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Preikschas-Eng pull upset to setup semifinals rematch

4/23/2010 5:41:27 PM

OJAI -- Verena Preikschas and Katie Eng pulled off an upset in the quarterfinal round and will get a rematch of last year's semifinals at the 110th annual Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament.

After beating conference foes Dora Kiss and Linda Majzlikova of Cal State L.A., 7-5, 6-2, in the first match today, the Warriors' top doubles team battled Chapman's Kelly Fox and Liz Lewis.

Preikschas-Eng, the seventh seed in the draw, dropped the first set 6-3, but responded with a strong 6-1 win in set two. They finished off the upset over the fourth-seeded team with a loud 10-2 super-tiebreaker win to advance.

The win setup a rematch of last year's semifinal showdown between Preikschas-Eng and Fresno Pacific's Vanessa Heroux and Katia Sabate. Heroux and Sabate, again seeded No. 1, won the tournament last April after beating the Warriors duo, 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals.

Preikschas also advanced to Saturday's round in singles competition. She upset No. 3 Jennifer Sher of Conordia, 6-2, 6-4 and will face No. 7 Sheryl Bon of Azusa Pacific in a quarterfinal match at 9:30 a.m. Sher was the singles champion at this tournament last spring.

Vanesa Reibstein and Arina Polovnikova had the other victory on Friday with an impressive upset 6-1, 6-4 win over Jamie Solomon and Kara Wang of Pomona-Pitzer.

Reibstein dropped a close match in singles play to Cal State L.A.'s Dora Kiss, 7-5, 7-6 (5) and was part of the duo, with teammate Polovnikova in a 6-0, 6-3 loss to No. 3 doubles team of Kristin Strimple and Ashley LItchfield from Pt. Loma Nazarene.

Singles Competition

Friday's Results
Round of 16
#6 Verena Preikschas vs. #3 Jennifer Sher (Concordia), 6-2, 6-4
#9 Dora Kiss (Cal Sate L.A.) def. Vanesa Reibstein, 7-5, 7-6 (5)

Saturday's Schedule

Quarterfinals
#6 Preikschas vs. #7 Sheryl Bon (Azusa Pacific), 9:30 a.m.

Doubles Competition

Friday's Results
Round of 16
#7 Preikschas-Katie Eng def. Kiss-Linda Majzlikova (Cal State L.A.), 7-5, 6-2
Arina Polovnikova-Reibstein def. #8 Jamie Solomon-Kara Wang (Pomona-Pitzer), 6-1, 6-4

Quarterfinals
#7 Preikschas-Eng def. #4 Kelly Fox-Liz Lewis (Chapman), 3-6, 6-1, 10-2
#3 Kristin Strimple-Ashley Litchfield (Pt. Loma Nazarene) def. Polovnikova-Reibstein, 6-0, 6-3

Saturday's Schedule
Semifinals
#7 Preikschas-Eng vs. #1 Vanessa Heroux-Katia Sabate (Fresno Pacific), 2 p.m.
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