CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The William and Mary women's tennis
team continued action at the Kitty Harrison Invitational on Saturday. The Green
and Gold doubles team of junior
Sydney Smith and freshman
Jackie Lee advanced
to the finals of the Navy Draw, before falling in a tight match.
Smith also was victorious in singles action, winning in the consolation side of
the Navy Draw.
After recording a victory in their
first match as a duo on Friday, Smith and Lee used a tiebreaker win, 9-8 (3),
over the combined team of Minnesota's Emilie Renault and Norfolk State's Andrea
Macchiavello in the semifinals. The Tribe pair dropped a close 9-7
decision to the Minnesota duo of Pauline Gilbert and Tereza Birchacova in the
finals of the Navy Draw.
In other doubles action, senior
Anik Cepeda and freshman
Leeza Nemchinov split a pair of matches on Saturday. The Tribe tandem picked up an 8-4 victory over
Virginia Tech's Kelly Williford and Raluca Mita in the Blue Draw, finishing the fall season at 5-4 as a team.
After winning a pair of matches on Friday, Cepeda fell in
the semifinals of the White Singles Draw to No. 27 nationally ranked Marianne
Jodoin of Duke, 6-2, 6-0. The Tribe senior will face North Carolina's Laura
Slater in the third-place match at 9 a.m. on Sunday. In the Navy Draw, Smith
tallied her sixth singles win of the year, rolling to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over
Alisha Burton.
The Kitty Harrison Invitational concludes on Sunday with
singles at 9 a.m.
W&M Results from the Kitty Harrison
Invitational
Blue Singles Draw
Dominik Zaprazna (Marshall) def.
Leeza Nemchinov (W&M) - 6-2, 6-4
White Singles Draw
#27 Marianne Jodoin (Duke) def.
Anik Cepeda (W&M) - 6-2, 6-0
Raluca Mita (Va. Tech) def.
Hope Johnson (W&M) - 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Navy Singles Draw
Megan Conley (Va. Tech) def.
Jackie Lee
(W&M) - 6-1, 6-4
Sydney Smith (W&M) def. Alisha Burton (UNCG) - 6-0, 6-1
Blue Doubles Draw
Pintusava/Rincon-Otero (Minnesota) def. Cepeda/Nemchinov
(W&M) - 8-4
Cepeda/Nemchinov (W&M) def. Mita/Williford (Va. Tech) -
8-4
Navy Doubles Draw
Lee/Smith (W&M) def. Renault/Macchiavello
(Minnesota/Norfolk State) - 9-8 (3)
Birchacova/Gilbert (Minnesota) def. Lee/Smith (W&M) -
9-7