Senior Kelcy Tefft

Irish Doubles Advance to Finals of ITA National Indoor

Nov. 8, 2008

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The wins keep coming for the Irish as the doubles duo of Kelcy Tefft and Kristy Frilling toppled yet another top-10 team at the ITA National Indoor Championships Saturday.

Tefft and Frilling knocked off TCU’s ninth-ranked Macall Harkins and Anna Sydorska, 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the final match.

The duo defeated Fresno State’s No. 1 Melanie Gloria and Tinesta Rowe, 8-3, in the first round, then knocked off No. 13 Laila Abdala and Nadia Abdala, of Arizona State, 8-0, in the quarterfinals.

Tefft and Frilling will face Fresno State’s eighth-ranked team of Renata Kucerkova and Anastasia Petukhova in the finals Sunday.

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