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10/17/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. - The Duke women's tennis team will begin ITA Southeast Regional Championship play on Thursday, as junior Jessi Robinson will be the first to take to the court in the qualifying bracket.
Robinson is set to take on a player who has advanced from the prequalifying draw at 8:30 a.m. at the University of North Carolina's Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill.
Six Blue Devils will play their first regional matches in the singles main draw on Friday morning. Junior Melissa Mang will take on a qualifer to be determined and sophomore Amanda Granson will square off agaisnst Rosalia Alda of Tennessee at 8:30 a.m.
Freshman Reka Zsilinszka will face Anja Gugger of Appalachian State at 9:30 a.m., while sophomore Elizabeth Plotkin awaits an opponent to be determined for an 11:30 a.m. matchup.
At 12:30 p.m., senior Tory Zawacki will take on Samantha Orlin of Tennessee before freshman Ellah Nze goes up against Kelsey Linville of Davidson at 1:30 p.m.
In main draw doubles action, the Duke duos of Plotkin and Zsilinszka, Granson and Mang, and Robinson and Nze all received first-round byes. Plotkin and Zsilinszka will face Charlotte's tandem of Yudeshnee Pillay and Ana Spivakovsky or Memphis' duo of Marjorie Ondeck and Lindsey Wiseman.
Granson and Mang will take on either Jelena Durisic and Linzee Mabrey (North Carolina) or Pooja Kommireddi and Claudio Szabo (Middle Tennessee State), while Nze and Robinson are set to go up against Gugger and Heather Prior of Appalachian State or Jenny Gomez and Laura Kriett of Gardner Webb.
The 2007 ITA Southeast Regional Championships will run from Oct. 17-22, with all matches set to be held at the University of North Carolina's Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Play begins Wednesday with pre-qualifying and concludes next Monday with the championship matches.
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