May 23, 2012
Three Big Ten women's tennis players were eliminated today in the first round of the NCAA Singles Championships. Michigan's Emina Bektas fell to Tennessee's Kata Szekely (6-4, 7-5), Northwestern's Kate Turvy lost to California's Jana Juricova (6-3, 6-1) and Nebraska's Mary Weatherholt fell to California's Zsofi Susanyi (6-4, 7-5).
The doubles championship is slated for Thursday as Michigan's Bektas and Brooke Bolender and Northwestern's Linda Abu Mushrefova and Nida Hamilton look to make a run in the championships.
