May 21, 2002

Palo Alto, CA -- Old Dominion sophomore Nataly Cahana (Quriat Balik, Israel) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Individual Championships with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Linda Faltynkova of Oklahoma State.

The sixth seed at this year's championship, Cahana will face Lindsay Dawaf of Florida tomorrow at the Taube Tennis Center on the campus of Stanford University. Dawaf defeated Duke's Julie DeRoo, 7-6, 6-1, this afternoon.

Cahana's journey through the NCAA Tournament can be viewed live at gostanford.fansonly.com/sports/w-tennis/ncaa-scoreboard.html.