Nov. 7, 1997

Stanford Nearly Perfect on First Day of Northwest Rolex Regional Tournament

STANFORD, Calif. - The opening day of the 1997 Women's Northwest Rolex Regional Tennis Tournament, held at Stanford's Taube Family Tennis Stadium, went as expected with almost all of the seeded players/teams advancing through the early rounds.

The day's biggest upset came in the singles draw as California's Amy Jensen, ranked 23rd in the country and seeded third in the tournament, fell to Washington's Zuzana Stunova in 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. All of the remaining singles seeds advanced without dropping a set. On the doubles side, Stanford's Jennifer Heiser and Sarah Pestieau, playing in her first collegiate tournament, knocked off the tourney's No. 8 seed, Tunde Nagy and Patryjca Gadjzik of Washington State, 8-3. All doubles matches were played pro-set style.

Overall, Stanford fared very well on the day, dropping only one of 14 matches. The defending national champions were paced by seniors Julie Scott and Ania Bleszynski. Scott, the fifth-ranked singles player in the nation and the tournament's No. 1 seed, advanced to the third round with a bye and a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Oregon's Sarah Colistro. Scott and Bleszynski, the tourney's No. 1 seeded doubles team, advanced with a 8-2 win over Idaho's Rachel Dive and Katrina Burke. Scott will face Burke in third round singles action tomorrow. Pestieau (New York, NY/Lycee Francais) turned in a spectacular performance in her first collegiate showing. In addition to the doubles victory with Heiser, Pestieau captured her first two singles matches to advance to the third round. Heiser (Stockton, CA/Lincoln HS) also won her first two matches and will face California's Amanda Augustus, the 18th-ranked player in the nation and seeded No. 2 in the tournament, in third round action.

The tournament will continue tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. with consolation singles play. The third round of the singles draw will begin at 9:00 a.m.

Results

First Round Singles
Therese Smyth (Saint Mary's) d. Sophy Woodhouse (Stanford) 6-2,6-2
Julia Sherbakov (Stanford) d. Dana McMahon (Saint Mary's) 6-1,6-1
Sarah Pestieau (Stanford) d. Lindsay Colker (Santa Clara) 6-1,4-6,6-2
Jennifer Heiser (Stanford) d. Ashley Jensen (Santa Clara) 6-1,6-0

First Round Doubles
(1) Scott/Bleszynski (Stanford) d. Burke/Dive (Idaho) 8-2
(2) Augustus/Jensen (California) d. Penwell/McBride (CS Sacramento) 8-3
(3) Knox/Curran (California) d. Colker/Hamilton (Santa Clara) 8-1
(4) Kremer/Ashley (Stanford) d. Creighton/Peete (Fresno State) 8-2
Smyth/Shah (Saint Mary's) d. (5) Kaneshiro/Sosnow (Oregon) 8-3
Heiser/Pestieau (Stanford) d. (8) Nagy/Gajdzik (Washington State) 8-3

Second Round Singles
(1) Julie Scott (Stanford) d. Sarah Colistro (Oregon) 6-2,6-0
(2) Amanda Augustus (California) d. Helene Frankland (Washington State) 6-0,6-0
Zuzana Stunova (Washington) d. (3) Amy Jensen (California) 2-6,6-3,6-4
(4) Dora Djilianova (Fresno State) d. H. Hannesdottir (Washington) 6-0,6-0
(5) Esther Knox (California) d. Terje Pallo (Fresno State) 6-3,6-0
(6) Teryn Ashley (Stanford) d. Diana D'Audney (Pacific) 6-1,6-0
(7) Ania Bleszynski (Stanford) d. Hanna Brummet (Cal Poly SLO) 6-2,6-3
(8) Anita Kurimay (California) d. Marcela Sanchez (Pacific) 6-2,6-2
Melissa Juells (Gonzaga) d. Julia Sherbakov (Stanford) 6-2,2-6,7-6 (1)

Consolation Singles
Woodhouse (Stanford) d. Evans (Nevada) 6-1,6-2

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