Skip To Main Content

Swarthmore College Athletics

scoreboard

OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF  THE SWARTHMORE COLLEGE GARNET

scoreboard

wt gohkberg
Julia Gokhberg teamed with Maria Cuervo to score an upset over the third-seeded doubles team.

Women's Tennis

Women’s Tennis Finds Success at ITA Regional

FULL RESULTS

FREDERICKSBURG, Va.—The Swarthmore College women's tennis team capped off the fall portion of its season over the weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Southeast Regional Tournament hosted on the campus of Mary Washington.

In the championship doubles draw, the duo of junior Maria Cuervo and sophomore Julia Gokhberg scored a big upset with a 9-7 win over Carnegie Mellon's Minami Makino and Jamie Vizelman, the third-seeded pair at the tournament. Cuervo and Gokhberg fought hard in the round of 16, but ultimately fell 8-5 to Hannah Archer and Lily Horsley of Washington & Lee.

Freshman Emma Kassan also made it to the round of 16 in the championship singles draw, winning two matches in the process. She opened with a 6-0, 6-1 rout of Dickinson's Olivia Shea and grinded out a 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 win over Julie Lazer of Washington College before falling 6-4, 6-4 to Hopkins' Sophia Strickland.

Gokhberg, Cuervo and freshman Shirline Wee also won their respective first round matches in the championship singles bracket while Alli Wong and Arya Jemal were handed narrow defeats. In the Blue 1 doubles draw, the duo of Jemal and Ashley Gao reached the quarterfinals with an 8-3 victory.

The women's tennis team begins it spring campaign looking to qualify for the Centennial Conference playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons.
 
Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Maria Cuervo

Maria Cuervo

5' 1"
Junior
Ashley Gao

Ashley Gao

5' 2"
Junior
Julia  Gokhberg

Julia Gokhberg

Sophomore
Arya Jemal

Arya Jemal

Sophomore
Alli Wong

Alli Wong

5' 0"
Senior
Emma Kassan

Emma Kassan

5' 6"
Freshman
Shirline  Wee

Shirline Wee

5' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Maria Cuervo

Maria Cuervo

5' 1"
Junior
Ashley Gao

Ashley Gao

5' 2"
Junior
Julia  Gokhberg

Julia Gokhberg

Sophomore
Arya Jemal

Arya Jemal

Sophomore
Alli Wong

Alli Wong

5' 0"
Senior
Emma Kassan

Emma Kassan

5' 6"
Freshman
Shirline  Wee

Shirline Wee

5' 4"
Freshman