Capute and Li Advance to Semis B-draw

Holyoke, MA – On a tough day of competition for the defending national champion Williams women’s tennis team, a pair of underclassmen stole the show.  Sophomore Caroline Capute and first-year Veranika Li won three matches to advance to the semifinals of the B-draw tomorrow.

Capute ’12 and Li ’13 began their tournament by beating Holyoke’s #2 team 3-0 in the first round on Friday night.  Today, they defeated Colby’s #5 team of Mackenzie Love and Valerie Meehan 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals and then topped Wheaton’s #3 team of Elly Van Faasen and Rosalyn Chesky.

Despite strong efforts, no other Eph team was able to advance beyond the quarterfinals.  Krisitn Alotta ’12 and co-captain Ashley Parsons ’10 lost 2-1 to the Amherst’s #5 team in the opening round.  Alotta and Parsons defeated the #1 team from Brandeis 2-1 in a consolation match.  Nikki Reich ’11 and Taylor French ’12 defeated the top team from Wheaton of Sarah Geocaris and Katherine Teague 3-0, but fell to Amherst’s #1 team 2-1 in the quarterfinals.  Grace Baljon ’10 and Lucy Marchese ’11 beat Bates’ top team of Alex Piaqod and Meg Anderson 3-0, but fell to MIT’s #1 team of Leslie Hansen and Anastasia Vishnevetsky.  Nancy Worley ’13 and Genny Loomis ’11 fell to Bowdoin’s top team of Kellen Albersone and Shantelle Levertu 2-1.