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Zelic, Pethybridge Advance at ITA All-American Championships

CARY, N.C. – The Portland women's tennis doubles tandem of Iva Zelic and Sally Pethybridge won both of their Saturday matches in the Pre-Qualifying Doubles Draw in the prestigious ITA All-American Championships hosted at Cary Tennis Park. The duo move on to face draw's No. 2 seed from Wake Forest on Sunday with a victory advancing them to Monday's Qualifying Doubles Draw.

The Pilot pair opened the tournament with a comfortable 8-3 win against Vanderbilt's Dasha Kourkina and Marcella Cruz. In the late match the Pilots jumped out to a 7-3 lead against VCU's Gabriela Ana Maria Davidescu and Anastasia Smirnova.