WILLIAMSTOWN, MA -- Williams College hosted Bowdoin, Middlebury, Skidmore and Vassar today in the two-day Lindsay Morehouse'00 Invitational. The tournament is named in honor of former Eph tennis captain and standout Lindsay Morehouse'00, one of three Williams alumni/ae who died in New York City in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The Morehouse Invitational is a two-day flighted round robin event in both singles and doubles. The draw is set up as a round robin where the winners of each round are fed into play winners, and the losers of each round are fed into play other losers.
Today, there was only one round of singles, with the second round to be played tomorrow due to rain (super tiebreaker in place of third set) and three rounds of doubles (8-game pro set). On Sunday, there will be three rounds of singles. No overall winner of the event is determined at the Invitational's conclusion; instead, the Invitational is a kick off to the fall season emphasizing participation and match experience prior to the ITA and other individual tournaments later in the fall season.
In singles, 8 Williams players won their first round matches, with only Rebecca Curran and Kate Pollan falling to Lok Sze Leung (Middlebury) and Tiffany Cheng (Bowdoin) respectively. Of note were the tenacious performances of Monica Pastor and Nancy Worley, each pulling out a win in a match tiebreaker. Only 4 matches were played in the Second Round of Singles due to rain, so the remainder will unfold tomorrow.
In doubles play, 3 Eph pairs went 3-0 on the day. Shoemaker/Curran in the A Flight, Li/Hart in the B Flight, and Pastor/Stone in the C Flight all finished the day with a perfect record. In round one, Middlebury pair of Gerger/K. Paradies grinded out the win in a tiebreaker set, defeating Sadeghi/Yeates of Vassar. Doubles play concluded today leaving only singles to play tomorrow.
Complete results can be found below.
Fall 2012 Morehouse Invitational
Bowdoin, Vassar, Middlebury, Skidmore, Williams College
Singles Round 1: 10:00am Start
A FLIGHT:
Court 1: Kara Shoemaker (W) vs. Nataly Mendoza (S) W 6-1, 6-3
Court 2: Rebecca Curran (W) vs. Lok Sze Leung (M) M 6-1, 6-1
Court 3: Leah Kepping (M) vs. Ava Sedeghi (V) V 6-3, 7-5
Court 4: Nancy Worley (W) vs. Natalie Santiago (V) W 6-1, 6-0
Court 5: Ria Gerger (M) vs. Chantalle Lavertu (B) M 6-1, 6-3
Court 6: Kellen Alberstone (B) vs. Lee Ford (S) B 6-0, 6-2
B FLIGHT:
Court 7: Tiffany Cheng (B) vs. Kate Pollan (W) B 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 10-6
Court 8: Dorrie Paradies (M) vs. Jennifer Ruther (V) M 6-4, 6-2
Court 9: Courtney Gallagher (B) vs. Robyn Baird (S) B 7-5, 6-4
Court 10: Alex Smith (S) vs. Riqui McCoy (W) W 6-3, 6-2
Court 11: Maria Pylypiv (W) vs. Katie Paradies (M) W 6-3, 7-5
Court 12: Emma Chow (B) vs. Samantha Schapiro (V) B 6-1, 7-5
C FLIGHT:
Court 13: Maya Hart (W) vs. Jordan Zola (S) W 6-3, 6-2
Court 14: Monica Pastor (W) vs. Margot Marchese (M) W 3-6, 6-2, 11-9
Court 15: Hannah Van Demark (V) vs. Caroline Hobbs (S) V 6-3, 6-3
Court 16: Yumi Karlshoej (S) vs. Susanna Howard (B) B 6-1, 6-0
Court 17: Dee Dee Myers (M) vs. Lauren Stauffer (V) M 6-4, 6-3
