg (FU) 6-1, 6-1 F4-L Josefin Andersson (USC) def. Estefanie Balda (CU) 7-5, 7-6(3) F5-L Laurianne Henry (CU) def. Susan Bitetti (FU) 6-0, 7-5 F6-W Adriana Pereira (USC) vs. Nelly Ciolkowski (CU) F7-L Katie Lee (UT) vs. Caroline Magnusson (CU)