Sept. 23, 2007
ATLANTA – Christy Striplin continued her strong start to the season with another singles and doubles sweep to lead the Yellow Jackets on the final day of competition at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational. The Yellow Jacket junior won three singles and three doubles matches while going undefeated in the three-day event.
Georgia Tech won five of six singles matches against players from the University of Georgia on the final day of competition after sweeping all three doubles matches earlier in the afternoon.
“This was a great weekend for our team,” Georgia Tech head coach Bryan Shelton said. “Overall, I’m very pleased with where we are at this point in time. We still have a lot of work to do, but I think that we have great `stuff’ on this team, which was evident this weekend, playing against some good competition.
“Our young players were looking very good, and I expect them to keep getting better. I’m just excited about the rest of the fall and looking forward to the spring. It should be a lot of fun this year.”
Striplin posted a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Cameron Ellis after teaming with freshman Noelle Hickey to defeat Georgia State’s duo of Mateja Podgorsek and Dariana Kozmina, 8-4, in doubles. Tech also received straight-set singles wins from Amanda McDowell, Maya Johansson and Kirsten Flower Sunday afternoon while Kristi Miller battled for a three-set victory against the Bulldogs’ Kelley Hyndman.
McDowell took home the singles title for the tournament, accumulating the most points of any player in the singles bracket, while the Florida State duo of Ania Rynarzewska and Katie Rybakova captured the doubles title.
Overall, Tech won 19 of its 22 singles matches in the tournament, and seven of 11 doubles matches.
The Jackets will return to action next weekend at the Baylor Invitational and the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships.
Georgia Tech Results
Singles competitionFRI Christy Striplin (Georgia Tech) def. Jessica Wente (Florida State) 6-3, 6-0FRI Maya Johansson (Georgia Tech) def. Tapiwa Marobela (Florida State) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3FRI Kristi Miller (Georgia Tech) def. Dariana Kozmina (Georgia State) 6-2, 6-1FRI Amanda McDowell (Georgia Tech) def. Agnes Sibilski (Harvard) 6-1, 6-3FRI Kirsten Flower (Georgia Tech) def. Stephanie Schnitter (Harvard) 6-1, 7-5FRI Whitney McCray (Georgia Tech) def. Eunice Lee (Harvard) 6-0, 6-0FRI Noelle Hickey (Georgia Tech) def. Samantha Rosekrans (Harvard) 6-2, 6-2FRI Sasha Krupina (Georgia Tech) def. Catriona Stewart (Harvard) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1SAT Amanda McDowell (Georgia Tech) def. Lauren Macfarlane (Florida State) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0SAT Whitney McCray (Georgia Tech) def. Ania Rynarzewska (Florida State) 6-1, 6-3SAT Katie Rybakova (Florida State) def. Kirsten Flower (Georgia Tech) 6-4, 6-3SAT Noelle Hickey (Georgia Tech) def. Carolin Walter (Florida State) 6-1, 6-1SAT Maya Johansson (Georgia Tech) def. Federica Suess (Florida State) 6-1, 6-3SAT Christy Striplin (Georgia Tech) def. Tapiwa Marobela (Florida State) 7-5, 6-4SAT Sasha Krupina (Georgia Tech) def. Jessica Wente (Florida State) 7-6, 6-3SUN Kristi Miller (Georgia Tech) def. Kelley Hyndman (Georgia) 7-5, 2-6, 6-0SUN Monika Dancevic (Georgia) def. Whitney McCray (Georgia Tech) 6-1, 6-3SUN Amanda McDowell (Georgia Tech) def. Naoko Ueshima (Georgia) 6-2, 6-4SUN Christy Striplin (Georgia Tech) def. Cameron Ellis (Georgia) 7-5, 6-3SUN Maya Johansson (Georgia Tech) def. Adrienne Elsberry (Georgia) 6-4, 6-3SUN Kirsten Flower (Georgia Tech) def. Mateja Podgorsek (Georgia State) 6-2, 6-0SUN Dariana Kozmina (Georgia State) def. Sasha Krupina (Georgia Tech) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Doubles competition FRI Macfarlane/ Wente (Florida State) def. Hickey/ McCray (Georgia Tech) 8-2 FRI Rybakova/ Rynarzewska (Florida State) def. Miller/ Krupina (Georgia Tech) 9-8 FRI Striplin/ McDowell (Georgia Tech) def. Marobela/ Walter (Florida State) 9-7 FRI Flower/ Johansson (Georgia Tech) def. Podgorsek/ Kozmina (Georgia State) 8-6 SAT Hyndman/Yvette Hyndman (Georgia) def. Krupina/ Miller (Georgia Tech) 8-4 SAT Dancevic/ Ueshima (Georgia) def. McCray/ McDowell (Georgia Tech) 9-7 SAT Johansson/ Flower (Georgia Tech) def. Elsberry/ Ellis (Georgia) 8-3 SAT Striplin/ Hickey (Georgia Tech) def. Podgorsek/ Kozmina (Georgia State) 8-4 SUN Flower/ Johansson (Georgia Tech) def. Schnitter/ Sibilski (Harvard) 8-4 SUN McCray/ McDowell (Georgia Tech) def. Rosekrans/Elizabeth Brook (Harvard) 8-4 SUN Hickey/ Striplin (Georgia Tech) def. Lee/ Stewart (Harvard) 8-2
