WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary women's tennis closed out the Tribe Invitational on Sunday, claiming all three doubles titles and two of the event's five singles crowns.
Seniors
Raffaela Alhach and
Elisa Van Meeteren took home the All-In Doubles Draw title; sophomore
Kensie Cricchio and graduate student
Alexandra Vesikallio claimed the Tribe Draw crown; and senior
Alisia Manolescu and junior
Julia Monroe won the Griffin Draw. In singles, graduate student
Sofiya Kuzina took home the Black Draw, while Manolescu won the Grey Draw.
In total, the Tribe was 13-3 in doubles play with its only losses coming against fellow W&M tandems.
Alhach and Van Meeteren picked up their third win of the tournament, topping teammates
Hedda Gurholt and
Ine Stange, 7-5, to take the All-In Draw.
Vesikallio and Cricchio also had to knock off a fellow Tribe pair, taking down the freshman team of
Emma Pell and
Yaelle Vaissaud, 6-2, in the Tribe Draw.
Manolescu and Monroe won the Griffin Draw over the Virginia Tech team of Mitchell and Hackbirth, 6-2.
Kuzina won two matches on Sunday to claim the Black Draw. She opened with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Indiana's Rose Hu. In the other semifinal, Vesikallio topped sophomore
Emma Fernald in three sets, 4-6, 6-2, 10-6. In a match-up of graduate students, Kuzina downed Vesinkallio in the finals, 6-2, 6-4.
Manolescu recorded a pair of wins over ECU opponents on Sunday to win the Grey Draw. She topped Laura Becker, 6-0, 6-3, in the semifinals, before downing Anne Lou Champion, 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 in the championship.
Cricchio downed Vaissaud, 6-4, 6-3, in the semifinals of the White Draw, but suffered a loss to ECU's Alisha Hussain in the finals.
Stange split matches on the consolation side of the Gold Singles Draw. She picked up a 6-3, 7-5 win over Towson's Olivia Rothfeld.
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action when it travels to the Navy Blue & Gold Invitational, Sept. 30-Oct. 2.
W&M Results from the Tribe Invitational
All-In Doubles Draw Final
Alhach/Van Meeteren (W&M) def. Gurholt/Stange (W&M) – 7-5
Tribe Doubles Draw Semifinals
Vaissaud/Pell (W&M) def. Muzzolon/Champion (ECU) – 7-5
Vesikallio/Cricchio (W&M) def. Fernald/Kuzina (W&M) – 6-4
Tribe Doubles Draw Final
Vesikallio/Cricchio (W&M) def. Vaissaud/Pell (W&M) – 6-2
Griffin Doubles Draw Final
Manolescu/Monroe (W&M) def. Mitchell/Hackbirth (VT) – 6-2
Green Singles Draw Semifinals
Emma Chamey (USC) def.
Raffaela Alhach (W&M) – 6-4, 6-1
Green Singles Draw Final
Emma Chamey (USC) def.
Hedda Gurholt (W&M) – 7-5, 7-6 (4)
Gold Singles Draw Consolation
Ine Stange (W&M) def. Olivia Rothfeld (Towson) – 6-3, 7-5
Kim Auerswald (ECU) def.
Ine Stange (W&M) – 6-3, 6-4
Gold Singles Draw Semifinals
Nathalie Rodiloss (USC) def.
Elisa Van Meeteren (W&M) – 6-2, 6-4
Black Singles Draw Semifinals
Alexandra Vesikallio (W&M) def.
Emma Fernald (W&M) – 4-6, 6-2, 10-6
Sofiya Kuzina (W&M) def. Rose Hu (Indiana) – 6-2, 6-1
Black Singles Draw Final
Sofiya Kuzina (W&M) def.
Alexandra Vesikallio (W&M) – 6-2, 6-4
White Singles Draw Semifinals
Alisha Hussain (ECU) def.
Emma Pell (W&M) – 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
Kensie Cricchio (W&M) def.
Yaelle Vaissaud (W&M) – 6-4, 6-3
White Singles Draw Final
Alisha Hussain (ECU) def.
Kensie Cricchio (W&M) – 6-4, 6-1
White Draw Consolation
Yaelle Vaissaud (W&M) def. Lily Hackbirth (VT) – 6-4 6-1
Grey Singles Draw Semifinals
Alisia Manolescu (W&M) def. Laura Becker (ECU) – 6-0, 6-3
Anne Lou Champion (ECU) def.
Julia Monroe (W&M) – 6-0, 6-3
Grey Singles Draw Final
Alisia Manolescu (W&M) def. Anne Lou Champion (ECU) – 4-6, 6-4, 10-4
