Oct. 3, 2006
Pacific Palisades, Calif. – University of Notre Dame junior Brook Buck lost her first round match in the qualifying singles portion of the 2006 Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships to No. 29 Danielle Steinberg of Arizona, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Buck, ranked No. 66, dropped to 2-2 this fall.
Buck appeared in-line to a first round upset after taking the opening set, 6-4, but was not able to hold off Steinberg. The Wildcat sophomore captured the next two sets by identical 6-4 counts.
Buck will compete in a full consolation draw that starts Wednesday afternoon.
This is the first of three national championship events during the 2006-07 collegiate tennis season. Two others are the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in November and the season-ending NCAA Championships in May in Athens, Ga.
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