Freshman Kelli Hine imprvoed to 5-1 on the season with her win Friday.

November 2, 2012

Albuquerque, N.M. – Texas Tech freshman Kelli Hine continued her winning ways on Friday at the 2012 UNM Fall Invitational at the Linda Estes Tennis Center.

Hine dropped South Carolina’s Josefin Andersson, 6-3, 6-3, in the Silver Singles bracket to advance to the semifinals. The win improved her to 5-1 on the fall season.

She then teamed with freshman Sofya Malysheva to defeat the New Mexico tandem of Michaela Oldani and Nikolina Grbac, 8-5. Hine is now 5-1 in doubles action, including a pair of ranked wins.

Tech’s Kendall Warren added a 6-4, 6-4 win over UTEP’s Dariya Abdrakhamanova to advance to the semifnals of the Black Singles draw.

Malysheva was not as lucky in singles, as South Carolina’s Jaklin Alwai pulled out a 6-2, 6-3 over the freshman.

The trio of Lady Raiders return to action at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

2012 UNM Fall Invitational
Singles
Silver Bracket Quarterfinals
Kelli Hine (TT) def. Josefin Andersson (USC), 6-3, 6-3
Black Bracket Quarterfinals
Kendall Warren (TT) def. Dariya Abdrakhamanova (UTEP), 6-4, 6-4
Cherry Bracket Quarterfinals
Jaklin Alwai (USC) def. Sofya Malysheva (TT), 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
Cherry Bracket Quarterfinals
Kelli Hine / Sofya Malysheva (TT) def. Michaela Oldani / Nikolina Grbac (UNM), 8-5