Shocks fall in first round of NCAA tennis tournament

May 14, 2011

{FAYETTEVILLE, Ar.} — Wichita State (17-10, 7-0 MVC) fell to No. 15 Clemson University (20-10, 6-5 ACC), 4-0 on Saturday in the first round of the 2011 NCAA Tennis tournament. The Shockers-Tigers match was played in cold, windy conditions at the Billingsley Family Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas.

In doubles the Shockers fought hard against the Tigers in all three matches but were unable to capture the point. Freshman Veronika Blaskova and Montse Blasco Fernandez faced a tough opponent in Josipa Bek and Keri Wong, the No.

6 ranked doubles team in the country, in the No. 1 match and the freshman battled hard but fell 8-1 to the Tigers duo. In the No. 3 match, Delia Damaschin and Carla Venticinque gave Caroline Magnusson and Kiara Vyskocilova a good test but were defeated, 8-1 to give Clemson the point.

Raphaela Zotter and Lutfiana Budiharto were down 5-4 in the No.2 match when the point was decided.

Wichita State battled in the singles matches but the Tigers prevailed to take the match. Maria Belaya defeated Venticinque, 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 5 position for Clemson's first singles win and Keri Wong, the 48th ranked player in the country defeated Zotter, 6-1, 6-1 to give Clemson their third point. Blaskova battled in the No. 3 match but fell to Vyskocilova, 6-2,

6-3 to give Clemson the victory.

Bek led Budiharto, 7-5, 3-1 and Caroline Magnusson led Blasco Fernandez, 7-6 when the match was decided. Damaschin had a 6-2, 2-3 advantage over No. 114 Nelly Ciolkowski of Clemson.

Clemson will now face the winner of the Arkansas/Sacramento State match on Sunday afternoon. The winner will advance to the Sweet 16 next weekend in Stanford, Calif.

No. 15 Clemson Tigers 4 Wichita State Shockers 0

Doubles

1. No. 6 Bek/Wong (CLEM) defeated Blasco Fernandez/Blaskova (WSU), 8-1

2. Belaya/Henry (CLEM) vs. Budiharto/Zotter (WSU), 5-4 unfinished

3. Magnusson/Vyskocilova (CLEM) defeated Damaschin/Venticinque (WSU), 8-1

Singles

1. No. 11 Josipa Bek (CLEM) led Lutfiana Budiharto (WSU), 7-5, 3-1 unfinished

2. No. 48 Keri Wong (CLEM) defeated Raphaela Zotter (WSU), 6-1, 6-1

3. Klara Vyskocilova (CLEM) defeated Veronika Blaskova (WSU), 6-2, 6-3

4. Delia Damaschin (WSU) led No. 114 Nelly Ciolkowski (CLEM), 6-2, 2-3 unfinished

5. Maria Belaya (CLEM) defeated Carla Venticinque (WSU), 6-2, 6-1

6. Caroline Magnusson (CLEM) vs. Montse Blasco Fernandez, 7-6, unfinished