Temple University Athletics
Ferancova Win Streak Halted in Cissie Leary Quarterfinals
9.24.06 | Women's Tennis
Sept. 24, 2006
PHILADELPHIA - - Freshman Radka Ferancova finally lost a collegiate singles match, falling to one of the top seeds in the Cissie Leary Invitational, Princeton's Melissa Saiontz, 6-1, 6-2, Saturday afternoon. Ferancova falls to 7-1 on the season.
Ferancova opened play Saturday with a 6-4, 6-1 wn over UMass' Masha Pozar. That moved her into the quarterfinals. Ferancova will face another seeded player Sunday, Penn's Yulia Rivelis, in a consolation round.
Senior Yuri Kurashima, the only other Owl competing at the Invitational, won two consolation singles matches Saturday. Kurashima first bested fourth-seeded Preethi Mukandan, taking the first set by virtue of a tie-breaker (7-6,(6)), and then winning the second, 6-0. She then topped Nina Suda of Columbia, 7-5, 6-1. Kurashima will play Penn State's Laura Holzberg on Sunday.
