Mobile,
AL – University of Mary Hardin-Baylor women's tennis player Brittni
Fausett dominated the first and third sets on the way to a
first-round victory at the ITA Small College National Championships Thursday morning in Mobile, Alabama. Fausett posted a 6-0, 3-6, 6-0 victory over Laura Krull of Grinnell College.
Fausett,
a senior from Cameron Yoe High School, controlled the first set,
sweeping her way to the 6-0 win. Krull took the upper hand in
set two, grabbing the 6-3 win. But the third set was all Fausett as she
rolled to another 6-0 win to put the match away.
Fausett
is the #3 seed in the main draw and is guaranteed at least a fourth
place finish. She will now face #2 seed Lok Sze-Leung of Middlebury
College in the semifinals at 8:30 AM on Friday.
Sze-Leung advanced with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Ava Sadeghi of Vassar
College. The tournament will conclude with 8:30 AM matches on Saturday in the singles draw.
Fausett
is the first UMHB female and first Cru singles player to qualify for
the ITA National Championship. The UMHB men's doubles team
of Eric White and Daniel Quinones finished second at the ITA Small
College National Championships in the fall of 2006.
