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Four W&M Women’s Tennis Players Reach Third Round of Singles at ITA Regionals
10/22/05 11:59PM
WEST POINT, NY - Four William and Mary women’s tennis singles players advanced to the third round of ITA East Region Championships, hosted by the U.S. Military Academy at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center.
Two Tribe players won a pair of matches, while two others received first-round byes and won their second round matches, to advance to tomorrow’s round of 32 in the main singles draw. Freshman Lauren Cash (Allendale, NJ) extended her team-high winning streak to seven matches, defeating Julia Colarusso (American), 6-3, 6-2, in the first round, then coming back from a first-set loss to beat Andrea Novaceanu (Buffalo), 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1. Also winning two matches was rookie Katarina Zoricic (Etobicoke, Ontario), who beat Jeanne Schwartz (Maryland), 6-4, 6-1, in the first round, before upsetting No. 15 seed Julia Koulbitskaya (Penn), 6-3, 6-3, in the second. Junior Megan Moulton-Levy (Monroe, MI), the tournament’s top seed and the nation’s 23rd-ranked singles player, received a first-round bye, then beat Allison Hashmall (Princeton), 6-3, 6-2. Senior Megan Muth (Covington, LA), seeded sixth in the event and ranked 46th in the nation, defeated Douglas Wink (Virginia), 7-6 (6), 6-1, in the second round, following her first-round bye.
In the qualifying draw late yesterday, rookie Barbara Zidek (Orland Park, IL) defeated Sara Schiffman (Penn), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, before losing to Wink, 6-1, 7-6 (5). W&M’s doubles team of Cash and freshman Emmy Fritz-Krockow (Fairfax, VA) won two matches to reach the main draw, defeating Brown’s Michelle Pautler and Kara Zeder, 8-2, and Virginia’s Caroline Hammond and Kristen James, 8-5.
The ITA East Regional will continue tomorrow with the first rounds of doubles and the third round of singles matches.
William and Mary Women’s Tennis at ITA East Regional
Singles Main Draw
First Round (128)
Neda Mihneva (Maryland) d. Emmy Fritz-Krockow (W&M); 6-4, 6-1
Lauren Cash (W&M) d. Julia Colarusso (American); 6-3, 6-2
Katarina Zoricic (W&M) d. Jeanne Schwartz (Maryland); 6-4, 6-1
Second Round (64)
#23 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. Allison Hashmall (Princeton); 6-3, 6-2
#46 Megan Muth (W&M) d. Douglas Wink (Virginia); 7-6 (6), 6-1
Cash (W&M) d. Andrea Novaceanu (Buffalo); 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1
Zoricic (W&M) d. Julia Koulbitskaya (Penn); 6-3, 6-3
Singles Qualifying (Late yesterday)
First Round (32)
Barbara Zidek (W&M) d. Sara Schiffman (Penn); 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Second Round (16)
Douglas Wink (Virginia) d. Zidek (W&M); 6-1, 7-6 (5)
Doubles Qualifying (Late yesterday)
First Round (16)
Lauren Cash/Emmy Fritz-Krockow (W&M) vs. Michelle Pautler/Kara Zeder (Brown); 8-2
Quarterfinal
Cash/Fritz-Krockow (W&M) d. Caroline Hammond/Kristen James (Virginia); 8-5
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