September 25, 2010

PROVIDENCE, RI - The Brown women's tennis team concluded the second day of competition of the Brown Invitational and saw four players win semifinals matches in singles action to advance to Sunday's Finals. Senior Bianca Aboubakare (Orange, CA), freshman Ariel Caldwell (Atlanta, GA), freshman Jessica Harrow (La Crescenta, CA), and senior Marisa Schonfeld (Washington, DC) all claimed semifinal wins in their respective singles flights.

With her singles victory over Alex Kelleher of Boston College, Aboubakare posted her 141st career win (combined) and broke the Brown record for career combined wins, held by Saranga Sangakkara '99. She also moved into second place all-time with 75 career singles wins.

Complete Brown Results

Brown Flight Doubles - Semifinals
Kelleher/Corning (BC) def. Aboubakare/Harrow (Brown) 8-5
Thornton/Newton (Auburn) def. Krasowski/Flanzer (Brown) 8-5

Brown Flight Doubles - Backdraw
Kikuchi/Khmylev (BC) def. Aboubakare/Harrow (Brown) 8-6
Zhang/Holzberg (Rutgers) def. Krasowski/Flanzer (Brown) 8-4

Red Flight Doubles - Semifinals
Arechavaleta/Schippers (Auburn) def. Caldwell/Stewart (Brown) 8-5

Red Flight Doubles - Backdraw
Caldwell/Stewart (Brown) def. Ivey/Petrini (Rutgers) 8-4
Gajic/Mabatah (BC) def. Butler/Schonfeld (Brown) 8-4

Brown Bears Flight Singles - Semifinals
Bianca Aboubakare (Brown) def. Alex Kelleher (BC) 7-5, 6-1

Brown Bears Flight Singles - Backdraw
Misia Krasowski (Brown) def. Erina Kikuchi (BC) 6-4, 6-2
Olivia Bennett (Auburn) def. Cate Stewart (Brown) 6-2, 6-4

Scarlet Knights Flight Singles - Semifinals
Jessica Harrow (Brown) def. Emily Newton (Auburn) 6-3, 6-4

Tigers Flight Singles - Backdraw
Julie Flanzer (Brown) def. Leonora Slatnick (Rutgers) 6-3, 7-6 (5)

Terriers Flight Singles - Semifinals
Ariel Caldwell (Brown) def. Maria Arechavaleta (Auburn) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (4)

Eagles Flight Singles - Semifinals
Marisa Schonfeld (Brown) def. Taylor Schreimann (Auburn) 6-4, 7-6 (5)