Two Tribe Singles Reach Flight Finals at W&M Invitational

Megan Muth and Lena Sherbakov to Compete for Titles Tomorrow

09/25/04 6:47PM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - Two William and Mary women’s tennis players will compete in the championship matches of their singles flights, after winning semifinal matches today at the 12th Annual W&M Invitational. The tournament, which was played on the College’s Busch and Adair Tennis Courts features some of the top women’s tennis teams in the nation, as Boston College, Duke, Marshall, NC State, Princeton, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth and Virginia Tech joined the Green and Gold in competition.

Play began today in doubles, where the College’s duo of senior Amy Wei (Marietta, GA) and junior Megan Muth (Covington, LA), ranked No. 2 in the nation, won their first consolation match, cruising past Virginia’s Lori Stern and Douglas Wink, 8-1. Tribe senior Candice Fuchs (Sarasota, FL) and freshman Megan Moulton-Levy (Monroe, MI), ranked 56th in the country, defeated Virginia’s Kristen James and Diana Srebovic, 8-5. That set up a final consolation match for W&M’s top two doubles teams, with Fuchs and Moulton-Levy defeating Muth and Wei, 8-5.

In the top singles flight, Muth, ranked 15th in the nation, and Moulton-Levy faced off again, this time in the semifinals, with Muth emerging victorious and advancing to tomorrow’s singles championship with a 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4 decision over her teammate. In the second singles flight, senior Lena Sherbakov (Mountain View, CA), ranked 82nd in the nation, defeated Virginia’s Kristen James, 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals. Tomorrow, Sherbakov will open singles play with her final against No. 96 Saras Arasu (Duke), scheduled for 9:00 AM. Muth will face VCU’s Marianna Yuferova for the tournament title at 11:00 AM.

The tournament will end tomorrow, with all doubles contests starting at 8:00 AM, and singles finals beginning at 9:00 AM.


Complete Brackets (PDF)



2004 12th Annual W&M Invitational
Complete Day Two Results

Flight A Singles
Semifinals
Marianna Yuferova (VCU) d. Diana Srebrovic (UVA); 6-3, 6-3
#15 Megan Muth (W&M) d. Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M); 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4

Consolation
#84 Szilvia Szegedi (BC) d. #100 Tory Zawacki (DU); 7-5, 6-3
Ashley Kroh (Mar)d. Darcy Robertson (Prin); 6-2, 6-1
#99 Candice Fuchs (W&M) d. #68 Jenny Zika (DU); 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
#19 Jackie Carleton (DU) d. Viktoria Konstantinova (VCU); 6-1, 6-2
Kristin Cargill (DU) d. #114 Nida Waseem (BC); 6-1, 6-3
#19 Carleton (DU) d. Cargill (DU); 6-4, 6-1
#68 Jenny Zika (DU) d. Robertson (Prin); 6-4, 7-6 (3)
#114 Waseem (BC) d. Konstantinova (VCU); 7-6 (5), 6-7 (1), 7-6 (2)


Flight B Singles
Semifinals
#82 Lena Sherbakov (W&M) d. Kristen James (UVA); 6-4, 6-2
#96 Saras Arasu (DU) d. Clelia Deltour (DU); 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Consolation
Joelle Good (Mar) d. Dora Bechliwanis (UVA); 6-0, 6-0
Lille Nzudie (Mar) d. Morgan Landes (BC); 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
J.J. Larson (VT) d. Holly Asel (Mar); 6-0, 6-2
Danielle Hoch (Mar) d. Ashley James (VT); 6-3, 6-4
J.J. Larson (VT) d. Lille Nzudie (Mar); 6-2, 6-3


Flight C Singles
Semifinals
Lauren Archer (DU) d. Rachel Del Priore (UVA); 6-2, 6-2
Parker Goyer (DU) d. Kristen Dunbar (W&M); 2-6, 7-5, 6-4

Consolation
Felice Lam (VT) d. Lori Stern (UVA); 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Jessica Long (VT) d. Alex de Guzman (W&M); 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Gia Nafarette (BC) d. Lingda Yang (W&M); 6-4, 6-3
Agustine Arechavaleta (NCS) d. Nafarette (BC); 6-3, 6-3
Christine Kansky (Prin) d. Bethan James (VT); 3-6, 6-4, 6-2


Flight D Singles
Semifinals
Caroline Hammond (UVA) d. Jeanne Schwartz (Mar); 6-4, 6-0
Lindsey Pereira (UVA) d. Joanne Roth (Prin); 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

Consolation
Kristen Carlin (Prin) d. Emily Yeomans (BC); 7-6, 6-4
Ivana King (Prin) d. Kate Harrington (VT); 6-2, 6-3
Shannon Brown (Mar) d. Gabriela Carvalho (VT); 6-4, 6-2
Alizee Paradis (Mar) d. Jesse Firth-Morais (UVA); 6-3, 6-2
Brown (Mar) d. Virginia Romero (NCS); 6-3, 6-3
Danielle Stadelmann (NCS) d. Paradis (Mar); 6-2, 6-1


Flight A Doubles
Semifinals
Felice Lam/J.J. Larson (VT) d. Saras Arasu/Jennifer Zika (DU); 8-6
Joelle Good/Danielle Hock (Mar) d. Szilvia Szegedi/Nida Waseem (BC); 8-6

Consolation
#2 Megan Muth/Amy Wei (W&M) d. Lori Stern/Douglas Wink (UVA); 8-1
#56 Candice Fuchs/Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. Kristen James/Diana Srebovic (UVA); 8-5
#56 Fuchs/Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. #2 Muth/Wei (W&M); 8-5
Ashley Kroh/Jeanne Schwartz (Mar) d. Christine Kansky/Jessica Siebel (Prin);8-5
Anat Elazari/Ashley James (VT) d. Kristin Cargill/Tory Zawacki (DU); 8-2


Flight B Doubles
Semifinals
Clelia Deltour/Parker Goyer (DU) d. Kristen Dunbar/Lingda Yang (W&M); 8-4
Rachel Del Priore/Lindsey Pereira (UVA) d. Alex de Guzman/Lena Sherbakov (W&M); 8-2

Consolation
Kate Harrington/Jessica Long (VT) d. Lille Nzudie/Alizee Paradis (Mar); 8-3
Ivana King/Darcy Robertson (Prin) d. Harrington/Long (VT); 8-0
Holly Asel/Shannon Brown (Mar) d. Dora Bechliwanis/Caroline Hammond (UVA); 8-4
Agustina Arechavetala/Danielle Stadelmann (NCS) d. Morgan Landes/Gia Nafarette (BC); 8-6
Arechavetala/Stadelmann (NCS) d. Carlin/Roth (Prin); 9-8 (5)
Bechliwanis/Hammond (UVA) d. Landes/Nafarette (BC); 8-4


Abbreviations
BC - Boston College
DU - Duke
Mar - Marshall
NCS - NC State
Prin - Princeton
UVA - Virginia
VCU - Virginia Commonwealth
VT - Virginia Tech
W&M - William and Mary