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Washington and Lee wins first women's tennis title
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The Generals of Washington and Lee captured their first team title in program history with a victory over Amherst at the 2007 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championships May 17 at Mary Washington.
Washington and Lee won the title match, 5-2.
Sophomore Katie Tabb and senior Ginny Wortham helped Washington and Lee jump to an early lead with a win at No. 2 doubles over Katie Hudson and Jill Wexler, 8-5. Then Leah Weston and Lauren Caire topped Jennifer Murphy and Laura Stein, 8-2, at the No. 3 position.
Kelly Will, playing No. 4 singles, defeated Amherst’s Murphy, 6-0, 6-2, and senior Emily Applegate beat Alicia Menezes, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 1 singles to extend the Generals’ advantage. Tabb clinched the title for Washington and Lee with a 7-6 (8-6), 6-2, victory in the No. 3 slot.
Amherst freshman Brittany Berckes had a hand in both of the points the Jeffs’ posted in the championship match. After teaming with Menezes to defeat Applegate and Kristen McClung at No. 1 doubles, Berckes claimed a victory at No. 2 singles over Wortham.
Washington and Lee completed the season with a 25-1 record while Amherst finished 18-5.
Sewanne beat Williams, 5-3, in the third-place match.
DePauw’s Liz Bondi defeated defending champion Applegate to win the singles title during the individual portion of the championships.
With the match tied going into the third set, both players held serve and Bondi registered a 7-3 win in the tiebreak. It was Bondi’s second national championship this year. She also was a forward for the Tigers’ women’s basketball team, which won the Division III championship in March.
Meanwhile, in the doubles final, Amherst’s Menezes and Berckes outlasted Amy Roche and Claire Smyser of Middlebury.
In the first set, Menezes and Berckes transformed an early 4-1 advantage into a 6-2 win. Roche and Smyser, fresh off a three-set semifinal victory over Wheaton (Illinois), forced their second straight three-set match with 6-4 win in the second frame of the title match. The Middlebury tandem maintained the momentum through the early portion of the third set with a 2-0 lead. However, Berckes and Menezes stormed back to claim the final set, 6-4.
Quarterfinals
Amherst 5, Gust. Adolphus 4; Sewanee 5, Denison 1; Wash. & Lee 5, Middlebury 3; Williams 5, Pomona-Pitzer 2.
Semifinals
Amherst 5, Sewanee 0; Wash. & Lee 5, Williams 0.
Third-place match
Sewanee 5, Williams 3.
Doubles: No. 1 — Gab Carvalho-Jordan Casey, Sewanee, def. Cary Gibson-Annie Schneidman, Williams, 8-3; No. 2 — Grace Baljon-Allie Rottkamp, Williams, def. Laura Fanjoy-Molly Willett, Sewanee, 8-3; No. 3 — Lauren Willett-MK Stone, Sewanee, def. Ashley Parsons-Annie Hancock, Williams, 8-6.
Singles: No. 1 — Carvalho, Sewanee, def. Gibson, Williams, 6-3, 6-1; No. 2 — Baljon, Williams def. Fanjoy, Sewanee, 6-1, 6-1; No. 3 — L. Willett, Sewanee, def. Parsons, Williams, 6-0, 6-4; No. 4 — Rottkamp, Williams, def. M. Willett, Sewanee, 6-1, 6-1; No. 5 — Stone, Sewanee, vs. Hancock, Williams, unfinished; No. 6 — Casey, Sewanee, def. Schneidman, Williams, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Championship
Wash. & Lee 5, Amherst 2.
Doubles: No. 1 — Brittany Berckes-Alicia Menezes, Amherst, def. Emily Applegate-Kristen McClung, Wash. & Lee, 8-3; No. 2 — Katie Tabb-Ginny Wortham, Wash. & Lee, def. Katie Hudson-Jill Wexler, Amherst, 8-5; No. 3 — Leah Weston-Lauren Caire, Wash. & Lee, def. Jennifer Murphy-Laura Stein, Amherst, 8-2.
Singles: No. 1 — Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Menezes, Amherst, 6-2, 6-2; No. 2 -- Berckes, Amherst, def. Wortham, Wash. & Lee, 6-3, 6-2; No. 3 — Tabb, Wash. & Lee, def. Monica Snyder, Amherst, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2; No. 4 — Kelly Will, Wash. & Lee, def. Murphy, Amherst, 6-0, 6-2; No. 5 — Hudson, Amherst, vs. McClung, Wash. & Lee, 5-7, unfinished ; No. 6 — Stein, Amherst, vs. Weston, Wash. & Lee, 7-5, 0-3, unfinished.
Individual results
Singles championship: Liz Bondi, DePauw, def. Emily Applegate, Wash. & Lee, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3).
