Los Angeles, Calif. (Oct. 19) - The Lady Monarch tennis team is being represented in the main draw of the ITA's Women's All-American Championships Oct. 19-22 at UCLA.
Junior Ana Radeljevic (Zagreb, Croatia) and freshman Nataly Cahana (Qiriak Bialik, Israel) will be participating in the main draw as a result of advancing through the qualifying draw. They will be playing doubles while Cahana will also be playing in singles competition.
The following are results from the qualifying draw:
SINGLES
First round
Brooke Skeen (Kentucky) d. Ana Radeljevic (OD) 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 7-6(5)
Nataly Cahana (ODU) d. Becky Varnum (Notre Dame) 6-0, 6-1
Second round
Cahana (ODU) d. Maureen Diaz (Southern California) 6-2, 6-2
Third round (winners advance to main draw)
Cahana (ODU) d. Delphine Troch (William & Mary)6-2, 6-2
DOUBLES
First round
Cahana/Radeljevic (ODU) d. Mejia/Niebling (North Carolina)6-4, 6-4
Second round
Cahana/Radeljevic (ODU) d. Walker/Zlebnik (UCLA)6-3, 6-4
Third round (winners advance to main draw)
*Jezernik/Trepsicka (Nevada) d. Cahana/Radeljevic (ODU)6-4, 6-3
*Cahana/Radeljevic will participate in the main draw as a Lucky Loser.