Oct. 8, 1999

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The University of Virginia women's tennis team had three players win two matches on Friday at advance to the semifinals of the 1999 Brown Invitational. UVa second year Amy O'Donnell (Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah), first year Jennifer Tuchband (Raleigh, N.C./Broughton) and third year Kelly Weaver (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) each won two matches in Flights A, B and C, respectively, to advance to Saturday's semifinals.

In Flight A, O'Donnell, the fourth seed, defeated Heather Young of Brown 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round and then posted a 6-3, 6-4 win over Dartmouth's Alison Taff in the quarterfinals. Also in Flight A, third year Christie Schweer (Houston, Texas/Memorial) lost to Boston University's Selin Nassi in three sets, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Schweer went on to beat Seton Hall's Laura McCracken 6-4, 6-0 in the first round of the consolation bracket.

Tuchband lost her first set to Sarita Yardi of Dartmouth 1-6, but came back to win the next two sets, 7-5, 6-2, to advance to the quarterfinals of Flight B. Tuchband defeated Harvard's Fleur Broughton 6-2, 6-0 to move into the quarterfinals. Third year Leslie Cook (Boynton Beach, Fla./Lake Worth Christian), the number one seed in Flight B, opened the tournament with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Rebecca Rhee of Brown, but stumbled in the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) loss to Carrie Rose of Boston University.

Weaver advanced to the semifinals of Flight C with a pair of straight-set victories. Weaver began the day with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Elizabeth Dugan of Seton Hall and then defeated Dartmouth's Carolyn Roth 6-3, 6-4 to move into the semis. Also in Flight C, second year Jana Liskovcova (South Easton, Mass./Mansfield) won her first round match over Boston College's Kim Arbuckle, 6-3, 6-2. Liskovcova fell to Olivia Garcia-McKean of Harvard in the quarterfinals 6-3, 7-6 (1). She will begin play in the consolation bracket on Saturday.

Two Virginia doubles teams also recorded first round victories on Friday. Cook and Schweer, the second seed in Flight A, received a victory when Boston University's Selin Nassi and Christine Cerretani defaulted. In Flight B Doubles competition, Tuchband and Weaver teamed to defeat Brown's Irene Adsuar and Jeanine Baillie 8-4.

The 1999 Brown Invitational resumes tomorrow and concludes on Sunday.