W&M Women’s Tennis Begins Play at ITA East Regionals

10/24/03 10:40PM

BLACKSBURG, VA - William and Mary’s women’s tennis team began play today at the ITA East Region Championships, hosted by Virginia Tech at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.

In first round singles action, Tribe freshman Emily Mowery (Bradenton, FL) defeated Sarah McNally (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-1, while sophomore Lingda Yang (Coconut Creek, FL) fell to Virginia’s Marta Bechliwanis, 6-3, 6-3. Five other W&M singles players, all of whom received first round byes, will join Mowery in second round action tomorrow. Junior Candice Fuchs (Sarasota, FL), is ranked 16th in the nation and is the tournament’s No. 1 seed, while sophomore Megan Muth (Covington, LA), the defending East Region singles champion, is ranked 39th in the nation and seeded third in the tournament. Junior Amy Wei (Marietta, GA) is the tournament’s eighth-seeded singles player and is ranked 65th in the nation. W&M juniors Kate Boomershine (Glenwood, MD) and Lena Sherbakov (Mountain View, CA) also will be competing in singles tomorrow.

In the doubles competition, W&M’s duo of Boomershine and Fuchs, ranked seventh in the nation and the tournament’s top seed, cruised past Ashley Lynn Constantine/Catherine Koontz (West Virginia), 8-1. Muth and Wei, ranked 49th in the nation and seeded third in the tournament, also won, defeating Christine Alford/Aimee Kim (Yale), 8-6, to advance to the second round. The Tribe team of Mowery and Yang was also scheduled to play in a late match tonight, with results not yet available.

W&M continues play in the regional tomorrow, with singles play beginning at 8:00 AM and doubles action starting in the afternoon.


W&M Women’s Tennis at ITA East Region Championships

Singles
Round One
Emily Mowery (W&M) d. Sarah McNally (DC); 6-3, 6-1
Marta Bechliwanis (UVA) d. Lingda Yang (W&M); 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
Round One
#7 Kate Boomershine/Candice Fuchs (W&M) d. Ashley Lynn Constantine/Catherine Koontz (WV); 8-1
#T49 Megan Muth/Amy Wei (W&M) d. Christine Alford/Aimee Kim (Yale); 8-6
Emily Mowery/Lingda Yang (W&M) vs. Trine Lise Juliussen/Wei-Ming Leong (SU); late

DC - Dartmouth, SU - Syracuse, UVA - Virginia, WV - West Virginia