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Women's Tennis
at Kitty Harrison Invitational
Thursday, November 1
Columbus, Ohio
All Day
Duke University
vs
Day One
Nze Advances At National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships
11/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Columbus, Ohio ? Freshman Ellah Nze won her first match at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Indoor Championships on Thursday, as she was the only Blue Devil competitor to advance to the round of 16.
Nze defeated 40th-ranked Pavla Mesterova of Loyola Marymount, 6-3, 6-1, in opening round play and will now meet sixth-ranked and No. 5 seed Zuzana Zemenova of Baylor on Friday.
Freshman Reka Zsilinszka was also in action on Thursday, as she suffered just her second loss of the fall season to 14th-ranked Laura Vallverdu of Miami, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(2). Zsilinszka begins consolation play on Friday versus Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary.
The Blue Devil duo of sophomore Amanda Granson and junior Melissa Mang dropped an 8-1 decision to the ninth-ranked tandem of Brook Buck and Kelcy Teft of Notre Dame on Thursday, and now move on to consolation action. The pair will face Amanda Fink and Amanda Fink and Gabriela Niculescu of USC on Friday.
The National Indoor Championships is the second of three national tournaments for singles and doubles during the 2007-08 collegiate tennis season. The Ohio State University is hosting this week's championships at the Racquet Club of Columbus.
For full draws, live stats and more information on the ITA National Indoor Championships visit www.itatennis.com.
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