Forlini advances to final, leads Falcons in successful day
11/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Chloe Forlini advanced to the finals of her flight to lead a successful day for the Falcons in day two of the North Texas Invitational in Denton, Texas. The Falcons won three other singles matches and three of four doubles matches on the day. The Falcons also took three of four matches against in-state rival Colorado on the day.
Forlini defeated teammate Jocelle Rudico in the semifinals, 7-5, 7-6 (9) to advance to the Sunday final. In consolation matches, Tracy Landram defeated Tiefel of Colorado, 6-3, 6-2 while Natasha Rizvi was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Bardabush of North Texas.
In other singles action, Marcelli Magday fell to Gordero of North Texas, 6-3, 6-3, while Mary Meyers fell 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1 to Gordo of Stephen F. Austin. Tiffany Tran fell to Gehre of Texas-Arlington, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2 while Lily Forlini fell to Aiello of Colorado, 6-4, 7-5.
In doubles action, Chloe Forlini and Hatcliff defeated Leui and Rodriquez of NCTC, 8-4, Lili Forlini and Tran beat Bokhma and Tiefel of Colorado, 8-3 and Rizvi and Rudico defeated Ormeno and Aiello of Colorado, 8-7 (5). Landram and Meyers took the only loss in doubles, falling to Gordo and Terentyeva of SFA, 8-4.
"The team made some great adjustments from yesterday and came out on fire in the doubles today," head coach Kim Gidley said. "Rudico and Rizvi were down 5-0 in doubles and came back to win in a tiebreaker vs. Colorado. Rizvi had an excellent win vs. North Texas' top player in straight sets. Chloe Forlini made her second final of the season with the team's best record at 10-2. Chloe just makes you earn every point and is tough to play."
