Duran And Tidwell Record Multiple Victories At ITA Regional Championships
10/27/2008 | Women's Tennis
Oct. 27, 2008
University of Richmond, Va. -
Senior Pamela Duran and sophomore Kelly Tidwell both made strong showings this past weekend at the ITA Regional Championships at Penn University. Duran won two matches to advance to the quarterfinal round of the single main draw, while Tidwell won two matches to advance from the single qualifying rounds to enter single main draw action.
Duran received a bye in the first round of action, then defeated Iulia Doci of NJIT 6-2, 6-1. Duran went on to face Hilary Bartlett of Princeton and won 6-2, 6-4. Duran now faces Bianca Aboubakara of Brown University in the quarterfinal round of play.
"I'm impressed with Pamela's performance," said head coach Mark Wesselink. "We haven't had someone go as far as she has in regional championships in a long time. Hopefully she can continue her momentum into the next couple of rounds."
Tidwell defeated Stevi Petrelli of Yale 6-3, 7-6 (5), in the first round of play of the singles qualifiying bracket. Tidwell then went onto to defeat Dina Senkina of Temple 6-1, 7-6 (3), to advance to the single main draw bracket.
Tidwell defeated Paulina Gamboa of Bucknell 6-3, 6-0, in the first round of play of the singles main draw. Tidwell then defeated Anne Houghton of Army 6-2, 6-2, before falling to top-ranked Kellie Schmitt of Marshall 6-2, 6-2.
"Kelly did really well," said Wesselink. She had a great tournament. I'm proud of her performance.
The Spiders open their spring season Jan. 17th at Norfolk State.