Sept. 16, 2005

PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State dominated play in during the first day of the Cougar Classic at the Stadium Way Tennis Center.

Five Cougars were unbeaten in their respective singles draw and four doubles teams posted first round victories.

"I was very impressed with the way we competed and found ways to win on the majority of the courts," WSU Head Coach Lisa Hart said.

Sophomore Ekaterina Burduli (Tel Aviv, Israel), ranked 45th in singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, earned a first round bye in No. 1 singles and posted a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Idaho's Kareen Konishi.

Also advancing to the quarterfinals in No. 1 singles for the Cougars was Aleksandra Cekic (London, Ontario). Cekic knocked off Eastern Washington's Kasey Knox 6-2, 6-4 and notched a 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Idaho's Mariel Tinnirello.

In No. 2 singles play, first-year Cougars Maria Ring, Marjolein van de Ven and Bianca Selaru each advanced to the semifinals with two victories.

"Our newcomers performed well and helped get our season off to a good start," Hart said.

2005 Cougar Classic Day One Results
#1 Singles
First Round
Ekaterina Burduli (WSU), BYE
Kareen Konishi (Idaho) def. Iliano Petrova (EWU), 6-1, 6-3
Cristin Sammis (Portland), BYE
Emily Anderson (Gonzaga) def. Cheyne Ursich (Montana), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Nuria Lozano (MSU), BYE
Aleksandra Stefanova (WSU) def. Jaclyn Soltysik (Portland), 6-1, 6-3
Kendall Bates (Gonzaga), BYE
Patricia Ruman (Idaho) def. Sayaka Yoshimoto (EWU), 6-1, 6-0
Jana Mackova (BSU) def. Christina Feyen (Portland), 6-1, 6-0
Efrat Leopold (Idaho) def. Nelly Dvornicka (EWU), 6-2, 6-0
Elizabeth Walker (Montana) def. Erin Humphrey (Gonzaga), 6-1, 6-2
Amy Toth (WSU), BYE
Alexsandra Cekic (WSU) def. Kasey Knox (EWU), 6-2, 6-4
Mariel Tinnirello (Idaho), BYE
Nicole Luetolf (MSU) def. Amanda Becker (Gonzaga), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Jenna Tanzer (Portland), BYE
Second Round
Burduli (WSU) def. Konishi (Idaho), 6-1, 6-1
Sammis (Portland) def. Anderson (Gonzaga), 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Lozano (MSU), def. Stefanova (WSU), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Ruman (Idaho) def. Bates (Gonzaga), 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Mackova (BSU) def. Leopold (Idaho), 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Walker (Montana) def. Toth (WSU), 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
Cekic (WSU) def. Tinnirello (Idaho), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
Luetolf (MSU) def. Tanzer (Portland), 6-1, 6-0
#2 Singles
First Round
Maria Ring (WSU) def. Allie Hause (Gonzaga), 6-0, 6-0
Alexandra Ulesanu (Montana) def. Vera Vasileva (MSU), 7-5, 7-6(3)
Rachel Berger (EWU) def. Anna Gullickson (Portland), 6-0, 6-1
Marjolein van de Ven (WSU) def. Carrie Schofield (Gonzaga), 6-1, 6-1
Bianca Selaru (WSU) def. Katy Clarke (MSU), 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
Amanda Mankovits (EWU) def. Courtney Lau (Gonzaga), 6-3, 6-2
Lauren Shrubb (Idaho) def. Jonna Schwartz (Montana), 6-3, 6-1
Tatiana Ganzha (BSU) def. Katie Kennel (Portland), 6-1, 6-2
Second Round
Ring (WSU) def. Ulesanu (Montana), 6-1, 6-2
van de Ven (WSU) def. Berger (EWU), 6-1, 6-1
Selaru (WSU) def. Mankovits (EWU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
Ganzha (BSU) def. Shrubb (Idaho), 6-2, 6-3
Consolation
Vasileva (MSU) def. Hause (Gonzaga), 6-1, 6-1
Gullickson (Portland) def. Schofield (Gonzaga), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Clarke (MSU) def. Lau (Gonzaga), 6-4, 6-3
Schwartz (Montana) def. Kennel (Portland), 6-4, 6-0
#3 Singles
First Round
Lindsey Griffin (Portland), BYE
Jennifer Jolley (EWU) def. Erica Moldenhauer (Gonzaga), 6-0, 6-2
Allison Fey (MSU) def. Kassie King (Idaho), 7-5, 6-2
Tessa Hollyn Taub (WSU) def. Marie Carroll (EWU), 6-0, 6-1
Laura Leoni (Portland) def. Malena Rosen (Montana), 6-0, 2-6, 7-5
Ashley Flynn (WSU) def. Katie Colton (Gonzaga), 6-2, 6-2
Jenny Anderson (EWU) def. Kara Konomos (WSU), 6-4, 6-3
Carolyn Berry (BSU) def. Laura Richert (MSU), 6-1, 6-0
Second Round
Griffin (Portland) def. Jolley (EWU), 5-7, 6-0, 6-3
Fey (MSU) def. Hollyn Taub (WSU), 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
Leoni (Portland) def. Flynn (WSU), 6-0, 6-4
Berry (BSU) def. Anderson (EWU), 6-0, 6-0
Consolation
Moldenhauer (Gonzaga), BYE
King (Idaho) def. Carroll (EWU), 6-0, 6-1
Rosen (Montana) def. Colton (Gonzaga), 6-2, 6-4
Konomos (WSU) def. Richert (MSU), 6-2, 6-7, 7-5
#1 Doubles
First Round
Burduli/Ring (WSU) def. Lozano/Luetolf (MSU), 8-6
Leopold/Tinnirello (Idaho) def. Mankovits/Berger (EWU), 8-4
Toth/Selaru (WSU) def. Anderson/Bates (Gonzaga), 8-4
Tanzer/Feyen (Portland), BYE
Ganzha/Mackova (BSU) def. Humphrey/Lau (Gonzaga), 8-3
Ursich/Walker (Montana) def. Dvornicka/Walker (EWU), 8-5
Cekic/van de Ven (WSU) def. Clarke/Vasileva (MSU), 8-3
Sammis/Kennel (Portland) def. Ruman/Konishi (Idaho), 8-2
#2 Doubles
First Round
Leoni/Soltysik (Portland), BYE
Colton/Berry (Gonzaga) def. Shrubb/King (Idaho), 8-2
Hause/Moldenhauer (Gonzaga), BYE
Stefanova/Hollyn Taub (WSU) def. Jolley/Yoshimoto (EWU), 9-8(7)
Richert/Fey (MSU) def. Konomos/Flynn (WSU), 8-4
Griffin/Gullickson (Portland), BYE
Petrova/Carroll (EWU) def. Schwartz/Rosen (Montana), 8-2
Becker/Schofield (Gonzaga), BYE