FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The Washington and Lee women's tennis team opened play at the 2023 ITA Southeast Region Championships on Saturday and saw three singles players and two doubles teams advance to the Round of 16.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 1:
In doubles play, sophomore
Lauren Long and senior
Gabi Moss received a bye into Sunday's Round of 16, while sophomore
Annie Jennings and first-year
Haley Stoltz won their Round of 32 match by an 8-4 score over Sweet Briar's Alex Guilarte and Ana Patino.
In singles, W&L will be sending Long, Moss and Jennings to the Round of 16 on Sunday after all three won twice on Saturday. Just as in doubles, Long received a first-round bye in the Round of 64, before downing Carnegie Mellon's Anna Chow in straight sets (6-3, 7-5). Moss cruised to a pair of straight-set wins, topping UMW's Jacey Copeland, 6-1, 6-1, and Christopher Newport's Samantha Robertson, 6-1, 6-4.
Jennings advanced to the Round of 32 after a convincing 6-2, 6-0 win over Ainika Hou of CMU. She then battled Mary Washington's Addison Felts to three sets and emerged as the victor. Jennings won the first set, 6-1, dropped the second set by a 6-2 score and secured the win with a 10-7 score in a third-set tiebreak.
Other W&L winners on the first day included senior
Izzy Koziol and sophomore
Grace Lorenz. Koziol won by a 6-4, 6-0 score against Haverford's Rachael Fitzgerald before falling to CMU's Danna Taylor, 6-1, 6-1, in the Round of 32. Lorenz comfortably defeated Stevens' Stephanie Untermeyer, 6-0, 6-3, but also fell in the next round (7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6)) after going three sets with Jay Xiao of Johns Hopkins.
UP NEXT:
Doubles play will continue on Sunday at 8:00 a.m., followed by the singles Round of 16 at 11:00 a.m. Complete W&L results from day one, as well as all five W&L Round of 16 matchups, are listed below.
Championship Doubles
Round of 32
Lauren Long/
Gabi Moss (WLU) – BYE
Samantha Wang/Jay Xiao (JHU) def.
Margaret Carlton/
Izzy Koziol (WLU), 8-2
Alix Dry/Stephanie Untermeyer (SIT) def.
Riho Iijima/
Grace Lorenz (WLU), 8-6
Annie Jennings/
Haley Stoltz (WLU) def. Alex Guilarte/Ana Patino (SBC), 8-4
Round of 16 (Sun., 8:00 a.m.)
Lauren Long/
Gabi Moss (WLU) vs. Kiersten Chang/Samantha Robertson (CNU)
Annie Jennings/
Haley Stoltz (WLU) vs. Sydney Langer/Kamila Wong (JHU)
Championship Singles
Round of 64
Lauren Long (WLU) – BYE
Grace Lorenz (WLU) def. Stephanie Untermeyer (SIT), 6-0, 6-3
Elaine Qian (CMU) def.
Haley Stoltz (WLU), 6-4, 6-3
Divya Venkatarama (CMU) def.
Margaret Carlton (WLU), 6-2, 6-0
Gabi Moss (WLU) def. Jacey Copeland (UMW), 6-1, 6-1
Eda Mjekiqi (SWA) def.
Riho Iijima (WLU), 6-2, 6-3
Annie Jennings (WLU) def. Ainika Hou (CMU), 6-2, 6-0
Izzy Koziol (WLU) def. Rachael Fitzgerald (HAV), 6-4, 6-0
Round of 32
Lauren Long (WLU) def. Anna Chow (CMU), 6-3, 7-5
Jay Xiao (JHU) def.
Grace Lorenz (WLU), 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6)
Gabi Moss (WLU) def. Samantha Robertson (CNU), 6-1, 6-4
Annie Jennings (WLU) def. Addison Felts (UMW), 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)
Danna Taylor (CMU) def.
Izzy Koziol (WLU), 6-1, 6-1
Round of 16 (Sun., 11:00 a.m.)
Lauren Long (WLU) vs. Kamila Wong (JHU)
Gabi Moss (WLU) vs. Sophia Kim (JHU)
Annie Jennings (WLU) vs. Sydney Langer (JHU)
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