Courtney Ulery, Catherine Newman, Jackie Wu and Chelsea Preeg advanced to their respected bracket championships during the second day of the annual June Stewart Invitational. The Commodores went 5-3 in singles Saturday while posting a respectable 4-4 mark in doubles.
Newman, a junior, took control of her singles match early and never looked back as she cruised to tomorrow's final of the Jason Valentine Draw after dispatching Kentucky's Lauren Meier 6-2, 6-1. The win over Meier gives Newman her seventh victory of the fall season.
Freshman Jackie Wu had one of the highlights of the tournament as she improved to 8-0 in singles by outlasting William and Mary's Katarina Zoricic in a 3 1/2 hour marathon, 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-0. The win over No.94 Zoricic sets the table for tomorrow's marquee championship matchup between Newman and Wu. This is the second year in a row that two Commodores will square off in a bracket final. Last year, Courtney Ulery defeated former Vanderbilt All-American Amanda Taylor in two set tiebreaker.
Courtney Ulery improved to 2-0 this weekend as she defeated William and Mary's Lauren Sabacisnski in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, setting up a final showdown against Kentucky's Christine Johnston. Ulery topped Johnston in their only meeting last year at the SEC Fall Coaches Classic.
Freshman Chelsea Preeg also improved to 2-0 on the weekend as she breezed through Indiana's Katya Zapadalova in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2 to set up tomorrow's championship bout against Kentucky's Megan Broderick. Broderick ranked No. 55 nationally, clinched a spot in tomorrow's final by knocking off Indiana's Charlotte Martin. Preeg enters tomorrow's match with a 7-1 record in three fall tournaments.
Sophomore Keilly Ulery picked up her fourth win of the fall campaign after dispatching Klaudyna Kasztelaniec of William and Mary, 6-4, 6-4.