Court 18: Lindsay Kantor (V) vs. Sarah Macy (M) M 6-4, 6-1
D FLIGHT:
1st Open Ct: Veranika Li (W) vs. Lauren Amos (M) W 6-4, 6-4
2nd Open Ct: Kirra Simonson (M) vs. Alex Stone (W) W 6-1, 6-3
3rd Open Court: Rachel Plevinsky (S) vs. Winnie Yeates (V) S 1-6,6-4,10-8
4th Open Court: Kelsey Van Noy (V) vs. Sadie Schackelford (M) M 6-0, 6-0
5th Open Court: Anisha Kurien (V) vs. Zoe Valella (S) S 6-2, 7-5
Singles Round 2:
A FLIGHT:
1. Lueng (M) vs. Shoemaker (W) M 6-4, 6-1
2. Worley (W) vs. Gerger (M) M 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
3. Mendoza (S) vs. Curran (W) W 6-4, 6-1
4. Santiago (V) vs. Lavertu (B) B 6-2, 6-0
ALL OTHER SINGLES MATCHES TO BE PLAYED ON SUNDAY DUE TO RAIN
5. Kepping (M) vs. Ford (S)
6. Sedeghi (V) vs. Albertsone (V)
B FLIGHT:
7. Cheng (B) vs. McCoy (W)
8. Gallagher (B) vs. Pylypiv (W)
9. Chow (B) vs. D. Paradies (M)
10. Ruther (V) vs. Smith (S)
11. Baird (S) vs. K. Paradies (M)
12. Schapiro (V) vs. Pollan
(W)
C FLIGHT:
13. Hart (W) vs. Myers (M)
14. Pastor (W) vs. Howard (B)
15. Macy (M) vs. Van Denmark (V)
16. Zola (S) vs. Marchese (M)
17. Karishoej (S) vs. Kantor (V)
18. Stauffer (V) vs. Hobbs (S)
D FLIGHT:
Doubles Round 1: Not Before 3:30pm Start
A FLIGHT:
Court 1: Shoemaker/Curran (W) vs. Mendoza/Ford (S) W 8-5
Court 2: Pylypiv/Pollan (W) vs. Lavertu/Chow (B) B 8-3
Court 3: Alberstone/Cheng (B) vs. Kepping/Simonson (M) B 8-2
Court 4: Leung/Shackelford (M) vs. Shapiro/Stauffer (V) M 8-5
B FLIGHT:
Court 5: Worley/McCoy (W) vs. Baird/Karlshoej (S) W 8-4
Court 6: Gallagher/Howard (B) vs. Li/Hart (W) W 8-2
Court 14: Zola/Smith (S) vs. Santiago/Van Demark (V) S 8-1
Court 15: Gerger/K. Paradies (M) vs. Sadeghi/Yeates (V) M 9-8 (8-6)
C FLIGHT:
Court 16: Pastor/Stone (W) vs. Valella/Plevinsky (S) W 8-4
Court 17: D. Paradies/Amos (M) vs. Kantor/Van Noy (V) V 8-4
Court 18: Macy/Marchese (M) vs. Kurien/Ruther (V) M 8-2
Doubles Round 2: Not before 4:15pm start
A FLIGHT:
Court 1: Lavertu/Chow (B) vs. Leung/Shackelford (M) B 8-6
Court 2: Albertstone/Cheng (B) vs. Shoemaker/Curran (W) W 8-5
Court 3: Kepping/Simonson (M) vs. Pylypiv/Pollan (W) W 8-2
Court 4: Mendoza/Ford (S) vs. Schapiro/Stauffer (V) S 8-6
B FLIGHT:
Court 5: Worley/McCoy (W) vs. Sadeghi/Yeates (V) V 8-6
Court 6: Li/Hart (W) vs. Zola/Smith (S) W 8-6
Court 14: Gallagher/Howard (B) vs. Gerger/K. Paradies (M) B 9-7
Court 15: Santiago/van Denmark (V) vs. Baird/Karlshoej (S) S 8-4
C FLIGHT:
Court 16: Macy/Marchese (M) vs. Pastor/Stone (W) W 8-3
Court 17: Kantor/Van Noy (V) vs. Valella/Plevinsky (S) S 8-3
Court 18: D. Paradies/Amos (M) vs. Kurien/Ruther (V) V 8-6
Doubles Round 3:
A FLIGHT:
Court 1: Shoemaker/Curran (W) vs. Lavertu/Chow (B) W 8-5
Court 2: Pylypiv/Pollan (W) vs. Schapiro/Stauffer (V) W 8-4
Court 3:
Albestone/Cheng (B)vs. Mendoza/Ford (S)
B 8-4
B FLIGHT:
Court 5: Worley/McCoy (W) vs. Gallagher/Howard (B) W 8-2
Court 6: Li/Hart (W) vs. Santiago/Van Demack (V) W 8-4
Court 14: Baird/Karlshoej (S) vs. Berger K. Paradies (M) M 8-3
Court 15: Hobbs/Smith (S) vs. Sadeghi/Yeates (V) V 8-4
C FLIGHT:
Court 16: Kurien/Ruther (V) vs. Valella/Plevinsky (S) S 9-7
Court 17: Macy/Marchese (M) vs. Kantor/Van Noy (V) M 8-3
Court 18: Paradies/Amos (M) vs. Pastor/Stone (W) W 8-2
