Marquette University Athletics
Play Continues at Milwaukee Tennis Classic
1/9/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 9, 2003
MILWAUKEE - Marquette freshman Michelle Mojzis is still alive in doubles play at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic. She is teamed with Lindsay Stauss of Racine High School. The duo advanced to the women's open doubles semifinals with a 9-8 victory over Khuscherhr Italia and Lyndsey Molony of Cincinnati.
The pair will play second seeded Leigh Bradwell and Jill Buckley of Kentucky on January 10.
One other MU women's player was in action on January 9. Eva Trujillo-Herrera played in the consolation quarterfinals. She lost to eighth seeded Kit Carson of SMU, 6-4;6-4.
In the men's main draw, two Illinois players advanced to the semifinals as all four seeds advanced.
In the consolation draw on the men's side, three Memphis players - Alex Jago, Aaron Forsberg and Alex Bucewicz - moved on to the consolation semifinals. Toledo's Dipseh Roa defeated Jago and Bucewicz beat Forsberg to advance to tomorrow's consolation final.
In doubles, only one of the top eight seeds advanced to the quarterfinal round, which begins tomorrow.
In women's open singles play, all four seeds advanced including three California players. Raquel Kops-Jones is the top seed and will meet teammate Nicole Havlicek in the semifinals. LiinaSuurvarik of Illinois State will play California's Catherine Lynch in the other semifinal.
In the consolation draw, two Purdue players advanced through the quarterfinal round on to the final. AmyWalgenbach of Purdue defeated Butler's Tayo Bailey and Cincinnati'sCristinaReyes en route to the final. GretchenHaynor defeated Diana Stein of Duquesne and then downed Carson to advance.
In women's doubles action, Kops-Jones is teamed with Illinois State's Suuryarik and is the top seed. They advanced to the semifinals along with fourth seed Havlicek/Lynch; Mojzis/Stauss and Bradwell/Buckley.
Play continues through Sunday at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic.
Today's ResultsMen's Open Singles, Quarterfinals (January 9)
(1)VincentNg (Illinois)d.BenStapp (Memphis) 6-2;6-4 (3)RavishankarPathanjali(W. Mich.) d.(5)MatCloer (Florida St.) 7-6;2-6;6-4 (4)TommyHanus (Northwestern) d.RodrigoLaub (Florida St.) 6-1;6-3 (2)RajeevRam (Illinois)d.KevinGill (Butler) 6-3;6-3
Men's Open Singles, Consolation Quarterfinals (January 9)
AlexJago(Memphis) d.MikeFindling (W. Mich.) 6-4;6-4 DipeshRao (Toledo)d.JeffFrench (Louisville) 6-4;6-2 AaronForsberg (Memphis)d.TonyEpkey (W. Virginia) 6-3;7-5 AlexBucewicz (Memphis)d.VinnyGossain (Michigan) 6-2;7-5
Men's Open Singles, Consolation Semifinals (January 9)
DipeshRao (Toledo)d.AlexJago (Memphis) 6-0;7-6 AlexBucewicz (Memphis)d.AaronForsberg (Memphis) 6-3;6-0
Men's Open Doubles, Round of 16 (January 8)
(1) Ben Stapp (Memphis)/Lee Walker (Memphis) d. 8-2 Scott Green (Ohio State)/Ross Wilson (Toledo) ------------------- Ben Davis (Wis.-Green Bay)/Marko Despot (Wichita State) d. 8-5 Dan Grupp (W. Mich.)/Jose Orozco (W. Mich.) ------------------- (3) Ryan Maarschalk (W. Mich.)/Ravishankar Pathanjali (W. Mich.) d. 8-4 Ian Bliss (W. Virginia)/J.R. Randall (W. Virginia) ------------------- (5) Kevin Gill (Butler)/Rajeev Ram (Illinois) d. 8-5 Ward Bortz (Wisconsin)/Jordan Raemisch (Wisconsin) ------------------- Randal Rocchio (Buffalo)/Nick Ziezula (Buffalo) d. 8-3 (6) Conor Casey (Ohio State)/Brenton Contini (Ohio State) ------------------- (4) Aaron Forsberg (Northern Ill.)/Erick Martinez (Northern Ill.) d. 8-4 Tony Epkey (W. Virginia)/Eric Kochanski (W. Virginia) ------------------- (7) Tommy Hanus (Northwestern)/Adam Schaecterle (Northwestern) d. 8-0 Dipseh Rao (Toledo) vs. Todd Wojkowski (Toledo) ------------------- (2) Mat Cloer (Florida State)/Rodrigo Laub (Florida State) d. 8-5 Justin Kates (W. Mich.)/Erik Lindroos (W. Mich.) d. 8-5
Women's Open Singles, Quarterfinals (January 9)
(1)RaquelKops-Jones(California) d.(5)CaitlinBurke (Cedarburg HS) 6-2;6-1 (4)NicoleHavlicek (California)d.LindseyStauss (Racine HS) 6-4;4-6;6-1 (3)LiinaSuurvarik (Illinois State)d.ShawnaZuccarini 7-6;6-2 (2)CatherineLynch (California)d.(6)JillBuckley(Kentucky) 6-2;3-6;6-1
Women's Open Singles, Consolation Quarterfinals (January 9)
CristinaReyes (Cincinnati)d.ShelbyLipson (Illinois St.) 7-6;6-1 AmyWalgenbach (Purdue)d.TayoBailey (Butler) 6-2;4-6;6-1 (8)KitCarson (SMU)d.EvaTrujillo-Herrera (Marquette) 6-4;6-4 GretchenHaynor (Purdue)d.DianaStein (Duquesne) 7-5;5-7;6-4
Women's Open Singles, Consolation Semifinals (January 9)
AmyWalgenbach (Purdue)d.CristinaReyes (Cincinnati) 7-6;6-2 GretchenHaynor (Purdue)d.(8)KitCarson (SMU) 4-6;7-5;7-5
Women's Open Doubles, Quarterfinals (January 9)
(1) Raquel Kops-Jones (California)/Liina Suurvarik (Illinois State) d. 8-4 Amy Walgenbach (Purdue)/Shawna Zuccarini (Purdue) ------------------- Caitlin Burke (Cedarburg HS)/Kaylan Caiati (Greendale HS) d. 9-8 (4) Nicole Havlicek (California)/Catherine Lynch (California) ------------------- Michelle Mojzis (Marquette)/Lindsey Sauss (Racine HS) d. 8-5 Khuscherhr Italia (Cincinnati)/Lyndsey Molony (Cincinnati) d. 9-8 ------------------- (2) Leigh Bradwell (Kentucky)/Jill Buckley (Kentucky) d. 8-1 Alaina Griffin (Butler)/Christin Laun (Butler) <. re="">


