Tigers Make Noise on Day Two at ITA Carolina Regionals

Oct. 22, 2010

CHAPEL HILL, NC – The Clemson women’s tennis team posted a 7-1 overall mark on Friday at the ITA Carolina Regional Championships in Chapel Hill, NC. Top doubles seed Josipa Bek and Keri Wong advanced to the quarterfinals of the doubles championships, and six players earned first-round singles wins.

Bek and Wong, ranked fifth nationally, earned a 9-7 win over Zoe DeBruycker and Jennifer Stone of UNC on their home court to advance to the quarterfinals.

In singles, Bek won her match, 6-0, 6-2 over Mihaela Bunea of Coastal Carolina. Bek is the two-time defending champion and the top overall seed in the region. She will play at 9:00 am in the doubles quarterfinals with Wong, and then turn around for a second and possibly third-round singles match later in the day.

Wong is under the same set of circumstances, and she too advanced in the singles portion with a three-set win over Olga Makhova of Charleston Southern. Wong is ranked #39 in the nation and is the #5 seed in the region.

Laurianne Henry, Maria Belaya all posted straight-set victories in their first-round matches as well, dropping a total of 14 games among the four of them.

Caroline Magnusson was the only Tiger to falter, but forced a tough, three-set battle with nationally-ranked Mary Clayton of Duke.

The Tigers return to action Saturday with the doubles quarterfinals and the next two rounds of singles.

Doubles Results (10/21/10): Round of 32: #5 Bek/Wong (CU) def. MacFarlane/Whitehead (UNC-G), 8-2 Round of 64: Belaya/Vyskocilova (CU) def. Alkema/Herrera (WIN), 9-8 Round of 32: #9 Clayton/Gorney (DUKE) def. Belaya/Vyskocilova (CU), 8-1 Round of 32: Rogers/Wilkins (UNC-G) def. Henry/Magnusson, 8-5

Doubles Results (10/22/10) Round of 16: #5 Bek/Wong (CU) def. DeBruycker/Stone (UNC), 9-7

Singles Results (10/22/10) Round of 64: #13 Josipa Bek (CU) def. Mihaela Bunea (CCU), 6-0, 6-2 Round of 64: Klara Vyskocilova (CU) def. Christy Sipes (NCSU), 6-0, 6-2 Round of 64: Laurianne Henry (CU) def. Lisa Sutton (CAMP), 6-4, 6-1 Round of 64: #68 Nelly Ciolkowski (CU) def. Anna Mydlowska (WFU), 6-4, 6-0 Round of 64: #39 Keri Wong (CU) def. Olga Makhova (CSU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Round of 64: #111 Mary Clayton (DUKE) def. Caroline Magnusson (CU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Round of 64: Maria Belaya (CU) def. Ioana Oprea (G-W), 6-1, 6-2