Doubles championship: Brittany Berckes-Alicia Menesez, Amherst, def. Amy Roche-Claire Smyser, Middlebury, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Individual results
First round: Liz Bondi, DePauw, def. Sarah D’Elia, Bowdoin, 6-4, 6-0; Tshema Nash, Emory, def. Yassie Entekhabi, Claremont-M-S, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2; Meghan Damico, Denison, def. Alicia Menezes, Amherst, 6-3, 7-6; Amy Roche, Middlebury, def. Ginny Wortham, Wash. & Lee, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Siobhan Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Katie Tabb, Wash. & Lee, 2-6, 6-0, 6-1; Sonya Reynolds, Swarthmore, def. Lauren Hom, Gust. Adolphus, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2; Gabriela Carvalho, Sewanee, def. Molly Fiala, Coe, 6-1, 6-0; Hayley Dittus, Trinity (Tex.), def. Leslie Hansen, MIT, 6-2, 7-5; Laura Fanjoy, Sewanee, def. Amanda Sta. Romana, Carthage, 6-4, 6-2; Beret Remak, Connecticut Col., def. Paige Sumida, Redlands, 6-3, 6-4; Cary Gibson, Williams, def. Alicia Hunt, Trinity (Tex.), 6-3, 6-3; Jordan Hook, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Richelle Marasigan, Emory, 6-2, 6-2; Megan Tiegs, St. Benedict, def. Debbie Sharnak, Vassar, 6-0, 6-1; Amy Staloch, Carnegie Mellon, def. Marissa Lin, Chicago, 6-2, 6-1; Jackie Shtemberg, TCNJ, def. Ashley Kriwinsky, Kenyon, 6-2, 6-1; Emily Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Jenna Mezin, Wellesley, 6-0, 6-2.
Second round: Bondi, DePauw, def. Nash, Emory, 6-1, 6-3; Roche, Middlebury, def. Damico, Denison, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Reynolds, Swarthmore, 6-0, 6-3; Carvalho, Sewanee, def. Dittus, Trinity (Tex.), 6-1, 1-6, 7-5; Remak, Connecticut Col., def. Fanjoy, Sewanee, 6-1, 6-4; Hook, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Gibson, Williams, 6-3, 7-6; Tiegs, St. Benedict, def. Staloch, Carnegie Mellon, 6-0, 6-1; Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Shtemberg, TCNJ, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Quarterfinals: Bondi, DePauw, def. Roche, Middlebury, 6-4, 6-3; Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Carvalho, Sewanee, 6-4, 6-3; Hook, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Remak, Connecticut Col., 6-3, 6-2; Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Tiegs, St. Benedict, 6-4, 6-3.
Semifinals: Bondi, DePauw, def. Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer, 6-3, 6-3; Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Hook, Wheaton (Ill.), 6-4, 6-1.
Championship: Bondi, DePauw, def. Applegate, Wash. & Lee, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3).
Doubles
First round: Cary Gibson-Annie Schneidman, Williams, def. Liz Bondi-Amrita Padda, DePauw, 7-6, 6-2; Amy Roche-Claire Smyser, Middlebury, def. Paige Sumida-Whitney Waters, Redlands, 6-3, 6-2; Jordan Hook-Karly Olson, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Emily Applegate-Kristen McClung, Wash. & Lee, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Richelle Marasigan-Sabra Rogers, Emory, def. Sarah D’Elia-Kristen Raymond, Bowdoin, 7-5, 7-5; Siobhan Finicane-Becca Lange, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Jenna Mezin-Hali Walther, Wellesley, 6-3, 7-6; Lauren Hom-Sierra Krebsbach, Gust. Adolphus, def. Becca Johnson-Megan Rogers, Linfield, 6-2, 7-5; Rebecca Morse-Karzen-Stephanie Kurti, Mary Washington, def. Yassie Entekhabi-Jessica Nagasako, Claremont-M-S, 6-1, 6-3; Brittany Berckes-Alicia Menezes, Amherst, def. Amanda Sta. Romana-Elizca Buys, Carthage, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.
Second round: Roche-Smyser, Middlebury, def. Gibson-Schneidman, Williams, 3-6, 7-5, 2-6; Hook-Olson, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Marasigan-Rogers, Emory, 3-0, 6-3, 6-0; Finicane-Lange, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Hom-Krebsbach, Gust. Adolphus, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Berckes-Menezes, Amherst, def. Morse-Karzen-Kurti, Mary Washington, 6-3, 6-3.
Semifinals: Roche-Smyser, Middlebury, def. Hook-Olson, Wheaton (Ill.), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Berckes-Menesez, Amherst, def. Finicane-Lange, Pomona-Pitzer, 6-2, 6-1.
