Oct. 25, 2002
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State women's tennis team advanced two singles players and three doubles teams on the opening day of the main draw of the 2002 Omni Hotels West Region Championships co-hosted by San Diego State and San Diego.
The Aztecs two seeded players, Silvia Tornier and Lindsay Hedberg, both advanced into the round of 16 by posting straight-set victories in their first two matches. Tornier, the sixth-seed, defeated Christie Posner of UC Irvine, 6-1, 6-0 before disposing of Tereza Simonyan of Cal State Northridge, 6-3, 7-5. She will face ninth-seeded Uzma Khan of Santa Barbara in the third round tomorrow.
Hedberg cruised in to tomorrow's round of 16 match by defeating Tara Livesay of San Diego, 6-3, 6-4, and Melissa Esmero of USC, 6-3, 6-2. She will next face the tournament's second-seed, Sara Walker of UCLA.
The Aztecs posted a perfect 3-0 record in the opening round of doubles play. Aztec doubles teams of Tornier and Indra Erichson, Hedberg and Patricia Graf, Katja Karrento and Katalina Romero all won first round matches in the 32-team field.
The tournament continues through Sunday.
2002 OMNI HOTELS WEST REGION WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP -- San Diego, Calif.
Singles - First Round(6) Silvia Tornier, SDSU def. Christie Posner, UC Irvine, 6-1, 6-0(9) Lindsay Hedberg, SDSU def. Tara Livesay, San Diego, 6-3, 6-4Katalina Romero, SDSU def. Michelle Beyronneau, UC Riverside, 6-2, 6-3Lauren Gordin, UCLA def. Katja Karrento, SDSU, 6-2, 6-3Laura Thomas, Long Beach State def. Patricia Graf, SDSU, 0-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5)
Singles - Second Round(6) Silvia Tornier, SDSU def. Tereza Simonyan, Cal State Northridge, 6-3, 7-5(9) Lindsay Hedberg, SDSU def. Melissa Esmero, USC, 6-3, 6-2(9) Pauline Janus, UNLV def. Katalina Romero, SDSU, 6-0, 7-5
Doubles - First RoundHedberg-Graf, SDSU def, Engel-Burkett, ASU, 8-6Tornier-Erichson, SDSU def. Fitzgerald-Hakikawa, Hawaii, 8-1Karrento-Romero def. Maddocks-Pintar, UCSB, 8-4