Sept. 22, 2007

PULLMAN, Wash. - The Washington State Cougars will be sending three singles players and two doubles teams to the finals Sunday for the Cougar Classic.

For No.1 singles senior Ekaterina Burduli (Tel Aviv, Israel) defeated Gonzaga's Aglaya Kokurina 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the finals. She will face Boise States Bianca Jochimsen in finals.

"Eka our team captain, comes out everyday and takes care of business, " Washington State's Head Coach Lisa Hart said. "The other players on the team really look up to her for that."

The Cougars will also be sending No. 2 singles player Aleksandra Stefanova and No. 3 singles player Marina Nicolas to the finals as well. Nicolas a freshman has only lost 4 games in her three singles matches during the tournament.

Washington State will be sending a team to the finals to both No.1 and No.2 doubles. Burduli and freshman Ekaterina Kamendova will team up to take on Bianca Jochimsen and Laura Baum from Boise State in the finals. In No. 2 doubles Bianca Selaru and Marina Nicolas will face Danielle Farmer and Rika Medndiratta from Gonzaga.

2007 Cougar Classic Day Two Results
#1 Singles
Semifinals
Ekatertina Burduli (WSU) def. Aglaya Kokurina (Gonzaga), 6-0, 6-2
Bianca Jochimsen (BSU) def. Ekaterina Kamendova (WSU), 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
Consolation
Aleksandra Cekic (WSU) def. Martyna Nowak (Montana) 6-2, 6-1
Irimescu (Idaho) def. Kerstyn Dolack (EWU), 6-2, 6-1
Backdraw
Megan Sporndli (Portland) def. Laura Baum (BSU), Scratch
Emily Anderson (Gonzaga) def. Corina Lazar (Wyoming), Scratch
Kasey Knox (EWU), BYE
Lindsey Griffin (Portland) def. Liz Walker (Montana), Scratch
#2 Singles
Semifinals
Rika Mehndiratta (Gonzaga) def. Yvette Ly (Idaho), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Aleksandra Stefanova (WSU) def. Rachel Berger (EWU), 6-1, 6-3
Consolation
Rebecca Berger (Wyoming) def. Kristen MacWialliams (Gonzaga), 6-3, 6-1
Rebecca Bran (Montana) def. Danielle Farmer (Gonzaga), 6-4, 6-4
Backdraw
Jana Siwa (Idaho), BYE
Amanda Bran (Montana) def. Marie Demerath (EWU), 7-6, 6-0
Bianca Selaru (WSU) def. Jenna Tanzer (Portland), 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
Stefanie Doolittle (Portland) def. Jamie Nelson (Wyoming), 6-0, 6-2
#3 Singles
Semifinals
Anna Gullickson (Portland) def. Jessica Gomez (WSU), 6-4, 6-2
Marina Nicolas (WSU) def. Carly VanHollen (Wyoming), 6-0, 6-2
Consolation
Natalie Kirch (Idaho) def. Carrie Schofield (Gonzaga), 7-5, 6-3
Audree Jenks (Portland) def. Courtney Lau (Gonzaga), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Backdraw
Amanda Mankovits (EWU) def. Kayla Moyse (Montana), 6-4, 6-2
Sarah Leuenberger (EWU) def. Clare Dodge (Gonazaga), 6-3, 6-1
Kayla Dantzler (Idaho), BYE
Jessica Souza (Montana), BYE
#4 Singles
Semifinals
Carolina Chaix (Wyoming) def. Cara Lehman (Montana), 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Michelle Brown (Wyoming) def. Alyson Lee (Gonzaga), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Consolation
Laura Housinger (Gonzaga) def. Nicole Fleckenstein (Portland), 6-2, 6-0
Kara Konomos (WSU) def. Elaine Aragones (EWU), 6-3, 6-2
Backdraw
Livia Gherman (WSU) def. Judy Liening (EWU), 7-6, 5-7, 6-2
Katie Colton (Gonzaga) def. Jessica Casebier (WSU), 7-6, 6-1
#1 Doubles
Second Round
Burduli/Kamendova (WSU) def. Walker/Nowak (Montana), 8-4
Griffin/Sporndli (Portland) def. Anderson/Kokurina (Gonzaga), 8-7
Cekic/Gomez (WSU) def. Bran/Bran (Montana), 8-5
Jochimsen/Baum (BSU) def. Knox/Mankovits (EWU), 8-6
Semifinals
Burduli/Kamendova (WSU) def. Griffin/Sprondli (Portland), 9-7
Jochimsen/Baum (BSU) def. Cekic/Gomez (WSU), 8-3
Consolation
Demerath/Dolack (EWU), BYE
Brown/Lazer (Wyoming), BYE
Berger/VanHollen (Wyoming) def. Schofield/MacWilliams (Gonzaga), 8-6
Doolittle/Tanzer (Portland) def. Irimescu/Siwa (Idaho), 9-8
Demerath/Dolack (EWU) def. Brown/Lazer (Wyoming), Scratch
Doolittle/Tanzer (Portland) def. Berger/VanHollen (Wyoming), 8-3
Backdraw
Anderson/Kokurina (Gonzaga) def. Walker/Nowak (Montana), 8-3
Knox/Mankovits (EWU) def. Bran/Bran (Montana), 8-1
Irimescu/Siwa (Idaho) def. Schofield/MacWilliam (Gonzaga), 8-5
#2Doubles
Second Round
Gullickson/Jenks (Portland) def. Ly/Kirch (Idaho), 8-3
Mehndiratta/Farmer (Gonzaga) def. Moyse/Dantzler (Montana), 9-7
Souza/Lehman (Montana) def. Lee/Colton (Gonzaga), 8-4
Selaru/Nicolas (WSU) def. Leuenberger/Berger (EWU), 8-2
Semifinals
Mehndiratta/Farmer (Gonzaga) def. Gullickson/Jenks (Portland), 9-8
Selaru/Nicolas (WSU) def. Souza/Lehman (Montana), 8-4
Consolation
Liening/Argones (EWU), BYE
Gherman/Stefanova (WSU) def. Chaix/Nelson (Wyoming), 8-6
Konomos/Casebier (WSU), BYE
Lau/Dodge (Gonzaga) def. Fleckenstein/Housinger (Portland/Gonzaga), Scratch
Gherman/Stefanova (WSU) def. Liening/Argones (EWU), 8-4
Lau/Dodge (Gonzaga) def. Konomos/Casebier (WSU), 8-3
Backdraw
Chaix/Nelson (Wyoming), BYE
Fleckenstein/Housinger (Portland/Gonzaga), BYE
Chaix/Nelson (Wyoming) def. Fleckenstein/Housinger (Portland/Gonzaga), Default.
Ly/Kirch (Idaho) def. Moyse/Dantzler (Montana), 8-5
Leuenberger/Berger (EWU) def. Lee/Colton (Gonzaga), 8-0