Women's Tennis Wraps Up National Tennis Center Invitational

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. ? Sophomore Ashley Mitchell (Charleston, S.C.) was edged in her main draw semifinal match Sunday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center College Invitational in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., while fellow sophomore Molly Scott (Trabuco Cyn, Calif.) won her second consolation match of the weekend.

Playing on the fabled grandstand court, Mitchell lost to Brown's Emily Ellis 6-4, 7-5 in the No. 7 flight, while Scott persevered in a hard-hitting battle with Purdue's top player, South African Michelle Sammons, 4-6, 7-6, 10-8, to go 2-1 in the No. 1 flight.

In other consolation singles action, sophomore Ryan Reichel (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) fell 6-2, 7-5 to Cornell's Liz Googe, who alternated between the No. 1 and 2 spots for the Big Red the last two years. Freshman Shelley Carpeni (New York, N.Y.) dropped a close match to Columbia's Carling Donovan 7-6, 6-4; Donovan played from No. 2-4 for the Lions last year.

The Big Green return to action in two weeks at the ITA East Regional Championship in Philadelphia. The qualifying tournament kicks off on Friday, October 24, at the University of Pennsylvania, and main draw action starts Saturday, October 25.

Day 2 results from the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center College Invitational:

#1 Flight (consolation)
Molly Scott defeated Michelle Sammons, Purdue, 4-6, 7-6, 10-8

#3 Flight (consolation)
Ryan Reichel lost to Liz Googe, Cornell, 6-2, 7-5

#4 Flight (consolation)
Shelley Carpeni lost to Carling Donovan, Columbia, 7-6, 6-4

#7 Flight (main draw)
Ashley Mitchell lost to Emily Ellis, Brown, 6-4, 7-5

Doubles (consolation):
Flight #1
Molly Scott-Shelley Carpeni lost to Lauren Cash-Lana Krasnopolsky, Boston College, 8-5
Molly Scott-Shelley Carpeni defeated Elizaveta Zaytseva-Paty Coimbra, Winthrop, 8-5

Flight #3
Ashley Mitchell-Ryan Reichel lost to Jackie Mabatah-Brittney Delaney, Boston College, 8-4
Ashley Mitchell-Ryan Reichel lost to Julia Prantl-Ksenia Chernyshova, Fairleigh Dickinson, 9-7

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