ETSU Fall Classic Results and Draws

JOHNSON CITY, TN (September 15, 2006) --- In the first day of the ETSU Fall Classic, Milligan was able to win key matches on both the men’s and women’s side of the bracket. Milligan saw strong performances from freshman Melissa Grgat (Melbourne, Australia) and the Johnson City duo of Ryan Reynolds and Tom Jones.

Grgat defeated Trish Hanson, the No. 1 player from NCAA Division I member Western Carolina University. Grgat won 7-6, 3-6, (10-6) to advance to the Gold Bracket semifinals. Grgat will play Lincoln Memorial University’s Helena Sokolova at 9:20 a.m. Saturday morning. Grgat along with her double’s partner, Krissi Denton (Bristol, Tenn.) won their opening round contest but lost to Georgia Southern University’s team of Kegerreis and Reynolds. Grgat and Denton will play at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning in a consolation match.

In the men’s draw, Reynolds and Jones defeated Carson-Newman’s team of Swanson and Harvie 8-3 then won their semifinal contest to advance to the first flight championship match.

The men’s brackets for singles competition saw Reynolds hand Taylan Batuk, from Mars Hill College, a loss to move into the Gold Bracket semifinals. The Blue Bracket saw Milligan freshmen Charles Williams (Perth, Australia) and Johnathon Ryan (Wangaratta, Australia) advance to their semifinal contest. Reynolds, Williams and Ryan will play at 9:20 a.m. Saturday.

Janie Mullins (Greenville, Ala.) won in her collegiate debut for Milligan. Mullins, in the Orange Bracket, will play Camila Noldin from Radford (Va.) University Saturday at 9:20 a.m.

All men’s matches are on campus at ETSU while the women will play at the Liberty Bell Tennis Complex, in Johnson City. All action is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. at both sites Saturday morning.