Championship: Berckes-Menesez, Amherst, def. Roche-Smyser, Middlebury, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Washington and Lee won the title match, 5-2.
Sophomore Katie Tabb and senior Ginny Wortham helped Washington and Lee jump to an early lead with a win at No. 2 doubles over Katie Hudson and Jill Wexler, 8-5. Then Leah Weston and Lauren Caire topped Jennifer Murphy and Laura Stein, 8-2, at the No. 3 position.
Kelly Will, playing No. 4 singles, defeated Amherst’s Murphy, 6-0, 6-2, and senior Emily Applegate beat Alicia Menezes, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 1 singles to extend the Generals’ advantage. Tabb clinched the title for Washington and Lee with a 7-6 (8-6), 6-2, victory in the No. 3 slot.
Amherst freshman Brittany Berckes had a hand in both of the points the Jeffs’ posted in the championship match. After teaming with Menezes to defeat Applegate and Kristen McClung at No. 1 doubles, Berckes claimed a victory at No. 2 singles over Wortham.
Washington and Lee completed the season with a 25-1 record while Amherst finished 18-5.
Sewanne beat Williams, 5-3, in the third-place match.
DePauw’s Liz Bondi defeated defending champion Applegate to win the singles title during the individual portion of the championships.
With the match tied going into the third set, both players held serve and Bondi registered a 7-3 win in the tiebreak. It was Bondi’s second national championship this year. She also was a forward for the Tigers’ women’s basketball team, which won the Division III championship in March.
Meanwhile, in the doubles final, Amherst’s Menezes and Berckes outlasted Amy Roche and Claire Smyser of Middlebury.
In the first set, Menezes and Berckes transformed an early 4-1 advantage into a 6-2 win. Roche and Smyser, fresh off a three-set semifinal victory over Wheaton (Illinois), forced their second straight three-set match with 6-4 win in the second frame of the title match. The Middlebury tandem maintained the momentum through the early portion of the third set with a 2-0 lead. However, Berckes and Menezes stormed back to claim the final set, 6-4.
Quarterfinals
Amherst 5, Gust. Adolphus 4; Sewanee 5, Denison 1; Wash. & Lee 5, Middlebury 3; Williams 5, Pomona-Pitzer 2.
Semifinals
Amherst 5, Sewanee 0; Wash. & Lee 5, Williams 0.
Third-place match
Sewanee 5, Williams 3.
Doubles: No. 1 — Gab Carvalho-Jordan Casey, Sewanee, def. Cary Gibson-Annie Schneidman, Williams, 8-3; No. 2 — Grace Baljon-Allie Rottkamp, Williams, def. Laura Fanjoy-Molly Willett, Sewanee, 8-3; No. 3 — Lauren Willett-MK Stone, Sewanee, def. Ashley Parsons-Annie Hancock, Williams, 8-6.
Singles: No. 1 — Carvalho, Sewanee, def. Gibson, Williams, 6-3, 6-1; No. 2 — Baljon, Williams def. Fanjoy, Sewanee, 6-1, 6-1; No. 3 — L. Willett, Sewanee, def. Parsons, Williams, 6-0, 6-4; No. 4 — Rottkamp, Williams, def. M. Willett, Sewanee, 6-1, 6-1; No. 5 — Stone, Sewanee, vs. Hancock, Williams, unfinished; No. 6 — Casey, Sewanee, def. Schneidman, Williams, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Championship
Wash. & Lee 5, Amherst 2.
Doubles: No. 1 — Brittany Berckes-Alicia Menezes, Amherst, def. Emily Applegate-Kristen McClung, Wash. & Lee, 8-3; No. 2 — Katie Tabb-Ginny Wortham, Wash. & Lee, def. Katie Hudson-Jill Wexler, Amherst, 8-5; No. 3 — Leah Weston-Lauren Caire, Wash. & Lee, def. Jennifer Murphy-Laura Stein, Amherst, 8-2.
Singles: No. 1 — Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Menezes, Amherst, 6-2, 6-2; No. 2 -- Berckes, Amherst, def. Wortham, Wash. & Lee, 6-3, 6-2; No. 3 — Tabb, Wash. & Lee, def. Monica Snyder, Amherst, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2; No. 4 — Kelly Will, Wash. & Lee, def. Murphy, Amherst, 6-0, 6-2; No. 5 — Hudson, Amherst, vs. McClung, Wash. & Lee, 5-7, unfinished ; No. 6 — Stein, Amherst, vs. Weston, Wash. & Lee, 7-5, 0-3, unfinished.
Individual results
Singles championship: Liz Bondi, DePauw, def. Emily Applegate, Wash. & Lee, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3).
