Nov. 4, 2006
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Six Wildcats won semifinal matches and two duos won their respective doubles flights as Northwestern completed the second day of competition at the Bronco Invite hosted by Western Michigan University. The tandem of freshman Suzie Matzenauer (Tacoma, Wash./Bellarmine) and sophomore Nazlie Ghazal (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral), along with the team of freshmen Lauren Lui (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid) and Samantha Murray (Altrincham, England/Altrincham Grammar), captured doubles flight titles.
Lui and Murray defeated Virginia Tech's Inga Beermann and J.J. Larson in the finals, 8-5. Matzenauer and Ghazal topped Indiana's Alba Berdala and Lindsey Stuckey, also by the score of 8-5.
In singles, Murray, who received a bye to the semifinals, took down Indiana's Alba Berdala, 6-1, 6-2. She will face Western Michigan's Carrie Jeanmaire in Sunday's final.
Sophomore Keri Robison (Decatur, Ill./Keystone National), who also received a bye, downed Kerstin Pahl of Western Michigan, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. She will take on Wisconsin's Elizabeth Carpenter in the finals.
Ghazal defeated Wisconsin's Chelsea Nusslock to advance to the finals, 6-0, 6-0. The sophomore will face Jessica Long of Virginia Tech Sunday. Lui bested Texas Tech's Lakann Wagley 6-2, 6-1 and will take on Sigrid Fischer from Indiana in the finals.
In the fifth singles flight, Matzenauer cruised past Texas Tech's Brenna Jackson in the semifinals, 6-1, 6-1. Next up for the freshman will be Wisconsin's Morgan Tutle. In the sixth and final singles flight, junior Alexis Conill (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) downed Texas Tech's Anne Sophie Fankam, 6-0, 6-2. Indiana's Lindsey Stuckey waits for her in the final.
Saturday's Northwestern Results
Lui/Murray def. Beerman/Larson (Va. Tech), 8-5
Matzenauer/Ghazal def. Berdala/Stuckey (IU), 8-5
Murray def. Berdala (IU), 6-1, 6-2
Robison def. Pahl (WMU), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Ghazal def. Nusslock (WIS), 6-0, 6-0
Lui def. Wagley (TTU), 6-2, 6-1
Matzenauer def. Jackson (TTU), 6-1, 6-1
Conill def. Fankam (TTU), 6-0, 6-2
Jackson/Van der Drift (TTU) def. Taylor (NU)/Mirnova (WIS), 8-1
Saturday Extra Match Results
Robison/Conill def. Durham/Fankam (TTU), 9-7
Clark (IU) def. Taylor, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
Additional Friday Results
Murray def. James (VT), 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Robison def. Jeanmaire (WMU), 6-4, 6-1
Heller (IU) def. Taylor, 6-0, 6-1
Berdala/Stuckey (IU) def. Taylor (NU)/Mirnova (WIS), 8-3
For complete results and draws visit Western Michigan Broncos' Homepage.