Box Score GENEVA, N.Y.—After two days of competition at the HWS Tennis Center and Bristol Field House, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional Championships have narrowed the 64-player singles draw to just four players and the 32-team doubles draw to just two teams.
The singles championship will resume at 9 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 24, with the semifinal round at the HWS Tennis Center. One semifinal will feature Skidmore teammates Risa Fukushige taking on Dea Koiava. The other semifinal will showcase NYU teammates Flyora Shiyanova and Coco Kulle. After a brief rest period, the singles championship match will be played right after the semifinals.
The doubles championship will be the final match of the three-day tournament. Kulle and Shiyanova will square off with Vassar's Frances Cornwall and Tara Edwards.
The singles and doubles champions in each of the ITA's nine regions will advance to the 2018 ITA Cup. The National Small College Championships will be held Oct. 11-14 at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College in Rome, Ga.
William Smith had five players in the singles draw. Junior
Leland Barclay was the only Heron to reach the second round. She defeated Rochester's Olivia Waysack 6-4, 6-2. Koiava stopped Barclay in the second round 6-0, 6-0.
In doubles, William Smith entered three teams with junior
Allie Perron and sophomore
Dina Rigas moving into the second round with an 8-2 win over Geneseo's Natalia Krol and Vanessa Lam-Tran. Cornwall and Edwards halted the Heron duo in the next round, 8-2.
The ITA Northeast Regional Championships are the final event of the fall season for William Smith. The Herons return to competition on March 2, 2019, when they host Oberlin in Bristol Field House.