Iyer, Mang Pull Out Upsets On First Day Of Freeman Memorial

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Iyer, Mang Pull Out Upsets On First Day Of Freeman Memorial

1/13/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

By: Duke Sports Information

LAS VEGAS ? A pair of Duke freshmen ? Tara Iyer and Melissa Mang ? began the first spring season of their Duke women's tennis careers with a bang, upsetting players from the two top-ranked teams in the country Friday at the Freeman Memorial Invitational hosted by UNLV.

Iyer defeated No. 2 Anne Yelsey of Stanford, the No. 1 team in the country according to the first Fila Collegiate tennis poll released Tuesday, advancing to the quarterfinal round of the tournament. Mang lost in the second round, but her big win came in the first match, when she defeated No. 15 Boglarka Berecz of second-ranked Florida.

“This was really good for both players to get some confidence heading into the spring season,” said head coach Jamie Ashworth. “Both of them had decent wins in the fall, but neither of them had quality ranked wins where you thought, ?Wow, that was amazing,' or ?she has to be in the top half of our lineup.' To get those wins in the first matches of the spring is really good, and hopefully it will set the tone for the rest of the season.”

The loss to Iyer was Yelsey's second to a Duke player in 2005-06, as junior Daniela Bercek defeated her, 7-5, 6-0, in the quarterfinals of the fall Riviera/Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Tournament.

Senior Jackie Carleton and freshman Jessi Robinson also represented No. 14 Duke at the Freeman Invitational. No. 27 Carleton topped No. 62 Natasa Vuckovic of South Carolina before falling in the second round to UCLA's Laura Gordon. Robinson lost her first match to another UCLA contender, Tracy Lin.

With only four players at the tournament, Duke had the opportunity to try out new doubles pairings, but the duos of Mang/Iyer and Carleton/Robinson lost their first-round matches. Mang and Iyer fell to Capannolo/Abdalla from Arizona State, while Logar/Durkin of Stanford defeated Carleton and Robinson.

Play resumes at 1:30 p.m. EDT Saturday at UNLV's Fertitta Tennis Complex.

RESULTS
FLIGHT ONE SINGLES
ROUND ONE Jan. 13
(1) Anne Yelsey (STAN) BYE
Tara Iyer (DUKE) def. Kady Pooler (ASU) 6-0, 6-3
(7) Riza Zalameda (UCLA) def. Blakeley Griffifth (UT) 6-1, 6-4
Carine Vermeulen (SCAL) def. Gira Schofield (SCAR) 7-6, 6-3
(4) Elena Gantcheva (UNLV) def. BYE
Elizabeth Lumpkin (UCLA) def. Laura Ganzer (SCAR) 6-2, 6-4
Melissa Mang (DUKE) def. (6) Boglarka Berecz (UF) 6-4, 6-1
Celia Durkin (STAN) def. Rebecca Rankin (ASU) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
Laura Gordon (UCLA) def. Melissa Schaub (UT) 6-2, 6-0
(8) Jackie Carleton (DUKE) def. Natasa Vuckovic (SCAR) 6-2, 6-2
Sabrina Capannolo (ASU) def. Nina Suvak (UF) 6-4, 6-2
(3) Alice Barnes (STAN) BYE
Roxanne Clarke (ASU) def. Vicki Jones (UT) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
(5) Theresa Logar (STAN) def. Megan McGavock (SCAR) 6-2, 6-2
Tracy Lin (UCLA) def. Jessi Robinson (DUKE) 6-1, 6-1
(2) Amanda Fink (USC) BYE

ROUND TWO Jan. 13
Iyer (DUKE) def. (1) Yelsey (STAN) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
Vermeulen (SCAL) def. (7) Zalameda (UCLA) 6-2, 6-1
(4) Gantcheva (UNLV) def. Lumpkin (UCLA) 6-3, 7-6
Durkin (STAN) def. Mang (DUKE) def. 6-3, 6-0
Gordon (UCLA) def. (8) Carleton (DUKE) 6-3, 6-0
(3) Barnes (STAN) Capannolo (ASU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
(5) Logar (STAN) def. Clarke (ASU) 7-5, 6-0
Lin (UCLA) def. (2) Fink (USC) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2

FLIGHT ONE DOUBLES
ROUND ONE Jan. 13
(1) Alice Barnes/Anne Yelsey (STAN) BYE
Sabrina Capannolo/Laila Abdalla (ASU) def. Melissa Mang/Tara Iyer (DUKE) 8-2
Anca Anastasiu/Judy Devera (SCAL) def. (3) Melissa Schaub/Samantha Orlin (UT) 8-4
Reza Zalameda/Laura Gordon (UCLA) def. Gira Schofield/Natasa Vuckovic (SCAR) 8-5
Alex McGoodwin/Elizabeth Lumpkin (UCLA) def. Nina Suvak/Alex Liles (UF) 8-4
(4) Amanda Fink/Carine Vermeulen (SCAL) def. Laura Ganzer/Danielle Wiggins (SCAR) 8-3
Theresa Logar/Celia Durkin (STAN) def. Jackie Carleton/Jessi Robinson (DUKE) 8-6
(2) Kady Pooler/Roxanne Clarke (ASU) BYE