Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis
Shaikh Abdullah

Women's Tennis

Charles-Alfred and Bashir get a double dose of that championship feeling

Women's results

        ROME, Ga. — Xavier University of Louisiana's Angela Charles-Alfred and Lailaa Bashir repeated as ITA Cup NAIA doubles champion with a 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 victory against Georgia Gwinnett's second-seeded Maria Genovese amd Eva Siska.
        Earlier Sunday, Bashir lost 6-2, 7-6 (7-0) to top-seeded Genovese in the singles final.
        The doubles victory was the 17th in a row for Charles-Alfred and Bashir, both left-handers. They beat Genovese in the ITA Cup NAIA final for the second straight year. In 2019 Charles-Alfred and Bashir trailed 4-1 before winning 6-4, 6-4 victory against Genovese and Madeline Bosnjak.
        Bashir, a sophomore, is 14-1 this fall, winning all seven of her doubles matches and 7-of-8 singles matches. Her two-season XULA combined record is 60-5.
        Bashir also earned the ITA Cup's James O'Hara Sargent Sportsmanship Award, which is given to singles main-draw finalists who display outstanding sportsmanship and exemplify the spirit of college tennis during the course of the ITA Cup.
        Genovese was No. 2 in the end-of-season ITA singles rankings of 2019-20, but in doubles she's 0-3 in her career against Charles-Alfred and Bashir. Genovese and Bosnjak also lost to Charles-Alfred and Bashir in a 2019 ITA regional final.

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Players Mentioned

Lailaa Bashir

Lailaa Bashir

5' 6"
Freshman
HS
Angela Charles-Alfred

Angela Charles-Alfred

5' 8"
Junior
2L

Players Mentioned

Lailaa Bashir

Lailaa Bashir

5' 6"
Freshman
HS
Angela Charles-Alfred

Angela Charles-Alfred

5' 8"
Junior
2L