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(01/25/08 5:32am)
Experience will be IU’s ally this Sunday as they take on No. 17 Duke and Butler.\nAfter last Sunday’s difficult matches against Western Michigan and Miami (Ohio), the Hoosiers face another hurdle as they take on the Bulldogs and the Blue Devils this weekend.\nIU’s schedule works in its favor as Duke has yet to play in the spring season, save a lone invitational. \nJunior Sigrid Fischer said the team hopes to capitalize on the Blue Devils inexperience. \n“They’re going to play the first match against us so we might catch them on the wrong foot,” Fischer said. “They might not be ready to play yet, and we’ve played a doubles tournament and two dual matches this (past) weekend, so we are in better shape than they are.”\nWith an invitational and two matches behind them, the Hoosiers’ confidence is high heading into Sunday’s matches.\n“Obviously they are a good team, but I think we have a good shot and a good chance to beat them,” Fischer said.\nIU coach Lin Loring agreed with Fischer, and said the team is ready to compete against Duke.\n“We definitely needed to play some matches before we play someone with the caliber of Duke,” Loring said. “This is going to be the one of the best teams we’ll play this season.”\nLast weekend’s victories marked a milestone for Loring as he celebrated his 700th win, the most in NCAA women’s tennis history. The Hoosiers’ 6-1 wins over Western Michigan and Miami (Ohio) have given them extra practice for their next opponents.\nWhile freshman Charlotte Martin acknowledged that this weekend will provide challenges for the Hoosiers, last weekend’s matches have given them a building block for the rest of the season, she said.\n“We did well this weekend, but there’s a lot we’ve got to improve on,” Martin said. “It was good because now we know exactly what we need to work over this week and over the season. Everyone has got a lot of matches in so everyone’s feeling better prepared. We know our goals, the things we need to work on.“ \nSenior captain Brianna Williams summed up the team’s thoughts on the weekend match.\n“I think since we have home court advantage, that’s definitely going to help,” Williams said. “We have nothing to lose so I think we’ll go out (with confidence). Duke has something to lose so they’ll come out a little more nervous. Hopefully we’ll just play our game and hopefully win.”\nA possible win against Duke could help the team get into the NCAA Championships in May.\n“If we play well we can \ndefinitely win,” Loring said. “We need wins like this to get into the NCAA tournament so we have to take advantage of this game.”\nIU beat Butler 7-0 last year, but lost to Duke 6-1.\nThe Hoosiers will play Duke at 11 a.m. and Butler at 4 p.m. Both matches will be held at the IU Tennis Center.
(01/22/08 5:50am)
Thirty years. Sixteen Big Ten Championships. One national title team.\nOn Sunday afternoon, IU coach Lin Loring added another number to his long list of achievements: 700 wins. He’s the only coach in the history of women’s tennis to accomplish the feat.\nThe Hoosiers’ 6-1 win over Western Michigan gave the coach his 699th victory. Just a few hours later, a 6-1 victory over Miami of Ohio secured Loring’s spot in women’s tennis history. \nLoring remained humble after the matches concluded. When asked about the win, he was unaware of its significance.\n“I didn’t even know,” Loring said. “What (milestone) is it? This one? I had no idea.”\nUnlike Loring, senior team captain Brianna Williams was aware of her coach’s milestone win. \n“I think it’s pretty awesome,” Williams said. “Coach Loring has been here so long, and he’s had such a tradition with tennis here. I think he’s just such a great coach, and he’s really motivated his teams to do such a great job. I was also here when he had his 300th Big Ten win, and it’s just really nice to be a part of something like that.”\nJunior Sigrid Fischer was also happy to be a part of her coach’s hallmark victory.\n“It’s amazing,” Fischer said. “It’s just nice to see that he’s winning so many matches. I feel like I’m a part of his wins. It’s nice to be a part of (the 700th win), and it’s an honor to be one of his players and an honor to be coached by him.”\nWilliams attributed various reasons to his success.