OU Women's Tennis Finishes First Day At Air Force Invitational

Sept. 27, 2002

NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma women's tennis team went 5-1 in singles action and 3-2 in doubles play at the Falcon Fall Invitational in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Friday. The Sooners are competing in a field that includes Colorado, Denver, Air Force, Northern Illinois, Wyoming, Texas-El Paso and Washington State.

In singles action, senior Elena Jirnova (Kiev, Ukraine), sophomores Heather Saluri (Des Moines, Iowa), Bethany Griffin (Amarillo, Texas) and Jessica Braver (Edmond, Okla.) and freshman Joi-Lee Beachler (Oklahoma City, Okla.) were all first-round winners in their respective flights.

In doubles, Braver and Jirnova went 1-1 while senior Annette Bryntesson (Perth, Australia) and Griffin were defeated in the first round of the winner's bracket but came back with a victory in the first round of the loser's bracket. Saluri and Beachler won impressively in the first round of the second flight.

Singles is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, while doubles will start at 3:15 p.m.

Singles
Winner's Bracket - Flight One
Laura Nigro (AFA) def. Annette Bryntesson (OU)                  6-3, 6-2
Elena Jirnova (OU) def. Tanja Sukovic (NIU)                     6-2, 6-1

Winner's Bracket - Flight Two
Heather Saluri (OU) def. Miclynn Crail (AFA)                    6-1, 6-1
Bethany Griffin (OU) def. Yuliani Santi (WYO)                   6-2, 6-2

Winner's Bracket - Flight Three
Joi-Lee Beachler (OU) def. Jane McDonald (AFA)                  6-1, 6-1
Jessica Braver (OU) def. Mariko Esannason (AFA)                 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
Winners Bracket - Flight One
Braver/Jirnova (OU) def. Kourim/Dullens (DU)                    Default
Ginsburg/Trettin (DU) def. Bryntesson/Griffin (OU)              9-8
Gyulai/Chien (WYO) def. Braver/Jirnova (OU)                     8-6

Loser's Bracket - Flight One
Bryntesson/Griffin (OU) def. Sukovic/Tyioran (NIU)              8-6

Winner's Bracket - Flight Two
Saluri/Beachler (OU) def. Esannason/Scheivert (AFA)             8-1

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OU Women's Tennis Finishes First Day At Air Force Invitational

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