College Tennis News - USC Sweep Into Round of 16 All-American Action

PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIF. -- The USC women's tennis team flexed some serious singles muscle today in the first round of Riviera/ITA All-American Championship play in Pacific Palisades, Calif. A trio of highly ranked Trojans -- No. 4 seed Zoë Scandalis, No. 5 Sabrina Santamaria and No. 8 Danielle Lao -- cruised through their opening opponents today to move into tomorrow's singles Round of 16.

Scandalis and Santamaria mirrored each other's scores in pinning up 6-1, 6-1 wins each today. Lao wasn't far off that mark with her 6-3, 6-3 win against a highly ranked opponent, as the #11 Lao blasted Northwestern's #12 Kate Turvy.

On the doubles side, top-seeded Trojan tandem Kaitlyn Christian and Santamaria earned a bye for the first round for a ticket to the Round of 16. Qualifiers Gabriella DeSimone and Scandalis, meanwhile, had a tough draw in today's first round and fell 8-2 to a pair from Alabama.

Complete USC results from the ITA All-American Championships are below.

Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
http://www.itatennis.com/Events/ITANationalChampionships/WomensAllAmerican.htm

MAIN DRAW SINGLES (Riviera Tennis Club)
First Round - Oct. 4
#7 [4] Zoë Scandalis (USC) def. Ema Burgic (BAY) -- 6-1, 6-1
#8 [5] Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. #24 Lauren McHale (UNC) -- 6-1, 6-1
#11 [8] Danielle Lao (USC) def. #12 Kate Turvy (NW) -- 6-3, 6-3

Round of 16 - Oct. 5
#7 [4] Zoë Scandalis (USC) vs. #96 Nicole Bartnik (COL) -- 10:45 a.m.
#8 [5] Sabrina Santamaria (USC) vs. #18 Brynn Boren (TENN) -- 10:45 a.m.
#11 [8] Danielle Lao (USC) vs. Ecaterina Vasenina (USF) -- 10:45 a.m.

MAIN DRAW DOUBLES (Riviera Tennis Club)
Round of 32 - Oct. 4
#1 [1] Christian/Santamaria (USC) -- bye
Guarachi/Macfarlane (ALA) def. DeSimone/Scandalis (USC) -- 8-2

Round of 16 - Oct. 5
#1 [1] Christian/Santamaria (USC) vs. #14 Narattana/Rose (OKST) --

PREQUALIFYING SINGLES (Westwood, Calif.)
First Round - Sept. 29
Gabriella DeSimone (USC) def. #120 Julia Fellerhoff (Louisville) -- 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4
Second Round - Sept. 29
Gabriella DeSimone (USC) def. Michaela Bezdickova (New Mexico) -- 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
Third Round - Sept. 30
Gabriella DeSimone (USC) def. Daneika Borthwick (Florida State) -- 6-2, 6-2

QUALIFYING SINGLES (Riviera Tennis Club)
First Round - Oct. 2
#37 [12] Maho Kowase (UGA) def. Gabriella DeSimone (USC) -- 6-1, 6-2
Kaitlyn Christian (USC) def. Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) -- 6-3, 6-2

Second Round - Oct. 2
#85 Elizabeth Epstein (YALE) def. Kaitlyn Christian (USC) -- 6-3, 6-2

QUALIFYING DOUBLES (Riviera Tennis Club)
First Round - Oct. 2
DeSimone/Scandalis (USC) def. Jones/Stephens (OLE) -- 8-2
#28 [7] Bonacic/Niedermayerova (KSt) def. Lao/Pulido (USC) -- 8-1

Second Round - Oct. 3
DeSimone/Scandalis (USC) def. #30 Fuller/Herring (UGA) -- 8-3

Third Round - Oct. 3
DeSimone/Scandalis (USC) def. #41 Nauta/Xi (UVA) -- 8-6

CONSOLATION MATCHES
Lao/Pulido (USC) def. Bergner/Rath (DU) -- 8-1
#44 Mary Clayton (Duke) def. Gabriella DeSimone (USC) -- 6-2, 6-0