Oct. 24, 2010

Midland, Mich. -- For the second consecutive year, the Wayne State women's tennis team finished the GLIAC Tournament in fourth as the Warriors fell in the third-place match to Ferris State 5-1 Sunday morning.

After trailing 2-1 following doubles play, the Warriors were outdueled in singles 3-0.

The No. 1 team of Sharon Gill (Windsor, Ont./Academie Ste. Cecile) and Kristina Goranskaya (Thornhill, Ont./Northview Heights Secondary School) were victorious yet again, defeating Amy Ingle and Tiffany Rheynard 8-1. The duo will head into spring play having won 26 of their last 27 doubles matches, including nine straight.

At No. 2 doubles, McCall Monte (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich./Gross Pointe South) and Milena Vuksanovic (Pancevo, Serbia/Uros Predic Secondary School) were downed by Alina Stanila and Melissa Flowers 8-4, snapping the tandem's four-match win streak.

Jennifer Bradford (Detroit, Mich./Mumford) and Jessica Kruczek (Detroit, Mich./Lakeview) were bested by Tabitha Simpson and Natalie Diorio 8-6.

Monte came up short in No. 4 singles 6-2, 6-3, while Debora Correa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Padre Eustaquio) and Bradford both lost their No. 5 and No. 6 matches 6-0, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-1, respectively.

Grand Valley State won their first-ever GLIAC Tournament after defeating Northwood 5-1 in the championship match.

Stayed tuned to wsuathletics.com for the announcement of the 2010 All-GLIAC Women's Tennis Teams.