ANNAPOLIS, Md. – William & Mary sophomore Hedda Gurholt won the top singles flight to highlight the Tribe's effort at the Navy Blue and Gold Invitational over the weekend.
 
Along with Gurholt's flight title, seniors Raffaela Alhach (Flight A) and Elisa Van Meeteren (Flight A), sophomore Emma Fernald (Flight B) and freshman Emma Pell (Flight C) all advanced to the semifinals of their singles draws. In doubles, senior Alisia Manolescu teamed with Georgetown's Avantika Willy to advance to the finals of Flight A.
 
Gurholt won all three of her matches to claim Flight A. She opened with a three-set win over Anastasia Lim, 4-6, 6-3, 10-6, before downing senior teammate Raffaela Alhach in the semifinals, 6-3, 6-3. The Tribe sophomore upended Navy's Emily Tannenbaum, 6-4, 6-2, to claim the flight crown. Gurholt is 4-1 in singles action during the fall.
 
Alhach and Van Meeteren each won two matches to give W&M three of the four semifinalists in Flight A. Alhach won matching 6-3, 6-2 contests over Villanova's Emma Brogan and UNCW's Anna Daniels, before falling to Gurholt in the semifinals. Van Meeteren rallied for three-set wins over both FDU's Alena Kubanova and UNCW's Lauren Gish. She dropped her semifinals match-up with Tannenbaum, 6-1, 6-2. Alhach and Van Meeteren are 6-1 as a pair during the fall season.
 
Fernald won in straight-sets over Navy's Sylvia Eklund, 6-3, 6-4. In the semifinals, she fell in three sets to the Mids Sia Chaudry, 3-6, 6-0, 10-2.
 
Pell opened up with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Fairleigh Dickinson's Valentina Silva in Flight C. Like Fernald, she fell in the semifinals in three sets, 4-6, 7-5 10-3, to UNCW's Meredith Taylor.
 
After dropping her first-round match in Flight C, freshman Yaella Vaissaud claimed the consolation flight with two wins. On Saturday, she downed Navy's Kate Lee, 4-0, 4-2, before topping the Mids Parvathi Shanker in come-from-behind fashion, 3-6, 6-1, 10-4, in the consolation finals on Sunday.
 
In doubles, Willy and Manolescu opened with a 6-1 win over UNCW's Merrill and Arli, before taking down Villanova's Brogan/Kornieva in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (2). Navy's Tannenbaum and Ribaudo won the flight with a 6-4 win over Willy and Manolescu. The Tribe senior is 4-1 in doubles action this fall.

In Doubles Flight A, Alhach and Van Meeteren won three matches to claim the consolation draw. After dropping their first match in the draw, the senior duo topped FDU's Lim and Silva, 6-4, and Villanova's Callahan and Gehrig, 7-5, in the quarterfinal and semifinals. Alhach and Van Meeteren defeated teammates Fernald and graduate student Sofiya Kuzina, 6-4, in the consolation finals.
 
Kuzina and Fernald bounced back from their opening-round setback to picked up 6-3 victories over FDU's Kubanova and Graber and UNCW's Merrill and Arli.
 
In Doubles Flight B, Vaissaud and Pell opened up with 6-3 win over Navy's Eklund and Lee, before falling in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (4), to Georgetown's Ho and Mikos in the semifinals.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action at the ITA Atlantic Region Championships, Oct. 20-24, at Virginia Tech.
 
William & Mary Results at the Navy Blue and Gold Invitational
Doubles Flight A
First Round
Brogan/Kornieva (Villanova) def. Kuzina/Fernald (W&M) – 6-3
 
Quarterfinals
Gish/Joksimovic (UNCW) def. Alhach/Van Meeteren (W&M) – 6-2
Tannenbaum/Ribaudo (Navy) def. Gurholt/Stange (W&M) – 6-2
Willy (Georgetown)/Manolescu (W&M) def. Merrill/Arli (UNCW) – 6-1
 
Semifinals
Willy (Georgetown)/Manolescu (W&M) def. Brogan/Kornieva (Villanova) – 7-6 (2)
 
Championship
Tannenbaum/Ribaudo (Navy) def. Willy (Georgetown)/Manolescu (W&M) – 6-4
 
