University of Connecticut Athletics
LoRusso Claims Flight Championship at Army Invite
9/17/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
WEST POINT, N.Y. (September 17, 2006) – Freshman Kelley LoRusso (Shoreham, N.Y.) played her way through flight three of singles and defeated Sara Mansur of Brown, 7-5, 2-6, 13-11 to claim the flight championship on Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Army Invite.
En route to the championship, the third-seeded LoRusso defeated Annie Davies of Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-4. LoRusso then took down West Virginia’s Gabrielle Blaskovicova, seeded No.2, 7-5, 7-5.
UConn had not placed a singles player in the championship match at the Army Invite since Kelley’s older sister Jen did so during her tenure as a Husky from 2001-2005.
“Kelley had an outstanding tournament and we’re very pleased with her performance,” head coach Glenn Marshall said. “She has a great future ahead of her at UConn.”
Other Huskies in action included sophomore BreAnn Cheung (Tucson, Ariz.) who won a 3-6, 6-2, 10-1 match over Army's No. 4 Paige Ford. Cheung then lost to No.2 Tanja Vucetic of Brown, 7-6(2), 5-7, 10-2 in the semifinals.
Senior Christine Burek (Wheaton, Ill.) received a bye in the first round of the first flight of the consolations but fell to Stonybrook's Paola Rodolfi, 8-2. Junior Jess Porter (Duluth, Ga.) was defeated by No.1 Michelle Pautler in the quarterfinals of flight two, 6-3, 6-2.
In doubles, Ali Campiteiello (New York, N.Y.) and Liz Dibbs (Allentown, Pa.) won the first flight of consolations. They first got a win over Albany’s Kern/Westcott, 8-3, and then won an 8-2 match over Beehler/Shurtz of Army, 8-2. They won the finals by default over Strange/Strange of Marist.
Also in doubles action, Alison Koch (Lafayette Hill, Pa.) and Ashley Petruzzi (Bradenton, Fla.) won the second flight of consolations. They won the quarterfinal round by default over Hofstra’s Jaslow/McDonald before winning the semifinal match 8-2 over Adams/Sarson of Quinnipiac. In the finals, the duo defeated Burke/Limsiaco of Army, 8-5.
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