Oct. 15, 2005
ATHENS, Ga. – Sophomore Kristi Miller will play for the singles title Sunday morning and then team with senior Lyndsay Shosho to compete in the doubles semifinals immediately following at the Wilson/ITA South Region Championships, which is being held at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia.
Eighth-ranked Miller, the No. 3 singles seed, defeated Shosho, 6-2, 7-6 (1), in quarterfinal singles action Saturday morning and then advanced to Sunday’s final with a 6-2, 6-3 win against Alabama’s 36th-ranked Ashley Bentley, the No. 6 seed, in the semifinal. Bentley advanced to the semifinal match against Miller with a come-from-behind 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Tech’s Tarryn Rudman, the No. 15 seed, in the quarterfinals.
Miller will play Florida’s 34th-ranked Diana Srebrovic, the No. 5 singles seed in the tournament, at 9 a.m. Sunday.
Immediately following the singles championship, Miller and Shosho, the sixth-seeded doubles team in the tournament, will play USF’s duo of Gabriela Duch and Neyssa Etienne, the No. 2 seed, in the semifinals, with the winner advancing to play the winner of the other semifinal, between top-seeded Shadisha Robinson and Caroline Basu of Georgia and sixth-seeded Bentley and Robin Stephenson of Alabama.
Miller and Shosho defeated Alabama’s other doubles team of Mari Muller and Shelley Godwin, 8-2, on Saturday afternoon to advance to Sunday’s semifinal.
Because she is a finalist in the singles championship, Miller automatically earns a bid to the ITA National Indoor Tournament, which will be held November 2-5.
2005 ITA South Region Championships
Dan Magill Tennis Center, Athens, Ga.
Singles Quarterfinals, Saturday, Bracket “A”
No. 3 Kristi Miller (GT) d. Lyndsay Shosho (GT), 6-2, 7-6 (1)
No. 6 Ashley Bentley (Alabama) d. No. 15 Tarryn Rudman (GT), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Singles Semifinals, Saturday, Bracket “A”
No. 3 Kristi Miller (GT) d. No. 6 Ashley Bentley (Alabama), 6-2, 6-3
Doubles Quarterfinals, Saturday, Bracket “A”
No. 6 Miller/Shosho (GT) d. Muller/Godwin (Alabama), 8-2
Singles Round of 16, Friday, Bracket “A”
No. 3 Kristi Miller (GT) d. Liz Cruz (South Florida), 6-3, 6-2
No. 15 Tarryn Rudman (GT) d. No. 2 Shadisha Robinson (Georgia), 6-2, 7-6 (8)
Lyndsay Shosho (GT) d. No. 13 Ilona Somers (Mississippi), 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (4)
No. 4 Natalie Frazier (Georgia) d. No. 14 Kelly Anderson (GT), 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 Ashley Bentley (Alabama) d. Christy Striplin (GT), 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
Doubles Round of 32, Friday, Bracket “A”
No. 6 Miller/Shosho (GT) d. Brieholtz/Podgorsek (Georgia State), 8-3
Anderson/McCray (GT) d. Elsholz/von Samson (UAB), 8-2
Anson/Rudman (GT) d. Kristal/Kristal (SMSU), 8-5
Doubles Round of 16, Friday, Bracket “A”
No. 6 Miller/Shosho (GT) d. Mansour/Marabela (Florida State), 8-5
No. 3 Stephenson/Bentley (Alabama) d. Anderson/McCray (GT), 9-7
No. 2 Duch/Etienne (USF) d. Anson/Rudman (GT), 8-6
Singles Round of 64, Thursday, Bracket “A”
No. 3 Kristi Miller (GT) d. Irina Pljusznyin (Auburn), 6-0, 6-0
No. 14 Kelly Anderson (GT) d. Ania Rynarzewska (FSU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 15 Tarryn Rudman (GT) d. Tsitsi Masviba (Troy), 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
Lyndsay Shosho (GT) d. No. 7 Neyssa Etienne (USF), 6-1, 6-1
Whitney McCray (GT) d. Natalie McElveen (Alabama), 6-4, 6-4
Christy Striplin (GT) d. Iciri Rai (USF), 6-2, 6-4
Elvi Serrot (UCF) d. Kacie Anson (GT), 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
Singles Round of 32, Thursday, Bracket “A”
No. 3 Kristi Miller (GT) d. Shelley Godwin (Alabama), 6-0, 6-2
No. 14 Kelly Anderson (GT) d. Mari Muller (Alabama), 6-1, 6-3
No. 15 Tarryn Rudman (GT) d. Nisha Maier-Knapp (UAB), 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
Lyndsay Shosho (GT) d. Olga Ruislova (BCC), 6-0, 6-1
Christy Striplin (GT) d. No. 9 Emily Mowery (Miami), 6-1, 6-0
No. 16 Patricia Starzyk (Miami) d. Whitney McCray (GT), 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4
