Nov. 3, 2006
COLUMBUS, OH – Kristi Miller and Kirsten Flower captured second-round victories in the singles draw at the ITA National Indoor Championships, but were unable to advance past the quarterfinals, as both dropped straight-set decisions in Friday afternoon’s competition.
Miller, the No. 3 seed, posted a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Tennessee’s Blakeley Griffith in the Round of 16 Friday morning, but dropped a 6-0, 6-3 match to Fresno Pacific’s Jelena Pandzic, the No. 6 seed in the tournament in the evening session.
Flower knocked off 72nd-ranked Shadisha Robinson in the Round of 16, 6-3, 6-1, but couldn’t overcome the strong play of fourth-seeded and 19th-ranked Melanie Gloria of Fresno State, falling 6-4, 6-3 to end her ITA National Indoors run.
The Yellow Jacket’s 20th-ranked duo of Miller and senior Alison Silverio concluded their play in the doubles portion of the ITA National Indoor Championships when they fell to the Northwestern’s third-ranked tandem of Georgia Rose and Alexis Prousis, 8-3, to start the day’s competition.
Georgia Tech’s ITA National Indoor Championship Results:
[No. X indicates seed in ITA National Indoor Championships;
(X) indicates current ranking.]
Singles
(R32) No. 5 (2) Kristi Miller (GT) def. Cismina Ciobanu (ND), 6-3, 6-1
(R32) Kirsten Flower (GT) def. No. 5 (3) Theresa Logar (Stanford), 6-4, 6-4
(R16) No. 5 (2) Miller (GT) def. Blakeley Griffith (Tennessee), 6-1, 6-2
(R16) Flower (GT) def. (72) Shadisha Robinson (USF), 6-3, 6-1
(QF) No. 6 Jelena Pandzic (Fresno Pacific) def. No. 5 (2) Miller, 6-0, 6-3
(QF) No. 4 (19) Melanie Gloria (Fresno State) def. Flower, 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
(R16) (27) Brook Buck/Kelcey Tefft (ND) def. (20) Miller/Alison Silverio (GT), 8-5
(CQF) (6) Georgia Rose/Alexis Prousis (NW) (20) def. Miller/Silverio (GT), 8-3
