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W&M Women’s Tennis Takes Top Two Singles Titles at Hampton Roads Invite
Megan Moulton-Levy and Lauren Cash Each Win Two Singles Matches on Final Day
10/16/05 6:40PM
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - William and Mary’s women’s tennis team concluded a successful tournament by winning the top two singles flights today at the Hampton Roads Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Old Dominion at the Huntington Park Tennis Center. The Tribe had four singles players and two doubles teams compete in five flight championships.
W&M junior Megan Moulton-Levy (Monroe, MI), ranked 23rd in the nation and seeded first in the tournament, battled back to defeat Viktoria Konstantinova (Virginia Commonwealth), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0, in the semifinals, before cruising to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Victoria Vaynberg (Syracuse) to claim the tournament’s singles title. In the B-1 singles flight, Tribe freshman Lauren Cash (Allendale, NJ) beat Larissa Santos (Old Dominion), 6-2, 6-4, in the semifinals, then defeated teammate Alex de Guzman (Holmdel, NJ), 6-1, 6-1 in the final. A junior at W&M, de Guzman advanced to the finals with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Comelia Carapcea (UMBC) in the semifinal round earlier today.
In the C-1 singles flight, W&M freshman Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (Krakow, Poland), reached the finals with a 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 win over UMBC’s Pascaline Cette, before falling to Katie Bramante (Syracuse). Senior Lingda Yang (Coconut Creek, FL) lost a tough three-set semifinal match to Virginia Tech’s Bethan James, in the B-2 singles flight.
In the top doubles flight, Cash and W&M rookie Barbara Zidek (Orland Park, IL) lost to Delaware’s Amanda Campbell and Susan Pollack, while de Guzman and Kasztelaniec fell to Virginia Tech’s Natalie Kretzer and Abbey Walker in the finals of the C-2 doubles flight.
The Tribe returns to action later this week at the ITA East Region Championships. The tournament will be hosted by the U.S Military Academy, beginning Friday, October 21 and continuing through Tuesday October 25.
William and Mary Women’s Tennis at Hampton Roads Collegiate Invitational
Singles Flight A
Semifinal
#23 Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. Viktoria Konstantinova (VCU); 4-6, 6-2, 1-0
Victoria Vaynberg (Syracuse) d. Barbara Zidek (W&M); 6-3, 6-4
Final
#23 Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. Vaynberg (Syracuse); 6-1, 6-1
Singles Flight B-1
Semifinal
Lauren Cash (W&M) d. Larissa Santos (Old Dominion); 6-2, 6-4
Alex de Guzman (W&M) d. Comelia Carapcea (UMBC); 7-6, 6-2
Final
Cash (W&M) d. de Guzman (W&M); 6-1, 6-1
Singles Flight B-2
Semifinal
Bethan James (Virginia Tech) d. Lingda Yang (W&M); 6-4, 4-6, 1-0
Singles Flight C-1
Semifinal
Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (W&M) d. Pascaline Cette (UMBC); 4-6, 6-3, 1-0
Final
Katie Bramante (Syracuse) d. Kasztelaniec (W&M); 6-1, 6-2
Doubles Flight A
Final
Amanda Campbell/Susan Pollack (Delaware) d. Lauren Cash/Barbara Zidek (W&M); 8-2
Doubles Flight C-2
Final
Natalie Kretzer/Abbey Walker (Virginia Tech) d. Klaudyna Kasztelaniec/Alex de Guzman (W&M); 9-8 (5)
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