Fuller Claims Individual Title at USC Upstate Tournament

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Junior Kari Fuller (Suwanee, Ga.) of the Presbyterian College women’s tennis team won her singles flight at the USC Upstate Fall Tournament as the Blue Hose competed in their first fall tournament of the 2006-07 season.  The tournament featured USC Upstate, USC Aiken, Tusculum College, and Mars Hill College. 

Singles
Fuller captured the ‘B’ draw championship with her 3-6, 6-3, 10-4 defeat of USC Upstate’s Vivian Neuenschwander.  Fuller had picked up a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Tusculum College’s Caroline Crowe before beating USC Aiken’s Telford 6-0, 6-0 en route to the final match against Neuenschwander. 

After picking up a win against Mars Hill College’s Aylin Seyalioglu, senior Lauren Brown (Gaffney, S.C.) lost a tough match to USC Upstate’s Susana Hernandez 2-6, 6-2 (8-10) in singles ‘A’ draw play.  Senior Lisa Moyer (Florence, S.C.) fell to Tusculum’s Bronwyn Hartley 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles
In the doubles action, the Blue Hose duo of Brown and Moyer advanced to the championship match of the doubles ‘A’ draw winners’ bracket.  Brown and Moyer beat USC Aiken’s Mayra Kaefer and Elly Toth 8-4 followed by an 8-5 defeat of Mars Hill’s Nancie Gruber and Whitney Stroud.  Brown and Moyer fell to USC Upstate’s Hernandez and Daniela Lovera 8-3 in the finals.