The University of Mississippi Athletics
Boxx Advances To NCAA Second Round In Singles
5/20/2009 | Women's Tennis
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Ole Miss freshman Kristi Boxx advanced to the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship Wednesday with a straight set win over Baylor's Jelena Stanivuk, in the first round at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center.
The Grenada, Miss., native downed 44th-ranked Stanivuk 6-3, 6-3 to move on to the second round where she will face the No. 2 seed, Julia Cohen, of Miami. Cohen defeated South Carolina's Anna Maria Zubori 7-6(4), 6-3.
Boxx, ranked No. 36 in the nation in singles improved to 27-12 overall. She will also compete in doubles Thursday with sophomore Karen Nijssen. The two are ranked No. 16 in the nation.
NCAA WOMEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP - COLLEGE STATION, Texas
FIRST ROUND - Kristi Boxx (OM) def. Jelena Stanivuk (BU) 6-3, 6-3
