NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
Women’s Round of 16
May
15, 2009
George P. Mitchell Tennis Center
College Station, Texas
#5
Notre Dame 4, #12 Clemson 0
RECORDS:
Notre
Dame 27-4; Clemson 19-8
SINGLES
1. #29
Kelcy Tefft (Notre Dame) vs. #4 Ani
Mijacika (Clemson), 4-6, 2-4, DNF
2. #38
Kristy Frilling (Notre Dame) def.
#14 Josipa Bek (Clemson), 6-2, 6-1
3.
Cosmina Ciobanu (Notre Dame) vs. Ina
Hadziselimovic (Clemson), 1-6, 4-5,
DNF
4.
Shannon Mathews (Notre Dame) vs.
#118 Keri Wong (Clemson), 6-4, 3-2,
DNF
5.
Kali Krisik (Notre Dame) def.
Alexandra Luc (Clemson), 6-4, 6-1
6.
Kristen Rafael (Notre Dame) def.
Laurianne Henry (Clemson), 6-0, 6-3
DOUBLES
1. #2
Frilling/Tefft (Notre Dame) def. #9
Mijacika/Wong (Clemson), 8-3
2. #64
Ciobanu/Krisik (Notre Dame) def. #34
Bek/Hadziselimovic (Clemson), 8-5
3.
Luc/Van Adrichem (Clemson) def.
Mathews/Rielley (Notre Dame), 8-2
ORDER OF FINISH:
Doubles:
1, 3, 2
Singles:
2, 6, 5
POSTMATCH NOTES
Notre
Dame advances to the quarterfinals
for only the second time in program
history next to a 2007 Elite Eight
appearance and will compete again on
Sunday, May 17 at 5 p.m. (CT). There
was a power outage at 8:22 p.m.
which suspended play for an hour and
15 minutes at the George P. Mitchell
Tennis Center in College Station.
POSTMATCH QUOTES
Notre Dame Head Coach Jay Louderback
“With
the lights going out, we were up 6-3
and then we lost two games and the
first point of the next game. I
think it was an advantage for us,
but I think it hurt Clemson. It took
the momentum away from them in the
doubles. We came out and didn’t miss
a ball in the next two or three
games in the doubles. Kristy
Frilling played an unbelievable
match and (Josipa) Bek is one of the
top players in the country. Their
top two players are great and it was
just a big match for Frilling. She
didn’t play well in the doubles and
I think that motivated her to play
better in the singles and she did.”
Clemson Head Coach Nancy Harris
“Certainly our hats off to Notre
Dame. They definitely outplayed us
tonight. We got off to a bad start
in doubles and we seemed to rally
back. We were 6-5 down, 15-love,
then we lost the lights. I felt that
we had the momentum at that point,
because our players were warm. When
we started back up, unfortunately we
were a little cold, and missed some
easy shots we should have had. We
needed to take care of business and
should have gotten off to a better
start. Basically, Notre Dame
dominated the court position (in
singles). They did a really nice job
of closing the court in a couple of
the matches and they took time away
from us. They were more aggressive,
and therefore, were rewarded. They
deserved to win tonight.”
