Tournament Scores
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's
Angela Charles-Alfred and
Lailaa Bashir earned a pair of victories Sunday against seeded Georgia
Gwinnett teams to win the women's doubles title of the ITA NAIA South Regional Championships
at XULA Tennis Center.
Charles-Alfred and Bashir, the tournament's No. 2 seed, beat third-seeded
Tereza Koplova and Gabrielle Robinson 8-1 in a morning semifinal, then rallied in both sets to
defeat top-seeded Maria Genovese and Madeline Bosnjak 6-4, 6-4 in the afternoon final.
Charles-Alfred and Bashir trailed Genovese and Bosnjak
4-2 in the first set and 4-1 in the second.
The regional title qualified the XULA team
for the ITA Cup Oct. 17-20 at Rome Tennis Center at Berry College in Rome, Ga.
Charles-Alfred is a junior in her third season at XULA. Bashir is a freshman.
It's their second title together during this semester; they won the A-flight of the HBCU National Championships
in Atlanta the previous weekend.
XULA's other entry still contending in the main draw,
second-seeded
Santiago Perez, lost 6-1, 6-4 to Georgia Gwinnett's third-seeded Federico Bonacia
in the men's singles semifinals. Perez had beaten Grizzlies in the previous two rounds,
including defending champion Mika Kosonen in a third-set super-tiebreaker during Saturday's quarterfinals.
The other champions of this event:
Men's doubles — Georgia Gwinnett's top-seeded Bonacia
and Valentino Caratini defeated Daniil Klimov-Dominik Fritsche, William Carey, 6-4, 6-4
Men's singles consolation — Joe Klokow, Point, defeated Tiger Cheung, Loyola (N.O.), 8-4
Women's singles consolation — Ronja Kramer, Brenau, defeated Sofia Villalobos, Point, 8-4
Women's singles main draw — Genovese, seeded first, will play
third-seeded Elyse Lavender of Brenau for the title Tuesday at Brenau University in Gainesville, Ga.
Men's singles main draw — Bonacia will play
teammate Jose Dugo for the title Tuesday at Georgia Gwinnett in Lawrenceville, Ga.
Because of travel and academic considerations, the Georgia teams
opted to play their singles finals in their home state. Brenau won a coin flip for the right
to play host to the women's match.
