BLACKSBURG, Va. – William & Mary women's tennis wrapped up play at the ITA Atlantic Region Championship on Sunday.
After picking up opening round wins on Saturday, seniors
Natalia Perry and
Rosie Cheng and sophomore
Mila Saric dropped second-round matches in the singles championship. Cheng, who was seeded No. 16, was edged by Virginia's Camille Favero in a pair of close sets, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
ODU's Yulia Starodubsteva, who was the event's No. 10 seed, snapped Saric's five-match win streak, 6-3, 6-2, on Sunday. The Tribe sophomore is a team-best 6-2 in dual-match play.
Perry, who was seeded No. 15, dropped a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Marshall's Anna Smith.
Junior
Vitoria Okuyama, who won two matches to earn a spot in the main draw earlier in the tournament, picked up her fifth win of the fall campaign in the consolation draw. Okuyama topped Liberty's Micaela Ode, 7-5, 6-4.
Up Next
- The Tribe closes out the fall campaign at the Kitty Harrison Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. The three-day event is set for Nov. 1-3.
- It marks the 13th time in the last 14 years that the Tribe closes out the fall at an event held in honor of Kitty Harrison, a former head coach of the North Carolina women's tennis team from 1977 to 1998.
W&M Results from the ITA Atlantic Region Championship
Singles Second Round (32)
#10 Yulia Starodubsteva (ODU) def.
Mila Saric (W&M) – 6-3, 6-2
Camille Favero (Virginia) def. #16
Rosie Cheng (W&M) – 7-6 (6), 6-4
Anna Smith (Marshall) def. #15
Natalia Perry (W&M) – 6-4, 6-2
Singles Consolation
Alexandra Almborg (Liberty) def.
Charlotte Madson (W&M) – 6-4, 6-3
Vitoria Okuyama (W&M) def. Micaela Ode (Liberty) – 7-5, 6-4
