Northwestern University Athletics
Duo Reaches Finals of ITA Midwest Regional Championships
10/22/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 22, 2006
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Senior Alexis Prousis (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) and sophomore Georgia Rose (Mettawa, Ill./North Shore Country Day) advanced to the finals Sunday of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships hosted by Michigan State University. The duo will face Notre Dame's Buck and Tefft in Monday's final.
Prousis and Rose topped another pair of Fighting Irish in the quarterfinals, defeating Cosmianu/Krisik, 8-2. An all-Wildcat semifinal was set up when the team of freshman Samantha Murray (Altrincham, Eng./Altrincham Grammar) and junior Alexis Conill (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) knocked off Western Michigan's Jeanmarie and Pahl, 8-3. Prousis and Rose won the match against their teammates, 8-5.
In singles, Murray reached the quarterfinals by knocking off a fellow Wildcat, freshman Lauren Lui (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid), in the round of 16. Murray took the match 6-3, 6-3. She will face Notre Dame's Cosmina Ciobanu Monday. Vanessa Frankowki of Eastern Michigan defeated Rose 6-3, 6-2 in the third round.
Both freshman Suzie Matzenauer (Tacoma, Wash./Bellarmine) and sophomore Nazlie Ghazal (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral) fell in their third round singles matches.
"It was a rough day for the Wildcats," head coach Claire Pollard said. "We're hanging in there though. We've got a team in the doubles final and we're still alive in singles."
The doubles final along with quarterfinal play in the singles draw begin at 9 a.m. CT Monday morning.
Northwestern Sunday Results:
Murray/Conill def. Jeanmarie/Pahl (W.Mich), 8-3
Rose/Prousis def. Cosmianu/Krisik (ND), 8-2
Rose/Prousis def. Murray/Conill, 8-5
Murray def. Lui, 6-3
Frankowski def. Rose, 6-3, 6-2
Fudge (Ill) def. Matzenauer, 6-3, 6-4
Reilley (ND) def. Ghazal, 6-4, 6-3
