Thursday, April 13, 2006

MACON, Ga. - The no. 3 Campbell women's tennis squad edged no. 6 Belmont, 4-2, in the final quarterfinal match on Thursday.

Belmont (6-9) started off well taking the doubles' point, but Campbell (13-7) battled back winning four of five singles' matches in earning the victory.

Nina Surviladze (no. 3) and Anita Dajc (no. 5) squeaked by their opponents in three-sets. Iva Stojancev and Liza Bensimon each picked up singles' victories for the Fighting Camels.

The Fighting Camels will battle no. 2 Stetson, Friday at 2 p.m. in Macon.



Doubles
No. 1 Johansson/Pozo (Belmont) def. Alfonzo/Surviladze (Campbell) 8-6
No. 2 Stojancev/Bensimon (Campbell) def. Bradley/Rhodes (Belmont) 8-0
No. 3 Conyer/Griffith (Belmont) def. Dajc/Ahuja (Campbell) 8-1

Singles
No. 1 Linda Johansson (Belmont) def. Scarlet Alfonzo (Campbell) 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Iva Stojancev (Campbell) def. Tatiana Pozo (Belmont) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Nina Surviladze (Campbell) def. Elizabeth Conyer (Belmont) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 Liza Bensimon (Campbell) def. April Bradley (Belmont) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 Anita Dajc (Campbell) def. Katie Rhodes (Belmont) 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 Tanya Ahuja (Campbell) vs. Christina Griffith (Belmont) DNF

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