ROME, Ga. – The Gustavus women's tennis team concluded competition at the 2024 ITA Cup Saturday afternoon, with the four Gusties competing in their final doubles matches of the national tournament.
Karina Elvestrom (Fy., Minnetonka) and
Kaya De Bruijn (Jr., Maasland, Netherlands) ended the tournament on a high-note, winning their final doubles match of the fall.
Elvestrom started the day with one final singles match, facing Maegan Deng of the University of Redlands. Deng claimed set one, 6-0, but the first-year fought back for a 6-3 set two victory. Set three was a battle between the two athletes, with Deng ultimately emerging victorious, 7-6, with a 7-3 edge in the breaker. Elvestrom concludes her first fall season as a Gustie with valuable national tournament experience, not to mention two All-America honors.
She and partner De Bruijn collected their first win of the weekend in the afternoon, defeating Siona Vallabhaneni and Victoria Wang of NYU. The Midwest Regional Champions claimed a 6-3 victory in the first set, followed by a tight 7-6 win in the second, culminated by an 11-9 win in the breaker.
Teammates
Molly Austin (Jr., Arden Hills) and
Allison Szalay (Jr., Des Moines, Iowa) fell in their consolation semifinal Saturday afternoon, dropping a two-set decision to Renna Mohsen-Breen and Lane Durkin of Wesleyan. Wesleyan claimed set one 7-5, followed by a 6-3 victory in the second set to end the Gusties' weekend in Georgia.
"It was a great weekend for all four of our players," said Head Coach
Jon Carlson '88. "Every match just got better and better each day. It was really great to see Karina improve her play as the weekend went on, as well as both doubles teams. I know that all of our players are really excited for the spring based on how this fall went, as am I."
