Oct. 7, 2012
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -
Senior Liudmila Vasilieva captured her second tournament title of the fall season as she won the Flight A title at the Air Force Invitational Sunday afternoon.
Vasilieva, who improved to 9-2 this fall, swept all three of her matches this weekend in straight sets, defeating Oklahoma State's Meghan Blevins 7-6, 6-0 for the championship. Earlier Sunday Vasilieva defeated Denver's Sophia Bergner, 6-1, 6-1 to reach the title match.
In the B Flight, senior Andjela Kankaras, who needed three sets to advance in each of her first two rounds, fell in her semifinal match to Eastern Michigan's Klara Supejova, 6-3, 6-1, in her only match of the day. In Flight C, senior Ksenia Googe won a first-set tiebreak, but could not close out the match as she fell to Illinois' Julia Jamieson, 6-7, 6-4, 10-7 in the semifinal. Googe then dropped the third-place match to Eastern Michigan's Nino Mebuke, 6-2, 6-0, before ending her tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Air Force's Natasha Rizvi.
In Flight D, sophomore Elizaveta Luzina defeated Wyoming's Jessica Parizher, 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinal before falling to Texas Tech's Liz Ullathorne, 6-3, 7-5, in the title match. Luzina's teammate, sophomore Charlotte Koning, went three sets in her championship match, but came up just short as she dropped a 6-1, 1-6, 10-8 decision to Wyoming's Alma Espinosa. Koning later defeated Northern Colorado's Jenn Buchanan, 6-1, 6-4, to close out her tournament.
Freshman Liza Leenknecht, playing in the backdraw, fell to Denver's Emma Isberg, 6-3, 6-2, while teammate Erin Troedson came up just shy to Mollie Cooper of Colorado State, 7-6, 6-7, 10-6.
The Washington State women's tennis team returns to action starting Oct. 19 when it travels to Stanford, Calif. to compete in the ITA Regionals.
AIR FORCE INVITATIONAL
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Oct. 5-7, 2012
SINGLES
SEMIFINALS
Flight A
Liudmila Vasilieva (WSU) def. Sophia Bergner (DU) 6-1, 6-1
Flight B
Klara Supejova (EMU) def. Andjela Kankaras (WSU) 6-3, 6-1
Flight C
Julia Jamieson (Ill) def. Ksenia Googe (WSU) 6-7, 6-4, 10-7
Flight D
Elizaveta Luzina (WSU) def. Jessica Parizher (WYO) 6-4, 6-2
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
Flight A
Liudmila Vasilieva (WSU) def. Meghan Blevins (OSU) 7-6, 6-0
Flight D
Liz Ullathorne (TTU) def. Elizaveta Luzina (WSU) 6-3, 7-5
Flight F
Alma Espinosa (WYO) def. Charlotte Koning (WSU) 6-1, 1-6, 10-8
CONSOLATION ROUNDS
Flight C
Ksenia Googe (WSU) def.Natasha Rivzi (AF) 6-2, 6-1
Naasha Mebuke (EMU) def. Ksenia Googe (WSU) 6-2, 6-0
Flight D
Emma Isberg (DU) def. Lize Leenknecht (WSU) 6-3, 6-2
Flight E
Charlotte Koning (WSU) def. Jenn Buchanan (UNC) 6-1, 6-4
Flight F
Mollie Cooper (CSU) def. Erin Troedson (WSU) 7-6, 6-7, 10-6
