BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- ULM's Medy
Blankvoort and Monica Winkel advanced to the second round of the ITA Regional
Championships with an 8-5 victory over LSU's Kaitlin Burns and Yvette Vlaar on
Friday.
Blankvoort and Winkel have now
won five straight doubles matches and are 8-3 this fall as a team. The pair
will take on Alabama's Alexa Guarachi and Mary Anne Macfarlane tomorrow for the
right to advance to the quarterfinals. Macfarlane is the 27th ranked
player in the NCAA and Guarachi is ranked 55th in the NCAA.
In singles, Winkel fell 6-3,
6-3 to Mississippi State's Olesya Tsigvintseva in the opening round and
Blankvoort dropped a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 decision to Northwestern State's Olga Bazhanova.
Both rebounded in the consolation draw with a pair of wins. Blankvoort defeated
Tulane's Caroline Thornton 1-6, 6-2, 10-7, while Winkel took down Troy's Candela
Munoz 6-2, 5-7, 10-3.
Blankvoort and Winkel will hit
the courts at 9 a.m. for their doubles match, while the singles action will
continue in the afternoon.
