April 28, 2011

OJAI,Calif.- The Washington State women's tennis team completed its first day of competition at the Pacific-10 Conference tournament this afternoon.

In the championship draw, Elisabeth Fournier fell to No. 21 Mari Andersson of California 6-1, 6-4. Ksenia Googe lost to No. 2 Maria Sanchez of USC 6-1, 6-1. Liudmila Vasilieva was defeated by ASU's Micaela Hein

In the invitational bracket first round, Andjela Kankaras won her first match 6-2, 6-1 over California's Catie Visico. She also had a victory over Lyndsay Kinstler of USC 6-1, 6-4. Kankaras advances to a quarterfinal match tomorrow at noon against Morgan Thomas of UCLA.

In other invitational matches, Erin Troedson fell in her first match to Sianna Simmons of Arizona State. Olga Musilovich lost in the third set to Arizona's Jane Huh 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Quarterfinal singles play continues tomorrow afternoon, while doubles action kicks off in the morning. The Cougars have two teams in the championship bracket and one in the invitational draw.

WASHINGTON STATE TENNIS
Pacific-10 Championships
April 28, 2011
Ojai, Calif.
Championship Flight Singles
Round of 32
No. 21 Mari Andersson (Cal) def. Elisabeth Fournier (WSU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 Maria Sanchez (USC) def. Ksenia Googe (WSU) 6-1, 6-1
Micaela Hein (ASU) def. Luda Vasilieva (WSU) 6-1, 6-3
Invitational Flight Singles
Round of 32 
Andjela Kankaras (WSU) def. Catie Visico (Cal) 6-2, 6-1
Sianna Simmons (ASU) def. Erin Troedson (WSU) 6-1, 6-0
Round of 16
Andjela Kankaras (WSU) def. Lyndsay Kinstler (USC) 6-1, 6-4
Jane Huh (Ariz) def. Olga Musilovich (WSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
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