Tribe Women’s Tennis Continues at Kentucky Invitational

W&M’s Dunbar and Sherbakov Win Doubles Flight Title

10/03/04 11:13AM

LEXINGTON, KY - William and Mary senior Lena Sherbakov (Mountain View, CA) and sophomore Kristen Dunbar (Atlanta, GA) won the Red Doubles Flight championship, while Dunbar and junior Megan Muth (Covington, LA) won two singles matches each to advance to the finals of their respective flights, as the Tribe women’s tennis team continued to play well yesterday on the second day of the Kentucky Invitational.

Dunbar and Sherbakov defeated Louisville’s Natalie Lazskowski/Kelly Taylor, 8-6, in the semifinals and cruised past Kentucky’s duo of Danielle Petrisko/Christina Simpson, 8-3, to win the final of the Red Doubles Flight. In the top doubles flight, Muth and senior Amy Wei (Marietta, GA), ranked No. 2 in the nation, defeated Brooke Beier/Shawna Zuccarini (Purdue), 8-1, in the semifinals, but lost in the championship, 8-2, to Kentucky’s Sarah Foster and Aibika Kalsarieva, ranked No. 3 in the nation.

In singles action, Muth, ranked 15th in the nation, advanced to the finals of the top flight, knocking off No. 32 Sarah Foster (Kentucky), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the semifinal round. Dunbar reached the finals of the Green Flight with a close three-set win over Liis Sober (Kentucky), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-3 in the semifinals. Sherbakov, Dunbar, junior Lingda Yang (Coconut Creek, FL) and sophomore Alex de Guzman (Holmdel, NJ) also each won consolation round singles matches in the day’s action.


W&M Day Two Results at 2004 Kentucky Fall Classic (Oct. 2, 2004)

Blue Flight Singles
Semifinals
#9 Aibika Kalsarieva (UK) d. Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M); 7-6 (1), 6-1
#15 Megan Muth (W&M) d. #32 Sarah Foster (UK); 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4

Consolation
#82 Lena Sherbakov (W&M) d. Ashley Kroh (Mar); 6-2, 7-6 (5)


White Flight Singles
Semifinals
Joelle Schwenk (UK) d. #99 Candice Fuchs (W&M); 7-6 (6), 6-1


Red Flight Singles
Consolation
Lingda Yang (W&M) d. Rachel Taylor (AC); 6-3, 6-7 (3), 1-0 (10-5)


Green Flight Singles
Semifinals
Kristin Dunbar (W&M) d. Liis Sober (UK); 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-3

Consolation
Alex de Guzman (W&M) d. Jacqui Williams (MT); 7-5, 7-5


Blue Flight Doubles
Semifinals
#2 Megan Muth/Amy Wei (W&M) d. Brooke Beier/Shawna Zuccarini (PU); 8-1
#3 Sarah Foster/Aibika Kalsarieva (UK) d. #56 Candice Fuchs/Megan Moulton-Levy (W&M); 9-8 (2)

Final
#3 Foster/Kalsarieva (UK) d. 2 Muth/Wei (W&M); 8-2

Consolation
Beier/Zuccarini (PU) d. #56 Fuchs/Moulton-Levy (W&M); 0-1, ret.


Red Flight Doubles
Semifinals
Kristen Dunbar/Lena Sherbakov (W&M) d. Natalie Lazskowski/Kelly Taylor (UL); 8-6

Final
Dunbar/Sherbakov (W&M) d. Danielle Petrisko/Christina Simpson (UK); 8-3


Green Doubles Flight
Semifinals
Lindsay Bryan/Meredith Vincent (OSU) d. Alex de Guzman/Lingda Yang (W&M); 8-6


Abbreviations
AC - Abilene Christian
UK - Kentucky
UL - Louisville
Mar - Marshall
MT - Middle Tennessee
OSU - Ohio State
PU - Purdue
W&M - William and Mary