Jacks tennis open fall season at Gopher Invite Friday

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The Minnesota women’s tennis team opens its 2007-08 season this weekend as host of the 2007 Gopher Invitational. The tournament will take place Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14-16, at the Baseline Tennis Center on the University of Minnesota campus. In addition to Minnesota, the field for the 2007 Gopher Invitational includes squads from Louisiana State, Iowa State, Northern Iowa University, Eastern Michigan, South Dakota State and Gustavus Adolphus.

Play begins at 9 a.m., each day of the tournament. Results will be available on www.gophersports.com at the conclusion of each day’s play.

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Two South Dakota State University doubles teams advanced to the semifinals of their flight during competition Friday at the season-opening Gopher Invitational.

The Jackrabbit team of Caitlin Brannen and Carrie Jansen earned an 8-5 victory over the split doubles team of Minnesota's Ronni Saxon and Northern Illinois' Samantha Schnobel in the Star Doubles Flight. Nellie Bloomberg and Jenny Sondreal followed in the same flight with an 8-5 victory over Liz Tusler and Jackie Claypool. Both SDSU doubles teams will be back in action at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Jansen was the lone SDSU player to earn a victory in singles play on Friday, winning in straight sets over Dori Losonczy of Iowa State in the Minnesota flight by scores of 6-2 and 6-0. Jansen, a sophomore from Foley, Minn., was later defeated in quarterfinal action by Laura Arebeck of Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 6-0, 6-2.

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Bloomberg, Sondreal advance to doubles final
Courtesy: SDSU Sports Info
Release: 09/16/2007









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MINNEAPOLIS – The South Dakota State University women’s tennis doubles team of Jenny Sondreal and Nellie Bloomberg reached the finals of their flight as the Jackrabbits wrapped up competition at the 2007 Gopher Invitational on Sunday.

Sondreal, a senior from Huron, and Bloomberg, a freshman from Pierre, were defeated by the Northern Iowa team of Ashton Schwerin and Diana Mendez, 8-2, in Sunday’s championship match. The Jackrabbit duo advanced to the finals with a victory over the mixed team of Kylie Adamek of Louisiana State and Iowa State’s Dora Losonczy in semifinal action on Saturday.

SDSU’s other doubles team in the Star flight, Caitlin Brannen and Carrie Jansen, finished in fourth place. The Jackrabbit tandem were upended in semifinal action by the same UNI team that won the tournament, then were ousted in the third-place match.

The Jackrabbits went winless in singles action Saturday and Sunday, following a victory from Carrie Jansen in the Minnesota Flight on Friday.

SDSU returns to the courts next weekend at the Drake Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Re: Jacks tennis open fall season at Gopher Invite Friday

Nice job by the Jackrabbit tennis team!