Jan. 20, 2007
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Sophomore Georgia Rose (Mettawa, Ill./North Shore Country Day) sits atop the individual standings and the ninth-ranked Wildcats went 3-0 in doubles and 12-2 in singles on Day One of the Florida State Invitational. Wildcats occupy five of the first eight spots of the individual standings. Freshmen Suzie Matzenauer (Tacoma, Wash./Bellarmine) and Lauren Lui (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid) are behind Rose in second and third, respectively.
In doubles action, Rose and Matzenauer, playing together for the first time this season, defeated Jacksonville's Sulyos and Jaresova, 8-4. The pair of Alexis Conill (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) and Big Ten Player of the Week Samantha Murray (Altrincham, England/Altrincham Grammar) downed Jacksonville's Carrero and Willi, 8-6. Keri Robison (Decatur, Ill./Keystone National) and Nazlie Ghazal (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral) topped Tatiana Soldatova and Cristina Paiva-Flor of Jacksonville, 8-3.
In the first round of singles play, Murray, Rose, Matzenauer, Lui, Ghazal, Robison, Conill and Jen Taylor (Mequon, Wis./University School of Milwaukee) all won their matches.
In a second round of singles, Rose, Murray, Ghazal and Lui all won their matches in straight sets.
Rose leads all players with 15 points, Matzenauer is in second with 13 and Lui is in third with 11. Murray and Ghazal are tied for fifth with eight. Northwestern, Penn State, Jacksonville and host Florida State make up the four teams at the invitational.
Doubles Round 1
Rose/Matzenauer (NU) def. Sulyos/Jaresova (JAX), 8-4
Conill/Murray (NU) def. Carrero/Willi (JAX), 8-6
Robison/Ghazal (NU) def. Soldatov/Paiva-Flor (JAX), 8-3
Singles Round 1
Murray (NU) def. Sasha Abraham (PSU), 6-2, 6-4
Rose (NU) def. Katelyn BeVard (PSU), 6-0, 6-0
Matzenauer (NU) def. Shular (PSU), 7-5, 6-3
Lui (NU) def. Niculescu (PSU), 7-5, 7-5
Ghazal (NU) def. McCarthy (PSU), 6-2, 6-2
Robison (NU) def. Dohanics (PSU), 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Conill (NU) def. Leyla Morzan (PSU), 6-1, 6-3
Taylor (NU) def. Lotto (PSU), 7-5, 6-2
Singles Round 2
Rose (NU) def. Macfarlane (FSU), 6-2, 6-0
Murray (NU) def. Walter (FSU), 6-2, 7-5
Lui (NU) def. Slater (FSU), 6-2, 7-6(6)
Wente (FSU) def. Robison (NU), 3-6, 6-4, (10-6)
Ghazal (NU) def. Foley (FSU), 6-0, 6-3
Marobela (FSU) def. Conill (NU), 7-6(3), 6-2
Standings
1. Rose (15)
2. Matzenauer (13)
3. Lui (11)
5. Murray (8)
Ghazal (8)
14. Conill (5)
17. Robison (3)
18. Taylor (1)