Consolation
Alhach/Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Lim/Silva (FDU) – 6-4
Alhach/Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Callahan/Gehrig (Villanova) – 7-5
Callahan/Gehrig (Villanova) def. Gurholt/Stange (W&M) – 6-2
Kuzina/Fernald (W&M) def. Kubanova/Graber (FDU) – 6-3
Kuzina/Fernald (W&M) def. Merrill/Arli (UNCW) – 6-3
Alhach/Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Kuzina/Fernald (W&M) – 6-4
 
Doubles Flight B
Quarterfinals
Vaissaud/Pell (W&M) def. Eklund/Lee (Navy) – 6-3
Taggart/Danford (Navy) def. Vesikallio/Cricchio (W&M) – 6-1
 
Semifinals
Ho/Mikos (Georgetown) def. Vaissaud/Pell (W&M) – 7-6 (4)
 
Consolation
Vesikallio/Cricchio (W&M) def. Floyd/Seebald (Villanova) – 6-3
Vesikallio/Cricchio (W&M) def. Robbins/Glickstein (UNCW) – 6-4
Chaudry/Shanker (Navy) def. (Vesikallio/Cricchio (W&M) – 6-3
 
Singles Flight A
First Round
Raffaela Alhach (W&M) def. Emma Brogan (Villanova) – 6-3, 6-2
Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Alena Kubanova (FDU) – 6-7 (4), 6-1, 10-6
Sofiya Kuzina (W&M) def. Avantika Willy (Georgetown) – 7-6 (5), 7-6 (0)
 
Quarterfinals
Hedda Gurholt (W&M) def. Anastasia Lim (FDU) – 4-6, 6-3, 10-6
Raffaela Alhach (W&M) def. Anna Daniels (UNCW) – 6-3, 6-2
Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Lauren Gish (UNCW) – 2-6, 6-2, 10-5
Emily Tannenbaum (Navy) def. Sofiya Kuzina (W&M) – 6-0, 6-1
 
Semifinals
Hedda Gurholt (W&M) def. Raffaela Alhach (W&M) – 6-3, 6-3
Emily Tannenbaum (Navy) def. Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) – 6-1, 6-2
 
Finals
Hedda Gurholt (W&M) def. Emily Tannenbaum (Navy) – 6-4, 6-2
 
Flight B
First Round
Alexandra Vesikallio (W&M) def. Agata Mikos (Georgetown) – 5-7, 6-4 10-3
Ine Stange (W&M) def. Caitlin Fisher (Villanova) – 6-1, 6-0
 
Quarterfinals
Eda Arli (UNCW) def. Kensie Cricchio (W&M) – 6-1, 6-3
Jillian Taggart (Navy) def. Alexandra Vesikallio (W&M) – 6-0, 6-2
Sia Chaudry (Navy) def. Ine Stange (W&M) – 6-3, 6-0
Emma Fernald (W&M) def. Sylvia Eklund (Navy) – 6-3, 6-4
 
Semifinals
Sia Chaudry (Navy) def. Emma Fernald (W&M) – 3-6, 6-0, 10-2
 
Consolation
Kensie Cricchio (W&M) def. Valieriia Kornieva (Villanova) – 4-1, 4-1
Gabriela Glickstein (UNCW) def. Kensie Cricchio (W&M) – 7-5, 6-2
 
Flight C
First Round
Amanda Rivera (Villanova) def. Yaelle Vaissaud (W&M) – 4-6, 6-4, 12-10
 
Quarterfinals
Stela Joksimovic (UNCW) def. Alisia Manolescu (W&M) – 4-6, 6-4, 10-6
Emma Pell (W&M) def. Valentina Silva (FDU) – 6-0, 6-3
 
Semifinals
Meredith Taylor (UNCW) def. Emma Pell (W&M) – 4-6, 7-5 10-3
 
Consolation
Parvathi Shanker (Navy) def. Alisia Manolescu (W&M) – 0-4, 4-2, 10-6
Yaelle Vaissaud (W&M) def. Kate Lee (Navy) – 4-0, 4-2
Yaelle Vaissaud (W&M) def. Parvathi Shanker (Navy) – 3-6, 6-1, 10-4