\n“I think a big part of (his success) is that he really knows how to work with us, how to teach us tennis,” Williams said. “It’s not just how to hit the ball as hard as you can. It’s strategy, and I think he does a good job of teaching us that.”\nOn the other hand, Loring had a simpler explanation for his success. He said his long stay at IU has been the main reason for his high number of wins.\n“Well the 700th is just a matter of how many years I’ve been at it,” he said. “This is a pretty high burnout profession. A lot of people basically don’t stay in it long enough to get 700, especially in our sport where you can go out into the private sector and double your salary. That has a lot to do with the longevity of it, and we’ve really had just great kids and a great support staff, great assistant coaches.”\nLoring has also enjoyed being part of the Hoosier community. He is the only coach who has been at IU for more than 20 years. As he coaches in his 31st season, his enthusiasm for the job has not dwindled.\n“I’ve always enjoyed going to work every morning,” Loring said. “Part of it is just the location of it. I’ve liked living in Bloomington, and it’s a nice college town. Now that I’m married, Bloomington’s a great place to raise kids.”\nLoring said he didn’t think of the importance of the matches until Ramiro Azcui, the associate head coach, notified him.\n“I didn’t even know until Ramiro came over and told me we were having dinner here,” Loring said during a celebratory dinner. “I was going, ‘Why are we having dinner here?’ I had no idea. I absolutely don’t pay any attention to those.”
(01/18/08 6:04am)
Practice makes perfect.\nAfter achieving a 16-4 record at the Indiana Doubles Invitational, the No. 25 women’s tennis team hopes to repeat its success this Sunday against Western Michigan and Miami University of Ohio. This weekend’s matches will be the team’s first foray in the spring season. \nFreshman Katya Zapadalova said the last tournament boosted the team’s confidence for this weekend.\n“It was good to play a lot of doubles, to have that experience,” Zapadalova said. “It was good to spend time with each other. We made a great job, and now we know our mistakes. We are ready for the other tournaments.”\nIU coach Lin Loring said the team’s confidence stems from past victories against the two teams. But he said the team has room for improvement and development.\n“We’re not where we want to be yet, but we’re rounding into shape,” Loring said.\nOnce again, the team’s youth comes into play as Loring said the Hoosiers’ doubles inexperience affect this weekend’s results.\n“We don’t have many returning doubles team from last year so that definitely hurts us,” Loring said. “Doubles takes a little more of an adjustment than with singles, so it definitely hurts us that we lost half our doubles teams.” \nWhile the rankings suggest IU’s dominance, Loring was cautious as he described IU’s past matches with Western Michigan. \n“We’re going to have to play well because Western Michigan is very good, and we always have good matches with them so we’re expecting a very good match with them,” Loring said. “Miami’s a little unknown, with a new coach and new players.”\nSophomore Lindsey Stuckey said the invitational, while not as challenging as the other matches the team will have this season, assured the team of its strength in competition. \n“It’s good to play with other players, to get the all-around experience,” Stuckey said. “It builds confidence, especially after break.”\nJunior Stephanie Heller echoed her teammates’ thoughts. She said that while team practices have been good, there is no substitute for competing against actual opponents.\n“It’s one thing to play against your teammates,” Heller said. “It helps to be prepared; but playing with other players is different.”\nThe Hoosiers will play best of seven this weekend against each school. The team will play six singles and three doubles matches. Each singles match will count for one point, but the doubles matches will be best of three. Rather than getting one point per doubles match, whichever team wins the two out of three will get the one point. While the singles matches count more, the tie-breaking fourth point could come from doubles.\nBoth teams are from the Mid-American Conference. The Hoosiers will play Western Michigan at 10 a.m. and Miami at 3 p.m. Each match will be held at the IU Tennis Center.
