University of Oregon
Freeman Memorial
Metzger Stellar at Freeman Memorial Day 2
01/17/10 | Women's Tennis
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Julia Metzger knocked off her second top-100 ranked opponent in as many days at the Freeman Memorial tournament on the UNLV campus. The freshman defeated Florida's No. 1 singles player from a season ago, Marrit Boonstra, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday and then capped her singles play at the Freeman Memorial with a 7-6, 6-0 win over USC's No. 37 ranked Valeria Pulido.
Pavlina Smatova also won a match on the second day of play, defeating UNLV's Nives Pavlovic 6-4, 6-1.
See full results from both competition days below.
Day 1 Flight 1 Singles
Round 1
Trudie du Toit (UO) def. Anna Maskaljun (UNLV) 6-3, 7-6
Julia Metzger (UO) def. No. 81 Marrit Boonstra (UF) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Stacey Tan (STAN) def. Pavlina Smatova (UO) 6-4, 6-4
Round 2
Stephanie Hoffpauir (UCLA) def. Trudie du Toit (UO) 7-6, 6-4
(8) Carolyn McVeigh (STAN) def. Julia Metzger (UO) 6-4, 6-3
Consolation
(4) Jana Albers (UNLV) def. Pavlina Smatova (UO) 6-4, 6-3
Day 1 Flight 2 Singles
Round 1
Natalie Dillon (STAN) def. Sabine Fuchs (UO) 6-1, 6-1
Day 1 Flight 1 Doubles
Round 1
Micaela Hein/Nadia Abdala (ASU) def. Sabine Fuchs/Trudie du Toit (UO) 8-3
Sianna Simmons/Ashlee Brown (ASU) def. Pavlina Smatova/Julia Metzger (UO) 8-5
Day 2 Flight 1 Singles
Additional Singles Matches
Pavlina Smatova (UO) def. Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) 6-4, 6-1
Julia Metzger (UO) def. No. 37 Valeria Pulido (USC) 7-6, 6-0
Day 2 Flight 1 Doubles
Consolation Doubles
Pavlina Smatova/Julia Metzger (UO) def. Nives Pavlovic/Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) 8-3
The other portion of the Oregon women's tennis team competed at John and Phil's Toyota Championships in Corvallis on Saturday and the four Ducks in attendance could not have done much better.
In the 20-women open division bracket, Mahdi Besovic, Molly McDevitt, Emmanuelle Cor and Patricia Skowronski have all advanced to the final four, with matches resuming tomorrow. Skowronski will battle Cor at the bottom of the bracket while McDevitt and Besovic will play at the top, with the winners to square off for the championship at noon.
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