Oct. 20, 2007

NORFOLK, Va. - The Marshall women's tennis team completed the second day of action, Saturday at the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association East Women's Regional Championship hosted by Old Dominion University. During play Friday, Marshall's senior Jeanne Schwartz (West Palm Beach, Fla.) was the lone Thundering Herd to compete but was defeated by Maryland's Adela Matejkova, 6-3, 6-3, in the singles qualifying final round.

"Our goal is to play solid games from beginning to end," Marshall head coach John Mercer said. "We hope to accomplish our goal during play tomorrow."

In the doubles round of 64, Marshall's duo sophomore Thaddea Lock (Bristol, England) with freshman Isabell Raich (Klaus, Austria) defeated the 12th seeded Darthmouth pair of Scott/Zebroski, 8-5. Then the Herd duo defeated Army's Flach/Houghton, 8-5, in the doubles round of 32. Lock/Raich will compete in the doubles round of 16 at 8 a.m., Sunday.

Marshall's No. 3 seeded juniors' duo Kellie Schmitt (Pittsburgh, Pa.)/Karolina Soor (Lindesberg, Sweden) defeated Pittsburgh's pair of Adams/Borza, 8-2, also in the doubles round of 64. Schmitt/Soor then defeated West Virginia's Lyskawa/Percival, 8-5, in the doubles round of 32. The No. 3 seeded duo will begin Sunday play at 8 a.m. in the doubles round of 16.

The Herd's Lock was defeated by Yale's Lindsay Clark, 6-1, 6-2, in the singles round of 128 Saturday. Also in singles round of 128, William and Mary's Magdalena Bresson defeated Marshall's Raich, 6-2, 6-1.

After a bye in the singles round of 128, the Thundering Herd's No. 3 seeded Schmitt will face Princeton's Rebecca Parks at 10 a.m. Sunday in the singles round of 64. Also having a bye, No. 30 seeded Soor will face the winner of VCU's Vera Petrashevich and Maryland's Karin Lundmark in the singles round of 64 at noon, Sunday.

Championship competition will continue through Tuesday, Oct. 23 with all matches played at Old Dominion University.

ITA Women's East Regional Championship official website can be found at: http://tennislink.usta.com/tournaments/tournamenthome/tournament.aspx?T=61102.

Complete individual updates on the East Regional Championship can be found at: http://tennislink.usta.com/tournaments/tournamenthome/Players.aspx?T=61102.

Doubles Round of 64
Lock/Raich (Marshall) def Scott/Zebroski (Dartmouth) (12) - 8-5
Schmitt/Soor (Marshall) (3) def. Adams/Borza (Pittsburgh) - 8-2

Doubles Round of 32
Lock/Raich (Marshall) def. Flach/Houghton (Army) - 8-5
Schmitt/Soor (Marshall) (3) def. Lyskawa/Percival (West Virginia) - 8-5

Singles Round of 128
Clark (Yale) def. Lock (Marshall) - 6-1, 6-2
Magdalena Bresson (W&M) def. Raich (Marshall) - 6-2, 6-1