(01/14/08 5:31am)
Great things come in twos. That was the motto this weekend for the IU women’s tennis team while competing in the Indiana Doubles Invitational, going 16-4 overall.\nThe doubles pair of junior Sigrid Fischer and sophomore Lindsey Stuckey were undefeated, going 5-0 as they defeated pairs from each of the competing schools: Bowling Green (Ohio), Ball State, Indiana State and Louisville. \nAlthough they were the only undefeated duo, junior Alba Berdala and freshman Katya Zapadalova combined to go 4-1 over the weekend. The pair of senior team captain Brianna Williams and freshman Maria Guerreiro also went 4-1. \nThe trio of junior Stephanie Heller, freshmen Charlotte Martin and Myriam Sopel rotated partners in five doubles matches to go a combined 3-2.\nHeller and Sopel went 2-0, Heller and Martin were 1-0, and Martin and Sopel were 0-2, the only losing combination of \nthe weekend.\nIU coach Lin Loring said the tournament gave the team a chance to practice and strengthen their doubles combinations before this Sunday’s competition. \n“This was exactly what we wanted,” Loring said. “We wanted to get a lot of doubles in before we started our season, and it was perfect because all the girls played a lot of doubles. We experimented with a lot of combinations, but it was perfect. We didn’t get anybody injured; it was just worked out exactly the way we wanted it to.”\nBerdala said the weekends’ wins gave the team more confidence in their abilities.\n“Overall we won most of our doubles,” Berdala said. “We did pretty well. (Winning) just gives us more motivation. It gives us confidence that we can do good.”\nLoring’s main focus this weekend remained tinkering with doubles combinations before the next match. Loring said this weekend’s play got them closer to finding the team’s perfect duos. \n“Some of the girls that are new to our doubles are starting to learn what they need to do,” Loring said. “Western Michigan, next weekend, always has very, very good doubles so this will help us get ready for that match.”\nFischer also agreed that this weekend reinforced their confidence in their pairings.\n“I think there’s always room to experiment with it, but I also think that the ones we had this weekend are really good as well,” Fischer said.\nAlthough the team’s four freshmen are still adjusting to the spring collegiate set-up, Loring said their development has been right on schedule.\n“I think the four freshmen have all improved in their doubles,” Loring said. “They still have a ways to go, but they’re all improving. The more doubles they play, the better they’re going to get. They all definitely played better doubles this weekend then they did in the fall. I’m pleased with the results.” \nThe tournament began Saturday morning and concluded Sunday. The Hoosiers will face Western Michigan at 10 a.m. Sunday and Miami (Ohio) at 3 p.m.
(01/11/08 5:29am)
In their first tournament of the spring season, the 25th-ranked Hoosier women’s tennis team will be playing in the Indiana Doubles Invitational this weekend.\nThe others teams competing are Bowling Green, Ball State, Indiana State and Louisville. \nIU coach Lin Loring said this weekend’s competition would be a warm-up for next week’s tournament. With the team’s new freshmen, the tournament gives the team one more chance to work on doubles combinations, Loring said.\n“It’s going to be a lot better (having this tournament) than if we didn’t do anything at all this weekend,” he said in a statement. \nLoring also said the invitational will give the Hoosiers additional preparation before they begin a tough stretch in their schedule.\n“It should be fun and help us knock the rust off before the 20th when we start our dual match season with perennial MAC powers Western Michigan and Miami,” he added.\nBecause the tournament’s set-up and opponents are less competitive than their dual matches next week, this invitational will give the team additional practice before the spring season gets underway. \n“It’s more chill and relaxed, so I’m pretty happy that we don’t start off that hard,” said junior Alba Berdala.\nSince the spring schedule is heavily-packed, the Hoosiers are using this weekend to prepare themselves for the coming months.\n“I like that we’re getting an early start so that we can work on things,” said junior Sigrid Fischer. “We’re just going step by step and trying to get back in the rhythm of things.”\nSenior and team captain Brianna Williams is also looking forward to kicking off the season.\n“I think it’ll be good practice matches for us,” Williams said. “We’re not starting off with a bang, with the hardest schools, so that’s a good thing. We had a good end to the fall season, so I think we’ll start out strong and have good matches this weekend. It’ll be nice to get back into it.”\nIU is not the only ranked school in the conference. Big Ten schools Northwestern and Michigan are also ranked 7th and 23rd respectively.\nThe Hoosiers will be playing with just nine players this weekend after sophomore Erin Clark’s transfer.\nThe tournament begins Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at the IU Tennis Complex and will last until approximately 5 p.m. Play will resume Sunday at 10 a.m.
