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1998 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
May 21-29
Courtney Tennis Center
University of Notre Dame
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Photo Gallery - Monday, May 25
Photos by Pete LaFleur, University of Notre Dame
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Tulsa's Anoushika Van Exel posted a 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 win over the tournament's #8 seed, William & Mary senior Lauren Nikolaus. Four of the top eight seeds suffered upset losses Monday while two players seeded #9-#16 also failed to advance to the second round.
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Stanford senior Anie Bleszynski posted a 6-1, 6-2 win over Pepperdine's Karoline Borgersen before teaming with classmate Julie Scott for a 6-3, 6-0 win over Fresno State's Dora Dillanova and Liesl Fichtbauer.
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William & Mary senior Michelle O rallied from a 4-0 deficit in game four to defeat Notre Dame freshman Michelle Dasso 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
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University of San Diego's Zuzana Lesenarova reacts to the clinching point in her 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Stanford sophomore Anne Kremer, the tournament's #2-seeded player. Lesenarova broke Kemner's serve for a 6-5 lead and saved a break point before recording the final two points of the day's biggest upset.
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#1 seed Mirela Vladulescu of Alabama-Birmingham avoided the first-round upset that claimed six of the tournament's top 16 seeds and four of the top eight, saving a second-set match point before winning 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 over Vanderbilt's Julie Ditty.
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Notre Dame freshman Michelle Dasso suffered a tough 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 loss to William & Mary senior Michelle O, despite holding a 4-0 lead in the second set. Dasso finished 30-8 for the season while earning the ITA regional rookie of the year award Sunday night.
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Notre Dame senior Tiffany Gates (left) and junior Jennifer Hall rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Arizona State's Alison Nash and Celene McCoury. The Irish duo next will face in-state rival Jennifer Embry and Mary Maggart of Purdue, who upset one of the draw's top-eight seeded doubles teams: Stanford's Anne Kremer and Teryn Ashley.
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(From left) Arizona State's Katy Propstra and Steph Landsdorp had Virginia's Commonwealth's Martina Nedelkova and Andrea Ondrisova on their heels but could not close out the match, as VCU rallied to take the final three games and a 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-5 win.
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