USC
ITA Riviera All-American Championships
Women of Troy Fall At All-American
October 05, 2007 | Women's Tennis
Oct. 5, 2007
PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIF. - USC doubles team Amanda Fink / Gabriela Niculescu put up a strong fight against the tournament's No. 2 seeded pair from Clemson, but fell 9-7 to end their run at the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American. Fink/Niculescu had worked their way into the main draw as qualifiers with a strong performance in the qualifying rounds. But on Friday the Women of Troy were pitted against No. 2 seed MIjacika/vanAdrichem of Clemson, and the Clemson team pulled out the tight win to move on to the quarterfinals.
Also closing out competition at the Riviera was sophomore Sarah Fansler, who fell in consolation singles 6-3, 6-4 to Stanford's Jessica Nguyen.
The next competition for the Women of Troy will be the ITA West Regional in San Diego from Oct. 18-21.
RIVIERA/ITA WOMEN'S ALL-AMERICAN
SINGLES
MAIN DRAW
THURS., OCT. 4
First Round
Ani Mijacika (CLEM) def. (2) Lindsey Nelson (USC) - 6-1, ret. (inj)
Megan Alexander (FLA) def. Sarah Fansler (USC) - 6-4, 6-3
CONSOLATION
FRI., OCT. 5
First Round
Jessica Nguyen (STAN) def. Sarah Fansler (USC) - 6-3, 6-4
DOUBLES
MAIN DRAW
THURS., OCT. 4
First Round
Amanda Fink/Gabriela Niculescu (USC) def. Gloria/Rowe (FREST) - 9-8 (4)
FRI., OCT. 5
Second Round
(2) Mijacika/van Adrichem (CLEM) def. Fink/Niculescu (USC) - 9-7
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