(11/06/07 3:56am)
Competing in the Western Michigan Duals, their last tournament of the fall, the Hoosiers took advantage of the chance to improve their game before the spring season starts in January. The team ended the short fall season optimistic about the spring.\nJunior Alba Berdala advanced to the finals of her flight Sunday, but lost to Kerstin Pahl of Western Michigan. Pahl also defeated freshman Charlotte Martin before playing Berdala. \nSophomore Lindsey Stuckeyadvanced to her final, but also lost. None of IU’s doubles teams advanced to the finals.\n“The competition for doubles was very good. Most of our teams were 2-2 ... It’s just too hard to judge these tournaments by wins and losses,” IU coach Lin Loring said.\nNow, the Hoosiers have high hopes for the spring.\n“(The fall tournaments) served the purpose we wanted (them) to,” Loring said. “We learned a lot about our players, their strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully they’ve learned what they need to work on.”\nThe younger players also got a taste of tournament play to help prepare them for the spring.\n“I think the four freshmen definitely did really well,” senior Brianna Williams said. “It’s a huge transition coming from different countries. We feel closer as a team now.” \nBerdala agreed. \n“I think we have improved a lot,” Berdala said. “The freshmen know how everything works, and we have more team spirit now.”\nThe NCAA limits the amount of time coaches can spend with their players during the months of November and December. The players will have to monitor their own practices and individual workouts until January. \n“It’s definitely hard not to able to see your coach, but I’ll try to encourage everyone to practice so they don’t lose their level of play and so they can maintain their level of tennis and competitiveness,” said Williams, who is captain of the team. \nBerdala said the upperclassmen are used to dealing with the transition between seasons and will help the freshmen adjust. Both Williams and Berdala are optimistic about what the spring season will bring and agree that hard work is the key to success.\n“My main goal is to win the Big Ten Tournament,” Williams said. “I think we have a really good team this year, and hopefully we can just compete as hard as we can and win.”
(11/01/07 3:26am)
In its last tournament of the fall season, the IU women’s tennis team will compete at the Western Michigan Duals this weekend. \nIU coach Lin Loring said other teams competing in the tournament, including Western Michigan, Wichita State, Yale and Depaul, have high-ranked players that should make the top brackets interesting to watch. He also said IU’s depth will help the team in the lower brackets. As in previous tournaments, Loring said the focus will be on doubles pairings.\n“We’d like to see a little more consistency in doubles and just more improvement in singles since the last tournament,” Loring said. “We’re not focused on wins and losses.” \nJunior Alba Berdala echoed Loring’s thoughts, agreeing that the team’s doubles game is a weak area.\n“To play against these players shows what you have to do to improve,” Berdala said. “I’m really looking forward to it.” \nJunior Stephanie Heller agreed.\n“We’re all excited, and we’re all pumped about this tournament,” she said “We enjoy the competition.” \nBecause this is the last tournament of the season, the opportunity to not only showcase their talent but also work on their weaknesses will be a point of emphasis for the Hoosiers.\n“We need to work as much as we can,” Berdala said. “The four new freshmen do not have a lot of experience playing doubles so we have to help them, but we also have to get used to each other. It’s a matter of time. The more we play together, the better we’ll get.”\nThis last tournament will be even more crucial for the coaches and players because the NCAA limits the amount of time coaches can spend with their players during the months of November and December. For three weeks after the end of this tournament, coaches are only allowed to spend eight hours with each player, two playing tennis and six conditioning. \n“It hurts us in the ability to develop the players,” Loring said. “They can practice (tennis) all they want, but we only get that eight hours.”\nBerdala said the time off will allow the team to bond and grow.\n“We feel we would like to practice, but at the same time we will try to help each other as team,” Berdala said. “I will try to help the freshmen, and I hope we will help each other. The team is going to get more together and bond. It will also show who is serious about (competing).”
