ROME, Ga. – Karina Elvestrom,
Rory Wahlstrand,
Lanie Davis, and
Ella De Young of the No. 15 nationally ranked Gustavus Adolphus College women's tennis team are competing in the ITA Cup this week. On the opening day of the tournament on Thursday, Elvestrom rallied for a victory in the opening singles Round of 16 and later teamed up with Wahlstrand to win their Round of 16 doubles match 6-4, 7-5.
*Note: the live results page has incorrect results listed for Elvestrom and Wahlstrand's doubles match. The scores are correct but the results are flipped.
Elvestrom, the three-time ITA Midwest Regional Singles Champion and No. 73 ranked singles player in the nation at the end of last year, battled No. 66 Ginevra Muratori of Skidmore College in the singles Round of 16 to begin the day. The Gustavus junior fell behind a set after dropping the first 6-1. Elvestrom then rallied to win the second set 6-1 to send the match to a third set. She then fought her way to another 6-2 set win to complete the 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 comeback victory to advance to the next round of the tournament.
In doubles, the ITA Midwest Region Dougles Champion team of Elvestrom and Wahlstrand faced off against Rachel Li and Shelly Zinchenko of Carnegie Mellon University. The Gustavus duo took the opening set 6-4. They then secured their place in the quarterfinals by taking the second set 7-5.
Wahlstrand took on No. 20 Caitlin Bui of Washington University in Saint Louis in the singles Round of 16. The Gustie first year fell 6-0, 6-3 to the Wash U junior.
Lanie Davis and
Ella De Young competed in the doubles Round of 16, taking on No. 23 Maegan Deng and Lindsey Whelan of the University of Redlands. Davis and De Young fell 6-0, 6-2 to the nationally-ranked Bulldogs duo.
Up next is day two of the ITA Cup on Friday, October 16. Elvestrom will take on No. 4 Tina She of Amherst College at 10:30 a.m. CT in the national singles quarterfinals. Afterwards, the Gustie duo of Elvestrom and Wahlstrand will battle No. 3 Eleanor Archer and Bui of WashU at 3:30 p.m. CT.
