October
7, 2005
CEDAR
RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Luther College advanced players
to the finals in seven of nine flights of the Iowa Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (IIAC) women’s tennis Individual Tournament
at Veterans Park Tennis Courts. Coe College advanced players
to the finals in five flights and Cornell College advanced players
in four flights. Central College and Loras College each advanced
players in one flight.
The
Individual Tournament continues at 9:00 a.m. Saturday with the
fifth- and seventh-place singles matches followed by the third-place
and Championship singles matches and then the doubles place
matches. Six Championship matches, five singles and one doubles
will feature the #1-seed vs. the #2-seed. In #4 singles and
#3 doubles, the #1-seed will play the #3-seed for the title.
In #2 doubles Championship match, the #3-seed will play the
#4-seed.
Four
of the singles Championship matches feature an individual looking
for their second straight title:
#1 Singles
- Two-time Conference Most Valuable Player Marie Schutte of
Cornell, the #2-seed will defend her title against Coe freshman
top-seed Molly Fiala.
#3 Singles
- Luther’s Molly Beyer will face Cornell’s Emily
Loewen in the #3-singles Championship match. Beyer won the #4-singles
title last year.
#4 Singles
- Luther’s Tasha Allemang, who won at #3 singles last
year, will face Coe’s Lindsay Driscoll for the title at
#4-singles. Driscoll, the #3-seed posted the only upset in singles
semifinals with a three-set victory over #2-seed Jenna Morris
of Cornell (4-6, 7-5, 10-6).
#5 Singles
– Luther’s Tara Huinker will look to defend her
title at #5 singles against Cornell’s Jessica Horn.
Players
earn their team nine points for winning a flight, eight points
for a second-place finish and down to one point for a ninth-place
finish. Teams with the four highest point totals after this
weekends Individual Tournament will meet next Saturday, Oct.
15, at Central College in Pella for the IIAC Team Tournament.
Complete
results from the first day of the Iowa Conference women’s
tennis individual tournament are here.
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