(10/23/07 1:16am)
The Hoosiers returned late Sunday evening after winning six of their nine singles matches and two out of their five doubles matches at the June Stewart Invitational in Nashville, Tenn. \nMaria Guerrerio, Stephanie Heller, Charlotte Martin, Alba Berdala, Brianna Williams and Erin Clark each won singles matches on Sunday. Guerreiro and Heller both ended the tournament with perfect 3-0 records.\nThe tournament offered several competitive teams for the Hoosiers, including Kentucky, Arizona State and Vanderbilt. \n“When we played those players, we got some good competition,” said IU coach Lin Loring. “We got to play good players more this tournament.”\nThose three teams will potentially be in the Top 20 come spring, Loring said. Despite the reputations of other schools in the tournament, Berdala affirmed her confidence in the Hoosiers’ ability to compete.\n“If we play well, we can be at the same level (as Kentucky, Arizona State and Vanderbilt),” Berdala said. “It gives us motivation to practice and play hard.”\nThe Hoosiers also took advantage of the tournament to tinker with their doubles combinations. \n“We got to experiment so much in doubles,” Loring said. “It was helpful to see the players play with different players. It was just valuable for the coaches to see players in different combinations.”\nFreshman Myriam Sopel said the coaches are still trying to figure out who plays best with whom, partly because there are so many new faces.\n“The coaches don’t know who can mix with who yet because they are not confident because there are four new freshmen,” Sopel said.\nBerdala, a veteran, agreed.\n“Doubles is very important because we have four freshmen, and we don’t know each other that well,” she said. “It’s a weak part of our team. If (the freshmen) learn what position they have on the team, then we will play well. They’re all really good players.” \nThe Hoosiers’ final tournament is coming soon. The team will compete in the Western Michigan Duals the weekend of Nov. 2 in Kalamazoo, Mich.\nBerdala stressed the importance of the last fall tournament. \n“The last tournament is the one you want to play the best in because you think how much you’ve improved since the first one,” Berdala said. “It’s the last chance to show your improvement.”\nAfter the conclusion of the fall tournament, coaches will be limited by the NCAA as to how much time they can spend with their players.\n“The most important thing we want is for each girl to know what to work on in November and December specifically on their own because we won’t be able to help them as much,” Loring said.\nFreshman Ekaterina Zapadalova was unable to compete after suffering a stress fracture in her foot. She will most likely be out for the next tournament as well.
(10/19/07 3:30am)
The IU football team won’t be the only athletes competing this weekend. The women’s tennis team will head to Nashville, Tenn., to compete in the Vanderbilt Invitational.\nAfter competing in the Hoosier Classic two weeks ago, the team has been hard at work perfecting both its singles and doubles play.\n“We’ve been putting a lot of emphasis on match play,” sophomore Erin Clark said. “As a team we’re just continuing working on doubles combinations.” \nIU did not fare so well at doubles at the Hoosier Classic. The Hoosiers took three of six singles flights in the Hoosier Classic but failed to capture a doubles flight. They have spent much of their time since then improving and working on different doubles combinations.\n“I think everyone is still experimenting,” Clark said.\nJunior Stephanie Heller agreed. “Hopefully we’ll do better at doubles this weekend than the last tournament,” she said.\nThe competition at the Vanderbilt Invitational includes host Vanderbilt, Arizona State, Kentucky, Middle Tennessee State and Tennessee-Martin. \n“Vanderbilt and Arizona State will be the two toughest teams in the tournament,” IU coach Lin Loring said. \nHis players are also aware of the challenges they will face over the weekend.\n“I expect we’ll have a lot of tough competitors,” Clark said. “Because we’re going to a totally different area of the country, we’ll see a lot of teams we won’t have played before.”\nEntering their third tournament of the fall semester, the Hoosiers have won three singles flights in each of their last two tournaments. \nLoring, however, is more focused on “seeing improvement in their play” than scoreboard results. \nFor the first time this year, the Hoosiers won’t be traveling as a whole team. Freshman Ekaterina Zapadalova will be sitting out the tournament due to a stress fracture in her foot. While this has caused some last-minute changes, the Hoosiers are adapting to her absence as far as doubles rotations go.\n“I think I’m comfortable (playing doubles) with any of the teammates,” Clark said.
