Kentucky senior Aibika Kalsarieva and sophomore Sarah Foster, the ITA?s third-ranked doubles tandem, took another step toward the top slot Saturday, defeating William & Mary?s second-ranked pair of Megan Muth and Amy Wei at the Kentucky Fall Classic at UK?s Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex. Kalsarieva and Foster ran away with an 8-2 victory to capture the blue doubles flight title.
Senior Aibika Kalsarieva advanced to the finals of the blue singles flight with a 7-6 (1), 6-1 victory over William & Mary?s Megan Moulton Levy. She?ll meet William & Mary?s Megan Muth in Sunday?s final.
The red and white singles flights feature all-Kentucky finals. Sophomores Kim Coventry and Christine Simpson will do battle Sunday after posting straight-set wins in the red singles flight. Junior Danielle Petrisko and sophomore Joelle Schwenk will meet in the white flight final.
Coventry and Schwenk also claimed a doubles title Saturday, winning the white doubles flight by way of an 8-4 victory over Arkansas? Yawna Allen and Maryori Franco.
The Kentucky Fall Invitational concludes Sunday at the Boone Tennis Complex.
Singles Megan Muth (WM) def. Sarah Foster (UK) ? 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 Lena Sherbakov (WM) def. Ashley Kroh (MU) ? 6-2, 7-6 (5) Brooke Beier (PU) def. Joelle Good (MU) ? 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 Joelle Schwenk (UK) def. Candice Fuchs (WM) ? 7-6 (6), 6-1 Emily Wang def. Yawna Allen (UA) ? 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Jeannie Schwartz (MU) def. Leslie Stewart (UL) ? 7-5, 6-2 Danielle Hock (MU) def. Ana-Marie Cibils (MTSU) ? 6-4, 6-1 Lindsay Bryan (OSU) def. Iliana Pacheco (UA) ? 6-3, 6-1 Shawna Zuccarini (PU) def. Brianna Knue (UI) 7-5, 0-6, 6-2 Kim Coventry (UK) def. Karina Ledaja (MU) ? 6-4, 6-4 Christine Simpson (UK) def. Claudia Szabo (MTSU) ? 6-2, 6-1 Lille Nzudie (MU) def. Macall Harkins (UI) ? 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 (10-3) Robyn White (UL) def. Melissa Cornett (UA) ? 7-5, 6-2 Sonia Ruzimovsky (OSU) def. Suzanna Gracanin (UL) ? 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 Kristin Messmer (OSU) def. Lara Burgarello (PU) ? 7-5, ret. Lingda Yang (WM) def. Rachel Taylor (AC) ? 6-3, 6-7 (3), 1-0 (10-5) Kristen Dunbar (WM) def. Liis Sober (UK) ? 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-2 Audrey Bordeleau (UA) def. Emily Foster (UK) ? 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 Ariana Marshall (UL) def. Meredith Vincent (OSU) ? 7-5, 6-2 Alizee Paradis (MU) def. Allie Linden (UA) ? 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Pavlina Akritas (UI) def. Shannon Brown (MU) ? 6-4, 7-6 (8) Alex de Guzman (WM) def. Jacqui Williams (MTSU) ? 7-5, 7-5 Doubles Muth/Wei (WM) def. Beier/Zuccarini (PU) ? 8-1 S. Foster/Kalsarieva (UK) derf. Fuchs/Moulton Levy (WM) ? 9-8 (2) Allen/Franco (UA) def. Harkins/Knue (UI) ? 9-8 (5) Coventry/Schwenk (UK) def. DeCamilla/Howard (OSU) ? 8-5 E. Foster/Sober (UK) def. Bordeleau/Ledaja (UA) ? 8-6 Bryan/Vincent (OSU) def. Yang/de Guzman (WM) ? 8-6 Cibils/Vest (MTSU) def. Hill (MU)/Prajescu (OSU) ? 8-4 Marshall/White (UL) def. Asel/Paradis (MU) ? 8-0 Goulet/Wang (UI) def. Good/Kroh (MU) ? 8-1 Cornett/Jovanovic (UA) def. Adams/O?Keefe (OSU) ? 8-6 Beesley/Taylor (AC) def. Szabo/Williams (MTSU) ? 8-6 Brown/Hock (MU) ? Gracanin/Stewart (UL) ? 8-2 Petrisko/Simpson (UK) def. Minna/Wooten (PU) ? 9-7 Dunbar/Sherbakov (WM) def. Lazskowski/Taylor (UL) ? 8-6 Cibils/Vest (MTSU) def. Caperton/Pavlin (AC) ? 8-5 Linden/Pacheco (UA) def. Nzudie/Schwartz (MU) ? 8-6 Messmer/Ruzimovsky (OSU) def. Dolan/Qu (UI) ? 8-4 Foster/Kalsarieva (UK) def. Muth/Wei (WM) ? 8-2 Beier/Zuccarini (PU) def. Moulton-Levy/Fuchs (WM) ? 0-1, ret. Asel/Paradis def. Hill/Prajescu ? 8-0 Harkins/Knue (UI) def. DeCamilla/Howard (OSU) ? 9-8 (6) Coventry/Schwenk (UK) def. Allen/Franco (UA) ? 8-4 Bryan/Vincent (OSU) def. E. Foster/Sober (UK) ? 9-7 Adams/O?Keefe (OSU) def. Good/Kroh (MU) ? 8-6 Goulet/Wang (UI) def. Cornett/Jovanovic (UA) ? 8-2 Brown/Hock (MU) def. Beesley/Taylor (AC) ? 8-5 Gracanin/Stewart (UL) def. Szabo/Williams (MTSU) ? 8-6 Sherbakov/Dunbar (WM) def. Petrisko/Simpson (UK) ? 8-3 Lazskowski/Taylor (UL) def. Minna/Wooten (PU) ? 8-4 Marshall/White def. Cibils/Vest (MTSU) ? 9-8 (8) Messmer/Ruzimovsky (OSU) def. Linden/Pacheco (UA) ? 8-5 Nzudie/Schwartz (MU) def. Akritas/Qu ? 8-4