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Jan. 17, 2004

PULLMAN, Wash.- New partners bode well for the Cougars as they take three of four doubles matches in the first round of competition Saturday at the Pac-10 Indoor Championships in Seattle.

Freshman Nelly Dvornicka and junior Zsofia Fodor competed for the first time together and defeated Washington's Flynn/Naruse 8-3. Another first-time partnership freshman Amy Toth and junior Nora Gaal also captured a win over Joshi/Yaftali of UCLA, 9-7. After a quarterfinal bye the tandem fell to DeVera/Matias of USC, 8-1 in the semifinal round.

The regionally-ranked No. 9 doubles tandem of Lorena Arias and Chris Martinez also knocked off their opponents, Oregon's Ferreira/Larocque, 8-2. The tandem withdrew from their quarterfinals match due to fatigue.

In other doubles action Cougars Zorana Roganovic and Orsolya Sallai were defeated by Washington's Carter/Sumantri, 8-3.

In singles consolation play the Cougars recorded 6 wins, and two players received byes into the semifinal round.

By knocking off Arizona's Kelly Duncan, 6-2, 7-5 in consolation quarterfinals play, Roganovic improves her win total to 8 in tournament play this season. Roganovic went on to face teammate Fodor and fell to her in the semifinals 6-2, 0-6, 6-2.

Fodor will go on to face either Cheryl Naruse or Megan Flynn, both from Washington, in the finals on Sunday.

Arias knocked off USC's Dianne Matias, 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals and went on to defeat Oregon's Courtney Nagle 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals giving her 12 tournament wins on the season. She will face either UCLA's Sarah Gregg or Jude DeVera of ASU in the final round Sunday.

"Today was awesome, we are really coming together as a team," said Washington State Head Coach Lisa Hart. "I was really impressed with the way we fought for every point."

For complete results and information on the tournament visit www.gohuskies.com

WSU RESULTS


Singles (quarterfinals)
Ester Bak (UO) def. Nelly Dvornicka (WSU), 6-3, 7-3(3)


Singles (consolation, quarterfinals)
Orsolya Sallai (WSU)-BYE
Sarah Gregg (UCLA) def. Amy Toth (WSU) 6-2, 6-1
Lorena Arias (WSU) def. Dianne Matias (USC), 6-3, 6-2
Chris Martinez (WSU) def. Jessica Leck (Stan) 6-4, 6-1
Zsofia Fodor (WSU)-BYE
Zorana Roganovic (WSU) def. Kelly Duncan (UA), 6-2, 7-5


Singles (consolation, semifinals)
Zsofia Fodor (WSU) def. Zorana Roganovic (WSU), 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
Chris Martinez (WSU) def. Monika Kolbovic (UW), 6-1, 6-3
Lorena Arias (WSU) def. Courtney Nagle (UW), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
Catherine Lynch (Cal) def. Orsolya Sallai (WSU), 6-1, 7-5


Doubles (first round)
Arias/Martinez (WSU) def. Ferreira/Larocque (UO), 8-2
Carter/Sumantri (UW) def. Roganovic/Sallai (WSU), 8-3
Dvornicka/Fodor (WSU) def. Flynn/Naruse (UW), 8-3
Gaal/Toth (WSU) def. Joshi/Yaftali (UCLA), 9-7


Doubles (quarterfinals)
Arias/Martinez (WSU)- Withdrew (fatigue)
Dvornicka/Fodor (WSU) def. Lynch/Shu (CAL), 0-0
Gaal/Toth (WSU)-BYE


Doubles (semifinals)
DeVera/Matias (USC) def. Gaal/Toth (WSU), 8-1


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