(10/08/07 4:07am)
In their first home tournament of the year, the No. 24 IU women’s tennis team racked up wins on their home court. The team competed in the Hoosier Classic this weekend, where they won three singles flights out of a possible 10.\nJuniors Alba Berdala, Sigrid Fischer and Stephanie Heller all reached the singles finals and won the last match of their flights.\nSenior Brianna Williams also reached the finals, but came up short in her last match, finishing second. Williams reached the finals in the team’s last tournament – the Deacon Classic – as well.\n“I think I did good,” Williams said. “I think it was a really challenging match for me. It was really good for me to play a better opponent. Even though I lost, I feel I competed well.”\nWilliams added that she thinks the level of competition at the Classic – the field included No. 4 Georgia, Indiana State, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, No. 16 Vanderbilt and Western Michigan – was good for the Hoosiers. \n“It was definitely a lot harder competition,” Williams said. “I think that was good for us, to get used to playing harder players.”\nHeller agreed that the tournament was “very tough.”\nIU coach Lin Loring said he was pleased with the team’s singles results.\n“Overall, I thought we did a good job in singles,” Loring said. “I saw some \nimprovement.”\nHaving only completed their second tournament of the year, the Hoosiers are still experimenting with doubles combinations.\nHowever, Loring said he was not as pleased by the overall doubles results.\n“I thought the doubles, we were pretty up and down,” Loring said. “We did some good things, and we had some poor performances. That was a little disappointing, because we were kind of up and down. We have some things we need to work on with doubles.”\nThe team will have to wait to display their improvement. Instead of competing at the ITA All-American Championship on Thursday in California, the team is heading to the Vanderbilt Invitational at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., in two weeks. \n“It will be similar to this (tournament),” Loring said. “It’s going to be a really good tournament. We’re getting more match play (at the Vanderbilt Invitational) than we would at the regional tournament (in California).”\nBoth Williams and Heller said playing at home was a positive change from their previous out-of-town \ntournaments.\n“It was definitely nice,” Williams said. “We had some fans and some parents. It was nice we didn’t have to travel and be exhausted after. Just to have the support of the fans out there was really good.”\nHeller said family support made a difference for \nthe Hoosiers.\n“I feel like playing at home was really to our advantage this weekend,” Heller said. “A lot of parents were able to come out.”\nCoach Loring, on the other hand, downplayed the home atmosphere.\n“I don’t think it really mattered that much,” Loring said. “When you’re in an open tournament like this one, I don’t think it matters that much.”\nEven though the team still has work to do, the players are optimistic about the Vanderbilt Invitational.\n “I feel like we just need a little bit more time,” Heller said. “We’ve been playing around (with combinations). ... I just feel we need to practice and work hard and the rest will come.”