Doubles championship: Brittany Berckes-Alicia Menesez, Amherst, def. Amy Roche-Claire Smyser, Middlebury, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Individual results
First round: Liz Bondi, DePauw, def. Sarah D’Elia, Bowdoin, 6-4, 6-0; Tshema Nash, Emory, def. Yassie Entekhabi, Claremont-M-S, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2; Meghan Damico, Denison, def. Alicia Menezes, Amherst, 6-3, 7-6; Amy Roche, Middlebury, def. Ginny Wortham, Wash. & Lee, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Siobhan Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Katie Tabb, Wash. & Lee, 2-6, 6-0, 6-1; Sonya Reynolds, Swarthmore, def. Lauren Hom, Gust. Adolphus, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2; Gabriela Carvalho, Sewanee, def. Molly Fiala, Coe, 6-1, 6-0; Hayley Dittus, Trinity (Tex.), def. Leslie Hansen, MIT, 6-2, 7-5; Laura Fanjoy, Sewanee, def. Amanda Sta. Romana, Carthage, 6-4, 6-2; Beret Remak, Connecticut Col., def. Paige Sumida, Redlands, 6-3, 6-4; Cary Gibson, Williams, def. Alicia Hunt, Trinity (Tex.), 6-3, 6-3; Jordan Hook, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Richelle Marasigan, Emory, 6-2, 6-2; Megan Tiegs, St. Benedict, def. Debbie Sharnak, Vassar, 6-0, 6-1; Amy Staloch, Carnegie Mellon, def. Marissa Lin, Chicago, 6-2, 6-1; Jackie Shtemberg, TCNJ, def. Ashley Kriwinsky, Kenyon, 6-2, 6-1; Emily Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Jenna Mezin, Wellesley, 6-0, 6-2.
Second round: Bondi, DePauw, def. Nash, Emory, 6-1, 6-3; Roche, Middlebury, def. Damico, Denison, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Reynolds, Swarthmore, 6-0, 6-3; Carvalho, Sewanee, def. Dittus, Trinity (Tex.), 6-1, 1-6, 7-5; Remak, Connecticut Col., def. Fanjoy, Sewanee, 6-1, 6-4; Hook, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Gibson, Williams, 6-3, 7-6; Tiegs, St. Benedict, def. Staloch, Carnegie Mellon, 6-0, 6-1; Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Shtemberg, TCNJ, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Quarterfinals: Bondi, DePauw, def. Roche, Middlebury, 6-4, 6-3; Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Carvalho, Sewanee, 6-4, 6-3; Hook, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Remak, Connecticut Col., 6-3, 6-2; Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Tiegs, St. Benedict, 6-4, 6-3.
Semifinals: Bondi, DePauw, def. Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer, 6-3, 6-3; Applegate, Wash. & Lee, def. Hook, Wheaton (Ill.), 6-4, 6-1.
Championship: Bondi, DePauw, def. Applegate, Wash. & Lee, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3).
Doubles
First round: Cary Gibson-Annie Schneidman, Williams, def. Liz Bondi-Amrita Padda, DePauw, 7-6, 6-2; Amy Roche-Claire Smyser, Middlebury, def. Paige Sumida-Whitney Waters, Redlands, 6-3, 6-2; Jordan Hook-Karly Olson, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Emily Applegate-Kristen McClung, Wash. & Lee, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Richelle Marasigan-Sabra Rogers, Emory, def. Sarah D’Elia-Kristen Raymond, Bowdoin, 7-5, 7-5; Siobhan Finicane-Becca Lange, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Jenna Mezin-Hali Walther, Wellesley, 6-3, 7-6; Lauren Hom-Sierra Krebsbach, Gust. Adolphus, def. Becca Johnson-Megan Rogers, Linfield, 6-2, 7-5; Rebecca Morse-Karzen-Stephanie Kurti, Mary Washington, def. Yassie Entekhabi-Jessica Nagasako, Claremont-M-S, 6-1, 6-3; Brittany Berckes-Alicia Menezes, Amherst, def. Amanda Sta. Romana-Elizca Buys, Carthage, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.
Second round: Roche-Smyser, Middlebury, def. Gibson-Schneidman, Williams, 3-6, 7-5, 2-6; Hook-Olson, Wheaton (Ill.), def. Marasigan-Rogers, Emory, 3-0, 6-3, 6-0; Finicane-Lange, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Hom-Krebsbach, Gust. Adolphus, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Berckes-Menezes, Amherst, def. Morse-Karzen-Kurti, Mary Washington, 6-3, 6-3.
Semifinals: Roche-Smyser, Middlebury, def. Hook-Olson, Wheaton (Ill.), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Berckes-Menesez, Amherst, def. Finicane-Lange, Pomona-Pitzer, 6-2, 6-1.
Championship: Berckes-Menesez, Amherst, def. Roche-Smyser, Middlebury, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
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