The University of Akron Athletics
Tennis Closes Out Weekend at Thorne Invitational
September 10 | Women's Tennis
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The University of
Akron tennis team closed out its competition at the Martha Thorne
Invitational on Sunday by losing championship matches in three
flights, one in singles play and two in doubles competition. The
event was hosted by the University of West Virginia.
UA's Laura Hemlepp (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Davidson
HS) was defeated 6-3, 6-1 in the "C" singles final by A. Pilsbury
of West Virginia, while the Zips' doubles pairs of Tanyaradzwa
Gombera (Harare, Zimbabwe/Chisipite Senior HS) and Amy
Sherlock (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada/Sacred Heart HS) lost
8-4 in the "A" doubles championship and Hemlepp and Kerry
Langworthy (Harare, Zimbabwe/Gateway HS) fell 8-3 in the "B"
title match. Gombera and Sherlock competed against West Virginia's
No. 1 doubles team, while Hemlepp and Langworth faced its No. 3
duo.
Sherlock was victorious in the "A" singles consolation final,
topping N. Rana from University of Charleston 6-2, 6-3.
"It was certainly a little frustrating to have put ourselves in
position to win three of the flight championships only to come up
short in those matches," UA head coach Jeffrey
Wyshner said. "Still, overall the weekend was a solid success
and a great start to our year."
The rest of UA's Sunday consolation draw results are as
follows:
"A" Doubles - Akron No. 2 (Castro Cota/Berry) def. Charleston No.
2, 8-2
"B" Doubles - Akron No. 4 (Carlson/Benjamin) def. West Virginia
State No. 4, 8-0
"B" Doubles - Akron No. 4 (Carlson/Benjamin) lost to West Virginia
No. 4, 8-4
"A" Singles - Castro Cota def. C. Samoilov (Charleston), 6-0,
6-0
"A" Singles - Gombera def. T. Russell (West Virginia State), 6-3,
6-1
"B" Singles - Carlson def. Carpenter (Charleston), 6-0, 6-1
"B" Singles - Benjamin def. Kay (Charleston), 6-1, 6-2
"B" Singles - Langworthy def. Stewart (West Virginia State), 6-2,
6-0
"C" Singles - Berry def. Lewis (Charleston), 6-0, 6-2
Akron's fall schedule continues Sept. 14-16 at the Bowling Green Invitational in nearby Bowling Green, Ohio.
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