Oct. 19, 2006
SINGLES BRACKET | DOUBLES BRACKET
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State women's tennis team returned to the courts on Thursday with an impressive showing during the first day of competition at the 2006 Wilson/ITA West Regional Championships at Barnes Tennis Center. Four Aztecs advanced to the third round in singles play, while two SDSU doubles teams emerged triumphant in their opening-round matches.
Senior Alesya Vidov (Moscow, Russia) joined sophomores Esther Cadua (San Diego, Calif.) and Holly Bagshaw (Potters Bar, England) as all three players secured a spot in the round of 32 with two victories on the day. Junior Eliska Krausova (Prague, Czech Republic also moved on in the bracket with a win following a first-round bye.
Vidov turned in a pair of solid performances, losing just three games in her first two encounters. The three-time Aztec letterwinner crushed Florence Wasko of Hawai'i in the opening round, 6-0, 6-0, before dealing Arizona's Camelia Todorova a 6-3, 6-0 defeat in the afternoon.
Cadua also experienced minimal resistance on Thursday, cruising past Long Beach State's Nina Burgoon, 6-1, 6-0, and Brandy Andrews of Cal State Fullerton, 6-1, 6-1.
After easily dispatching Pepperdine's Alicia Poladian, 6-0, 6-0, in her morning match, Bagshaw had to overcome an early deficit before pulling away from Kanykey Koichumanova of Cal State Northridge, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, in the afternoon.
Krausova, meanwhile, made the most of her lone opportunity of the day, upending Katja Decker-Sadowski of USC, 6-3, 6-4.
In doubles competition, the SDSU tandem of Bagshaw and freshman Ozge Atalay (Istanbul, Turkey) got past the UC Santa Barbara duo of Asogi Onaga and Noelle Hirniese, 8-4, duplicating the success of Vidov and freshman Kathryn Kitts (Yardley, Pa.), who downed Erynne Oki and H.R. Espiritu of UC Riverside, 8-3.
The 2006 Wilson/ITA West Regional Championships, with San Diego State and the University of San Diego serving as co-hosts, resume on Friday at 9 a.m. with second-round doubles matches, followed by singles play shortly thereafter at 10 a.m.
Wilson/ITA West Regional Championships
Oct. 19, 2006
Barnes Tennis Center--San Diego, Calif.
(SDSU results only)
Singles
First Round
Ozge Atalay (SDSU) def. Julia Sandborn (Hawai'i), 6-3, 6-1.
Alesya Vidov (SDSU) def. Florence Wasko (Hawai'i), 6-0, 6-0.
Esther Cadua (SDSU) def. Nina Burgoon (Long Beach State), 6-1, 6-0.
Holly Bagshaw (SDSU) def. Alicia Poladian (Pepperdine), 6-0, 6-0.
Kristen Wilson (UC Santa Barbara) def. Sisse Nielsen (SDSU), w/o.
Kathryn Kitts (SDSU) def. Kasia Krasinska (CS Northridge), 6-2, 6-2.
Erynne Oki (UC Riverside) def. Yuki Hagiwara (SDSU), 6-1, 6-4.
Round of 64
Canna Furuta (CS Northridge) def. Ozge Atalay (SDSU), 6-4, 6-1.
Alesya Vidov (SDSU) def. Camelia Todorova (Arizona), 6-3, 6-0.
Esther Cadua (SDSU) def. Brandy Andrews (CS Fullerton), 6-1, 6-1.
Holly Bagshaw (SDSU) def. Kanykey Koichumanova (CS Northridge), 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Eliska Krausova (SDSU) def. Katja Decker-Sadowski (USC), 6-3, 6-4.
Inna Agababian (UC Irvine) def. Kathryn Kitts (SDSU), 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles
First Round
Holly Bagshaw / Ozge Atalay (SDSU) def. Asogi Onaga / Noelle Hirniese (UCSB), 8-4.
Kathryn Kitts / Alesya Vidov (SDSU) def. H.R. Espiritu / Erynne Oki (UC Riverside), 8-3.