W&M Women’s Tennis Wins Three Titles at Hampton Roads Collegiate

Sherbakov and Fuchs/Moulton-Levy Win Top Flight Championships

10/17/04 9:46PM

NEWPORT NEWS, VA - William and Mary’s women’s tennis team won the top singles flight and two of the three doubles flights that the team competed in, as the Tribe ended play today at the Hampton Roads Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Old Dominion at Huntington Park.

A pair of W&M teammates, seniors Lena Sherbakov (Mountain View, CA) and Candice Fuchs (Sarasota, FL) faced off in the semifinals of the top singles flight, with the 82nd-ranked Sherbakov defeating Fuchs, ranked 99th in the nation, 6-2, 6-2. In the final, Sherbakov defeated Old Dominion’s Kerstin Endlich, 6-0, 6-3.

In the top doubles flight, Fuchs and freshman Megan Moulton-Levy (Monroe, MI) ranked 56th in the nation, defeated Danila Milano/Camila Noldin (Radford), 8-1, in the semifinals, before shutting out Delaware’s Susan Pollack/Sari Shuster, 8-0. Also winning a title was the Tribe team of Sherbakov and sophomore Kristen Dunbar (Atlanta, GA), who defeated Elena Besedova/Lucia Kapisinska (Hampton) and Megan Wolfgram/Jelena Zivanovic (Richmond) in the B-1 doubles flight.

W&M will return to action starting Friday at the ITA East Region Championships, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. Draws and scheduling information for the event will be available later this week.


W&M Women’s Tennis at Hampton Roads Collegiate Tennis Invitational
Day Three – October 17, 2004

Singles

Flight A
Semifinals
#82 Lena Sherbakov (W&M) d. #99 Candice Fuchs (W&M); 6-2, 6-2

Final
#82 Sherbakov (W&M) d. Kerstin Endlich (Old Dominion); 6-0, 6-3


Flight B-2
Semifinals
Lucia Kapisinska (Hampton) d. Lingda Yang (W&M); 6-4, 6-3


Doubles

Flight A-1
Semifinals
#56 Candice Fuchs/Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. Danila Milano/Camila Noldin (Radford); 8-1

Final
#56 Fuchs/Moulton-Levy (W&M) d. Susan Pollack/Sari Shuster (Delaware); 8-0


Flight B-1
Semifinals
Kristen Dunbar/Lena Sherbakov (W&M) d. Elena Besedova/Lucia Kapisinska (Hampton); 8-3

Final
Dunbar/Sherbakov (W&M) d. Megan Wolfgram/Jelena Zivanovic (Richmond); 8-2


Flight B-2
Semifinals
Alex de Guzman/Lingda Yang (W&M) d. Courtney Dorsey/Aja Wright (Howard); 8-1

Final
Robin Carter/Courtney Klein (Richmond) d. de Guzman/Yang (W&M); 8-6