PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- A pair of Rock doubles teams placed third Saturday to highlight the Green and White's first-day effort in the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.
The sister duo of
Kayla Blackburn and
Samantha Blackburn finished third in Flight #1 competition, while the tandem of
Jessica Hilborn and
Casey Runyan was third in Flight #2.
The Rock will send one player,
Kelly Stenger, into a third-place match Sunday.
The Rock will have four singles players competing in fifth-place matches Sunday.
Samantha Blackburn will be in the Flight #1 match, while Hilborn will be in the Flight #2 match. Runyan will play Rock teammate
Chelsea Barton in the Flight #4 third-place match.
Complete Rock results from Saturday included:
Flight #1 singles
Amanda Wu (Carnegie Mellon) def. K. Blackburn 6-2, 6-3
Zena Williams (Duquesne) def.
Laura Handy (SRU) 6-1, 4-6, 10-8
K. Blackburn def. Rachel McGowan (Duquesne) 9-7
Laura Chen (Carnegie Mellon) def. Handy 8-2
K. Blackburn will play Chen in the fifth-place match Sunday
Handy will play McGowan in the seventh-place match Sunday
Flight #2 singles
Galina Vishnikina (California, Pa.) def. S. Blackburn 6-0, 6-2
Courtney Chin (Carnegie Mellon) def. Jessica Hilborn 6-1, 6-2
Becky Poole (Duquesne) def. Samantha S. Blackburn 8-4
Hilborn received bye in first round of consolation play
Hilborn will play Poole in the fifth-place match Sunday
S, Blackburn won seventh-place via bye
Flight #singles
Cze-Ja Tam (Carnegie Mellon) def. Rizzi 6-0, 6-0
Kelly Hart (Carnegie Mellon) def.
Chelsea Gibson 6-1, 6-1
Alex Albano (Duquesne) def. Rizzi 8-3
Ashley Herrick (Carnegie Mellon) def. Gibson 8-1
Rizzi will play Gibson in the seventh-place match Sunday
Flight #4 singles
Lanna Buehler (Duquesne) def. Barton 6-0, 6-1
Kelly Stenger won first-round match via bye
Danielle Rosenfeld (Carnegie Mellon) def. Runyan 6-0, 6-1
Buehler def. Stenger 6-0, 5-7, 10-4
Barton and Runyan won consolation matches via byes
Stenger will play Stephanie Novakowski (Duquesne) in third-place match Sunday
Barton will play Runyan in fifth-place match Sunday
Flight #1 doubles
Van Eysendeyk/Stanila (California) def. K. Blackburn/S. Blackburn 8-2
K. Blackburn/S. Blackburn def. Chin/chui (Carnegie Mellon) 8-6
Blackburn sisters finished third
Flight #2 doubles
Hart/Herrick (Carnegie Mellon) def. Runyan/Hilborn 8-3
Runyan/Hilborn finished third via bye in consolation match
Flight #3 doubles
Majdalani/Albano (Duquesne) def. Gibson/Rizzi 8-2
Buehler/Novakowski (Duquesne) def. Gibson/Rizzi 8-2
Gibson/Rizzi placed fourth
Flight #4 doubles
Rosenfeld/Tam (Carnegie Mellon) def. Runyan/Hilborn 8-2
Runay/Hilborn finished second