Zubori Falls in USTA Invitational Final

Oct. 9, 2006

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — Freshman Ana Marija Zubori from the South Carolina women’s tennis team fell in the flight A singles championship of the USTA National Tennis Center Invitational on Monday in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.

Zubori began her run with a 6-2, 6-0 victory against Lindsay Winingham from Dartmouth on Saturday and then followed with a 6-2, 6-2 win versus Princeton’s Ivana King later that day. In the quarterfinals and semifinals on Sunday, Zubori was a 6-2, 6-0 winner over Janet Kim of Yale, and she next defeated Julia Koulbitskaya from Penn 6-1, 6-2 to reach the championship match. Melissa Saiontz from Princeton beat Zubori in the final 6-4, 6-3 to hand the Gamecock rookie her first loss of the fall. Zubori is off to a 7-1 start for her career.

Other notable performances for the Gamecocks included a pair of doubles teams that reached the quarterfinals of the A draw. Laura Ganzer and Megan McGavock registered wins against duos from Brown and Duke before falling to Preethi Mukundan and Laura Peterzan of Harvard 8-6. Christyn Lucas and Zubori upended teams from Syracuse and Virginia before losing 8-5 to Boston College’s Lauren Cash and Dasha Cherkasov.

Complete results from the tournament can be found below.

USTA National Tennis Center Invitational — Saturday, Oct. 7

Flight A Singles — Round of 32
Laura Ganzer, South Carolina, def. Lindsay Winingham, Dartmouth, 6-2, 6-0
Ana Marija Zubori, South Carolina, def. Jennifer Stevens, Virginia, 6-0, 6-4
Flight A Singles — Round of 16
Daria Petrovic, NC State, def. Laura Ganzer, South Carolina 6-0, 6-3
Ana Marija Zubori, South Carolina, def. Ivana King, Princeton, 6-2, 6-2
Flight B Singles — Round of 32
Kasia Zawadzki, Syracuse, def. Christyn Lucas, South Carolina, 6-4, 6-4
Sydney Murray, Columbia, def. Megan McGavock, South Carolina, 6-0, 6-2
Flight B Singles — Consolation
Nina Suda, Columbia, def. Christyn Lucas, South Carolina, 7-6(3), 3-6, (10-3)
#119 Preethi Mukundan, Harvard, def. Megan McGavock, South Carolina, 7-6(0), 6-1
Flight C Singles — Round of 32
Emily Ellis, Brown, def. Grace Blakely, South Carolina, 7-5, 6-2
Maria Anisimova, Pennsylvania, def. Miranda Gutierrez, South Carolina, 6-3, 6-2
Flight C Singles — Consolation
Lilian Nguyen, Yale, def. Grace Blakely, South Carolina, 6-0, 6-3
Miranda Gutierrez, South Carolina, def. Lauren McCarthy, Penn State, 5-7, 6-2, (10-6)
Flight A Doubles — Round of 32
Laura Ganzer/Megan McGavock, South Carolina, def. Emily Ellis/Kelley Kirkpatrick, Brown, 8-3
Christyn Lucas/Ana Marija Zubori, South Carolina, def. Maria Vasilyeva/Olga Votavova, Syracuse, 9-7
Flight A Doubles — Round of 16
Laura Ganzer/Megan McGavock, South Carolina, def. Kristin Cargill/Amanda Granson, Duke, 8-5
Christyn Lucas/Ana Marija Zubori, South Carolina, def. Carolina Hammond/Lindsey Pereira, Virginia, 8-1
Flight B Doubles — Round of 32
Alison Adamski/Nataly Tumsevica, St. John’s, def. Grace Blakely/Miranda Gutierrez, South Carolina, 8-4
Flight B Doubles — Consolation
Alexa Baggio/Kathrin Sorokko, Brown, def. Grace Blakely/Miranda Gutierrez, South Carolina, 8-6

USTA National Tennis Center Invitational — Sunday, Oct. 8

Flight A Singles — Quarterfinals
Ana Marija Zubori, South Carolina, def. Janet Kim, Yale, 6-2, 6-0
Flight A Singles — Semifinals
Ana Marija Zubori, South Carolina, def. Julia Koulbitskaya, Pennsylvania, 6-1, 6-2
Flight A Singles — Consolation
Laura Ganzer, South Carolina, def. Lindsey Pereira, Virginia, 6-4, 7-6(1)
Flight B Singles — Consolation
Christyn Lucas, South Carolina, def. Darcy Robertson, Princeton, 1-6, 6-4, (11-9)
Jenny Shular, Penn State, def. Megan McGavock, South Carolina, 5-7, 6-2, (10-4)
Flight C Singles — Consolation
Kelly Stewart, Princeton, def. Grace Blakely, South Carolina, 6-1, 6-3
Miranda Gutierrez, South Carolina, def. Jessica Preeg, Virginia, 6-3, 6-3
Flight A Doubles — Quarterfinals
Preethi Mukundan/Laura Peterzan, Harvard, def. Laura Ganzer/Megan McGavock, South Carolina, 8-6
Lauren Cash/Dasha Cherkasov, Boston College, def. Christyn Lucas/Ana Marija Zubori, South Carolina, 8-5
Flight B Doubles — Consolation
Grace Blakely/Miranda Gutierrez, South Carolina, def. Kim McMenamin/Anna Varnay, Columbia, 8-3