Dukes Notch 11 Victories at ITA Atlantic Regional Championship

Thursday, October 17

Charlottesville, Va.

James Madison University

ITA Atlantic Regional Championship

Dukes Notch 11 Victories at ITA Atlantic Regional Championship

10/20/2024 6:16:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – James Madison faced the toughest competition in the region, as a pair of individuals and one doubles tandem advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA Atlantic Regional Championship (Oct. 17-20), which was hosted by the University of Virginia at Boar's Head Resort.

Daria Munteanu and Elena Kraleva both won a pair of matches in the main draw to reach the round of 16, while the team of Ines Oliveira and Sophie Williams also went 2-1 in doubles to move through to the same round.

JMU won a total of 11 matches in Charlottesville, with eight singles victories and three doubles triumphs. In addition to Munteanu and Kraleva, Mia Saveljic led all players with a 3-1 singles mark, going 2-0 in qualifying and winning a main-draw consolation bout.

Joining Oliveira and Williams in the doubles win column were Kraleva and Corinna Rietmann, who advanced to the round of 32.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Singles Qualifying

Saveljic went 2-0 in qualifying to advance through to the main draw, defeating George Washington's Alejandra Ramirez (6-2, 6-2) and Virginia Tech's Charlotte Cartledge (6-2, 6-4).
After falling in her first match, Reka Matko bounced back with a straight-set win over Richmond's Claire Le Du (6-4, 6-3) in a consolation match.

Singles Main Draw

In the opening round, Munteanu won a tight match against VT's Arina Gamretkaia (7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4) while Kraleva used a tiebreak win in the first to down Howard's Nadia Pegram (7-6 (8), 6-4).
Of the three first-round setbacks for JMU, two were against two of the region's top-10 seeds.
In the round of 32, the Dukes defeated a pair of Sun Belt opponents, as Munteanu first earned a solid win Old Dominion's Lidiia Rasskouskaia (6-3, 6-2). Kraleva also won in straight sets, beating Marshall's Sophia Hurrion (6-4, 6-1).
In the sweet 16, the runs for Munteanu and Kraleva ended, as Munteanu fell to top-seeded Annabelle Xu of Virginia (6-2, 6-4), while Kraleva lost a close bout with No. 2 seed Sara Ziodato of UVA (6-4, 6-4).
Saveljic salvaged a consolation victory, rolling past Loyola's Christine Richiez (6-2, 6-1).

Doubles Main Draw

The opening round saw JMU capture two wins, as Kraleva and Rietmann defeated Morgan State's Lauryn Hall and Roua Limem (8-5) while Oliveira and Williams dispatched George Mason's Brooklyn Siegel and Mary Young (8-2).
In the second round, Oliveira and Williams beat a solid squad in Maryland's Katherine Hung and Tamari Gogoshidze (8-4), while UVA's Martina Salas and Xu downed Kraleva and Rietmann (8-2).
The weekend concluded at the hands of host UVA, as Meggie Navarro and Ziodato claimed the round-of-16 win versus Oliveira and Williams (8-1).

UP NEXT
With JMU's competition in fall play likely concluded, it turns its attention to the spring dual-match season, which begins in January. JMU's spring slate will be announced in the coming weeks.