PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. - Colorado's Nuria Ormeño Ruiz was eliminated on Friday from the Back Draw of the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif. She fell in the Round of 32 yesterday to North Carolina's Sara Daavettila.
On Friday Ormeño Ruiz fell 6-4, 6-0 to the No. 2-ranked player in the country, Pepperdine's Luisa Stefani. Ormeño Ruiz led 4-3 in the first set, but could not hold her momentum. She trailed a break early in the first set before gaining that break back to get to 4-3.
Ormeño Ruiz and her Buffaloes teammates will wrap up the season next weekend at the ITA Mountain Regional with an opportunity to qualify for the National Indoors Championships.