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ITA Regional Main Draw
Georgia Rose Wins ITA Regional Championship
10/23/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 23, 2007
EVANSTON, Ill.-- Georgia Rose (Mettawa, Ill./North Shore Country Day) and Samantha Murray (Altrincham, England/Altrincham Grammar) squared off in the finals of the Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championships on Tuesday at the Combe Tennis Center, where Rose won the bout 6-2, 6-3.
Rose came in as the tournament's No. 1 seed and defeated Big Ten foes from Iowa and Minnesota before facing three-straight opponents from Notre Dame, who she dispatched with ease to reach the finals. Rose's semifinal match came against Cosmina Ciobanu of Notre Dame, who she defeated, 6-2, 6-2. She played the entire tournament without dropping a single set.
The tournament's No. 2 seed, Murray, took a similar route to the finals as she defeated three Big Ten opponents and two from Notre Dame, while dropping just one set in five matches before her finals match against Rose. In the semifinals, she beat Tania Mahtani of Michigan 6-2, 6-1.
Suzie Matzenauer (Tacoma, Wash./Bellarmine) and Maria Mosolova (Moscow, Russia) also reached the tournament's round of 16, but both fell in their respective matches.
In the doubles draw, Rose also reached the finals with partner Lauren Lui (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid), but lost a close match, 9-7, to Buck and Tefft of Notre Dame. All four pairs of 'Cats doubles teams made it to the quarterfinals, while Alexis Conill (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) and Mosolova made it through to the semifinals along with Rose and Lui.
Full tournament results can be found by: clicking here
