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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 - Thursday, May 28
Photos by Pete LaFleur, University of Notre Dame
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California junior Amanda Augustus (left) and sophomore Amy Jensen advanced to the NCAA doubles finals with a stunning 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory over #2-seeded Vanessa Webb and Karen Goldstein of Duke. The Cal tandem is 27-7 for the season while Duke's top doubles team finishes 35-6.
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Stanford senior Anie Bleszynski is one win away from becoming the first unseeded player to win the NCAA women's singles title, after a 6-3, 6-0 win Thursday over another unseeded player, San Diego's Zuzana Lesenarova. Bleszynski has won all seven of her singles matches over the past eight days at Notre Dame's Courtnry Tennis Center, including a 3-0 mark in the team competition (she is Stanford's #4 singles player).
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Duke junior Vanessa Webb advanced to the singles finals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Stanford's Julie Scott before losing with teammate Karen Goldstein in the doubles competition to Cal's Amanda Augustus and Amy Jensen (2-6, 6-0, 6-3). The #4-seeed Webb is 43-9 in singles action this season.
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California head coach Jan Brogan gives words of encouragement to sophomore Amy Jensen (left) and junior Amanda Augustus, who came back to defeat Duke's #2-seeded Vanessa Webb and Karen Goldstein by scores of 2-6, 6-0, 6-3. The Cal tandem is the first unseeded NCAA doubles finalist since 1994 and could become the first unseeded doubles champion in the tournament's 17-year history.
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Florida senior Dawn Buth (left) and junior Stephanie Nickitas improved their season record to 28-3 while staying on track for a third straight NCAA title.
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Duke junior Vanessa Webb reflects on her busy two weeks at Notre Dame's Courtney Tennis Center. Webb led Duke to a runner-up finish in the team competition, advanced to Friday's singles final and lost in Thursday's doubles semi-finals.
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Members of the William & Mary tennis team bid farewell to Notre Dame and the 1998 NCAAs (from left): seniors Michelle O and Lauren Nikolaus, assistant coach Tyler Thomson and head coach Brian Kalbas. Nikolaus was named the ITA national player of the year while Kalbas--a 1989 Notre Dame graduate--was named the ITA national coach of the year.
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Stanford senior Anie Bleszynski meets with the media after advancing to the NCAA singles final.
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Florida senior Dawn Buth (left) and junior Stephanie Nickitas meet with the media after defeating William & Mary's Lauren Nikolaus and Michelle O (6-2, 6-4). The Gator duo hopes their final press conference Friday is a happy one, as they take aim at a third straight NCAA title.
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Duke junior Vanessa Webb (far court) kept up her tireless routine into the late hours Thursday, hitting some practice balls with assistant coach Shaun Beckish (near court) while head coach Jamie Ashworth looked on. Webb has played seven matches in the last three days (four singles, three doubles), including six straight-set wins and Thursday's three-set doubles loss to Cal. She has needed to play only 125 games during that three-day, seven-match stretch, winning 82 games while losing 43.
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Thursday's NCAA women's tennis semi-final action featured the addition of ball boys and ball girls from the South Bend area.
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