Perianu And Saluri Reach Doubles Finals At Central Region Championship

Oct. 26, 2002

NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma women's tennis team went 2-0 in doubles and 1-2 in singles at the Omni Hotels Central Region Tennis Championships in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday afternoon. The tournament is being held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center with a field including players from Air Force, Boise State, BYU, Colorado, Colorado State, Creighton, Denver, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Montana, Montana State, Nebraska, New Mexico, new Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts, Southwest Missouri State, Saint Louis, Tulsa, Utah, Utah State and Wichita State.

The doubles duo of junior Anda Perianu (Braila, Romania) and sophomore Heather Saluri (Des Moines, Iowa) were a perfect 2-0 on the day to reach the final round in the doubles main draw.

In singles, Perianu reached the semifinals of the main draw before falling in straight sets. Senior Annette Bryntesson (Perth, Australia) was defeated in the quarterfinals of the backdraw.

Perianu and Saluri will compete for the doubles title against Missouri's Urska Juric and Katia Seveikova at 9 a.m. on Sunday.

Singles
Main Draw
Anda Perianu (OU) def. Aleksandra Durska (Tulsa)                6-1, 6-4
Urska Juric (Missouri) def. Anda Perianu (OU)                   6-2, 6-2

Backdraw
Lia Dimingo (Colorado) def. Annette Bryntesson (Oklahoma)       7-6, 7-5

Doubles
Anda Perianu/Heather Saluri (OU) def. Hayley MacFarlane/Nicole Schneider (Brigham Young)  8-5
Anda Perianu/Heather Saluri (OU) def. Jamina Hayward/Erin Polowski (Boise State)          9-7

University of Oklahoma Athletics

Perianu And Saluri Reach Doubles Finals At Central Region Championship

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