The Cal Poly women’s doubles team of juniors Brittany Blalock and Steffi Wong was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northwest Championships at Stanford on Sunday.
Blalock and Wong, seeded fourth, were defeated by eighth seed Jana Juricova and Marion Ravelojaona of Cal, 8-5.
The Mustangs’ top doubles team was given a bye in the opening round before advancing with wins over Jennifer Heinser and Cecilia Gratian of San Francisco and Katrina Zheltova and Melissa Valenzuela of Sacramento State.
Also competing in doubles for Cal Poly was the tandem of juniors Suzie Matzenauer and Diane Filip, who were eliminated in the third round by third seed Claire Ilcinkas and Marina Cossou of Cal, 8-5.
Blalock and Wong also competed in the singles draw at Stanford. Wong fell to top-seeded Hilary Barte of Stanford 6-1, 6-1 in the third round while Blalock was stopped by ninth seed Alexandra Poorta of St. Mary’s 6-4, 6-1.
Senior Shannon Brady was eliminated in the third round by 11th seed Bojana Bobusic of Cal 6-1, 6-2.
Freshman Jocelyn Davis lost in the second round to Elisabeth Fournier of Washington State 6-3, 7-5 while Matzenauer (6-2, 6-2 to eighth-seeded Lindsay Burdette of Stanford) and senior Maria Malec (6-3, 6-3 to second-seeded Marina Cossou of Cal) were stopped in the third round.
The Mustangs will host the Cal Poly Invitational from Nov. 14-16.