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Charlotte Cartledge (Virginia Tech) 6-2, 6-4 Madi Ballow (Marshall) 6-2, 6-3ģ2 - Shaikh def. O’Dell and Kiefer played back draw singles matches with O’Dell topping Hope Moulin of JMU in straight sets.Ħ4 - Hibah Shaikh (Virginia) def.
On Sunday, Shaikh dropped her first set against Camilla Bossi of West Virginia, 6-2, but rebounded with 6-3 and 6-4 wins in the second two sets to punch her ticket. O’Dell was edged in three sets in singles, but she and Kiefer defeated Helen Heiberg and Marta Buendia of Richmond to advance to the doubles qualifying final. On Saturday, Shaikh topped Charlotte Cartridge of Virginia Tech 6-2, 6-4 to earn her spot in Sunday morning’s qualifying final. Kiefer was edged in her Round of 64 match and fell into the back draw.
Both Shaikh and O’Dell won their opening singles matches to advance to the Round of 32. On Friday, O’Dell and Kiefer opened the day with a victory in doubles. 2 seed in the double draw, advanced to that bracket’s qualifying final, but lost on Sunday and will not be playing in the Regional. Senior Amber O’Dell and freshman Nicole Kiefer, the No. The Atlantic Region is comprised of Liberty, Virginia, Old Dominion, James Madison, VCU, William & Mary, Virginia Tech, Richmond, Longwood, Radford, West Virginia and Marshall. Eight singles players and four doubles teams advanced out of qualifying to earn their places in Charlottesville. 3 seed in the singles tournament, won her qualifying final on Sunday to earn a spot in the singles main draw of the ITA Atlantic Regional, which will be held in Charlottesville, Oct. Three members of the Virginia women’s tennis team competed at the qualifying tournament for the ITA Atlantic Regional Friday through Sunday at the Liberty Tennis Complex in Lynchburg. Email Jerry Ratcliffe: UVA Media Relations