(10/05/07 4:11am)
After an excellent showing at the Deacon Classic two weeks ago, the IU women’s tennis team is geared up for the Hoosier Classic, which takes place this weekend at the Varsity Tennis Center.\nBoth IU coach Lin Loring and the players are looking forward to playing in front of a home crowd. Senior Brianna Williams and freshman Charlotte Martin both said they are excited to compete in front of their parents, friends and fellow students.\n“I think it’s a real advantage to be at home, on the home courts you’re used to practicing on, and not having to travel and be tired from stays at hotels and flying,” Williams said. \nFor Martin, who hails from England, the tournament doesn’t quite feel like it does for many of the other players.\n“I don’t know enough people to call it a home crowd, but it’ll be nice to have familiarity of the courts,” Martin said.\nMartin said playing tennis and going to school in the U.S. is different from playing in England.\n“All the setup of the school is very different,” Martin said. “That’s taken a bit of getting used to. I’m enjoying it so far, and it’s nice to finally be playing a couple of tournaments because training and tournaments are so different.” \nWith one tournament under their belts, the Hoosiers have been concentrating on improving since their last tournament, especially in doubles. \n“We’ve been playing a lot of doubles. (We will) probably try a few different combinations,” Loring said.\nLoring said he is looking forward to seeing how IU compares and competes against the other teams. \n“We’ve got some really good competition. The quantity will be better than the last tournament,” Loring said. “The players will be as good, but there will be more of them. The depth will be better at this tournament.”\nThe tournament, starting Friday, will include Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa, Illinois, Georgia and Western Michigan. \nAs the team’s only senior, Williams has confidence in her teammates. \n“It’s been good (being the only senior),” Williams said. “They’ve been really good about listening, about being supportive. It’s been fun to have more responsibility. It’s been a totally different perspective from any other year. Especially being a management major, it kind of helps me with my major a little bit, learning how to work with people and organize. It’s been good.”\nWith any luck, William’s confidence in her teammates will pay off this weekend.
(09/25/07 1:22am)
Members of the IU women’s tennis team can be happy as they reflect on last weekend’s tournament.\nThe Deacon Classic, held at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., was the first fall tournament for the Hoosiers, and the team’s results over the weekend showed that – despite its youth – IU can look forward to more wins in the fall schedule.\nOf the 10 players on the team, senior Brianna Williams, sophomores Lindsey Stuckey and Erin Clark and freshmen Maria Guerrerio and Ekaterina Zapadalova advanced to their singles flight final. Both Clark and Martin won their flights, while Williams and Guerreiro both advanced to the finals in Singles Flight Six. The teams of Williams and Zapadalova and Clark and Guerreiro won their doubles flights as well.\nIU coach Lin Loring said he was pleased with the team’s showing.\n“I thought they played well. I thought it was a great first tournament for them,” Loring said. “It was a really good tournament to experience.”\nFreshman Charlotte Martin completed her first fall tournament by winning her flight over Wake Forest senior Jenna Loeb 6-3, 6-0. \n“It was nice to play some matches; it was nice to get back into competition,” Martin said.\nDespite the tough, competitive environment, the team kept its spirit up. \n“We had a good team atmosphere,” Martin said. “We had a lot of support for each other.”\nWhile Martin’s success bodes well for her and the team, she recognizes that practice will allow her singles and doubles game to improve.\n“Once we play together a little bit more, we’ll understand each other’s games more,” Martin said, who paired with Stuckey in her doubles flight.\nWilliams, the team captain, was also happy with the results.\n“Everybody competed really well, especially the four new incoming freshmen,” Williams said.\nPaired with Zapadalova of Russia, the duo not only reached the finals, but won their flight.\n“(Zapadalova) was great to play with,” Williams said. “She was really tired, she had a really long singles match before we played our match, but I was really proud of her for sticking through.”\nThe players are looking forward to their upcoming fall tournaments as well. \n“I’m really excited about the one in Indiana,” Williams said\nIU will host the Hoosier Classic at the IU Tennis Center the weekend of Oct. 5, which will allow the team to play in front of a cheering home crowd.\nThe tournament will be a nice break before a grueling October schedule.\n“It’ll be the first time competing on our home court, so I think it’ll be a good atmosphere,” Williams said.\nBut before the team’s focus shifts to another tournament, it will enjoy some rest and recuperation. \n“We’re pretty tired,” Williams said, “but everybody is proud of how they competed.”