November 7, 2004

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The Virginia Tech women's tennis team concluded the fall portion of the 2004-05 schedule on Sunday at the Inaugural UNC Kitty Harrison Invitational. The event is hosted by the University of North Carolina and was held at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, where both indoor and outdoor courts were used in the tournament.

The tournament featured players from Duke, Miami, Minnesota, Wake Forest, Washington State, Winthrop and

Virginia Tech and the host Tar Heels. The tournament utilized a hidden-dual format where each match was a dual between two teams, competing either in singles or doubles. However, the event is considered an individual competition and no team scores were calculated. Instead, all results were recorded per individual and contributed to the players' ITA rankings for the 2004-05 season.

Sunday's final day began on a down note for the Hokies as they dropped all four double matches against Duke but bounced back to split four singles matches versus Washington State. The Cougars are coached by former Tech head coach Lisa Hart. The Hokies also won two of three singles contests against Minnesota.

DOUBLES

Duke vs. Virginia Tech

1. Jackie Carleton/Tory Zawacki (Duke) def. Felice Lam/J.J. Larson (VT) 8-3

2. Katie Blaszak/Kristin Cargill (Duke) def. Ashley James/Anat Elazari (VT) 8-5

3. Jenny Zika/Clelia Deltour (Duke) def. Kate Harrington/Jessica Long (VT) 8-3

4. Saras Arasu/Parker Goyer (Duke) def. Meredith Holmes/Bethan James (VT) 8-1

SINGLES

Virginia Tech vs. Washington State

1. #73 Anat Elazari (VT) def. Nora Gaal (WSU) 6-2, 6-1

2. Amy Toth (WSU) def. J.J. Larson (VT) 6-4, 6-1

3. Orsi Sallai (WSU) def. Jessica Long (VT) 6-1, 6-4

4. Ashley James (VT) def. Chris Martinez (WSU) 7-5, 6-2

EXHIBITION SINGLES

Danielle Mousseau (Minnesota) def. Bethan James (VT)5-7, 6-3, (10-7)

Kate Harrington (VT) def. Jenna Tellefsen (Minnesota)6-0, 6-0

Meredith Holmes (VT) def. Shelby Rohrer (Minnesota) 6-0, 6-1

The Hokies will not return to the court until Jan. 29, at home, when they open the dual match season, as well as make their ACC debut, against Clemson at noon. Tech will host Radford later that same day at 6 p.m.