Godwin Advances to Quarterfinals at ITA Southern Regionals
10/25/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 25, 2008
ATHENS, Ga. - Senior Shelley Godwin picked up a pair of wins Saturday securing a bid to the "B" draw quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional Championships held at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The Tide picked up a total of five singles wins on the day.
"We had some strong matches today and a few tough ones," said head coach Jenny Mainz. "We had our chances in all of our matches and competed hard. We need to trust our shots and believe we can close when it's time."
Six players represented Alabama in the singles "A" draw with three splitting matches. Despite dropping the first set 1-6, Paulina Bigos came back to win her round of 64 match by taking the second and third sets 7-6(4), 6-0 against Miami's Alessa Weibel. In the round of 32, Bigos was tripped up by Florida State's Katie Rybakova 7-6(1), 6-2. Tiffany Welcher was victorious in her opening appearance of the day 7-6(2), 6-4 to South Florida's Allyn Mueller before stumbling against the Seminoles' Lauren Macfarlane 6-3, 7-6(6). Courtney McLane picked up a win against Auburn's Whitney Chappell in the round of 64 7-5, 6-2, but lost her next round contest to the Hurricane's Michaela Kissel 6-1, 6-1.
Meritt Emery and Alice Tunaru's round of 64 losses were extremely close two-setters. Emery fell 7-5, 7-5 to Bianca Eichkorn of Miami, while Tunaru was edged ever so slightly by Florida A&M's Rachel Pye 7-6(4), 7-6(8). Taylor Lindsey was also tripped up in her first-round match falling to Ole Miss' Kristi Boxx 7-5, 6-1.
Godwin took court for the Tide in the singles "B" draw where the senior enjoyed a very successful day. After a somewhat close 7-5, 6-4 win over Florida State's Bonny Davidson, Godwin easily took control of Kennesaw State's Lindsay Dillon winning 6-0, 6-0. Godwin plays South Florida's Lauren Shumate at 1:00 p.m. (CST) Sunday.
"Shelley played with confidence and took care of business," added Mainz. "She's been working hard to piece it together."
Match play will resume Sunday and finish up on Monday.
RESULTS
Bianca Eichkorn (Miami) def. Meritt Emery (UA) 7-5, 7-5
Paulina Bigos (UA) def. Alessa Weibel (Miami) 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-0
Katie Rybakova (FSU) def. Paulina Bigos (UA) 7-6(1), 6-2
Tiffany Welcher (UA) def. Allyn Mueller (USF) 7-6(2), 6-4
Lauren Macfarlane (FSU) def. Tiffany Welcher (UA) 6-3, 7-6(6)
Kristi Boxx (Miss) def. Taylor Lindsey (UA) 7-5, 6-1
Courtney McLane (UA) def. Whitney Chappell (AU) 7-5, 6-2
Michaela Kissel (Miami) def. Courtney McLane (UA) 6-1, 6-1
Rachel Pye (FAMU) def. Alice Tunaru (UA) 7-6(4), 7-6(8)
Shelley Godwin (UA) def. Bonny Davidson (FSU) 7-5, 6-4
Shelley Godwin (UA) def. Lindsay Dillon (KSU) 6-0, 6-0
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