Los, Pezzotti Win Doubles Draw on Second Day of Kentucky Invite

Oct. 1, 2011

Kentucky Invitational Day 2

LEXINGTON, Ky. –

Sophomore Paulina Los and junior Monica Pezzotti were crowned champions of Doubles Draw A Saturday on the second day of the Kentucky Invitational in Lexington, Ky. The University of Kansas women’s tennis team went 2-4 in singles competition and 1-2 in doubles for the day.

Los and Pezzotti defeated Armstrong Atlantic’s Aleksandra Filipovski and Barbora Krtickova, 8-5, to take first in Doubles Draw A. Sophomore transfer Claire Dreyer and freshman Karen Hernandez fell in the championship of Doubles Draw B to AAU’s Marlen Hacke and Olga Kalodzitsa, 8-3.

In singles competition, sophomore Amy Barnthouse bested Shilpa Naruka of Morehead State, 6-3, 6-1, to reach the championship match of Singles Draw G. Dreyer defeated Purdue’s Kay Kay Magi, 6-3, 6-3, to reach the fifth-place match in Singles Draw D.

The finals of all singles draws are set to begin Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Please check back with kuathletics.com for complete results.

Kentucky Invitational Results Day Two

Singles
Round 2
Draw B
Fox (Kentucky) def. Los (KU), 6-2, 6-3

Draw C
Dushkina (Purdue) def. Hernandez (KU), 6-2, 6-0

Draw D
Dreyer (KU) def. Magi (Purdue), 6-3, 6-3

Draw E
Henry (AAU) def. Pezzotti (KU), 6-4, 6-2

Draw F
Perez (AAU) def. Khanevskaya (KU), 6-1, 6-4

Draw G
Barnthouse (KU) def. Naruka (Morehead State), 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
Finals
Draw A
Los/Pezzotti (KU) def. Filipovski/Krtickova (AAU), 8-5

Draw B
Hacke/Kalodzitsa (AAU) def. Hernandez/Dreyer (KU), 8-3

Draw C
Garrett/Cran (Morehead State) def. Barnthouse/Khanevskaya (KU), 8-4