Wildcats Endure Tough Day at William and Mary Invitational
Sophomore Lindsay Blau dropped her first round match to the 14th-ranked Megan Miller of Duke, 3-6, 1-6. Blau faced Lorraine Bittles of Maryland and bounced back winning, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6.
Junior Michelle Gough suffered a similar fate, ending up on the losing end in her opening round match with 74th- ranked Andrea Ondrisova of Virginia Commonwealth, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6. Gough rebounded in the consolation bracket outlasting Richmond's Janelle Williams, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6.
Senior Vanessa Abel's fate in her single's matches mirrored that of Gough and Blau. Abel fell to 70th-ranked Erica Biro of Duke, 1-6, 7-6. The senior hooked up with William and Mary's Jessyca Arthur in the opening round consolation match and was victorious in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Sophomore Carly Stringer dropped both of her singles matches Saturday losing to Maryland's Jessica Johnson, 2-6, 2-6, and Virginia Commonwealth's Lemka Zacharova, 6-4, 4-6, 1-6. Sophomore Brooke Taylor was also unable to win any of her two singles matches on the day. Taylor was defeated by Anne Marie Milton of Wake Forest, 2-6, 4-6, and Richmond's Monica Peets, 6-7, 6-4, 5-7.
Junior Joanna Buczkowska received an opening round bye but was unable to get past the second round falling to Wake Forest's Lea Miller, 1-6, 3-6.
In indoor singles action, freshman Siri Fomsgaard, was not victorious in her two matches, losing to William and Mary's Kelli Partlow, 2-6, 1-6, and Virginia Commonwealth's Kate Vasylyeva, 6-7, 1-6.
In Flight A consolation doubles action, Blau and Gough defeated Maryland's Jessica Johnson and Lorraine Bittles, 8-4. Abel and Fomsgaard were not as fortunate in their match falling to Megan Miller and Kathy Sell of Duke, 4-8.
