ROME, Ga. – The No. 15 nationally ranked Gustavus Adolphus College women's tennis team had multiple student-athletes compete in the ITA Cup this week. On the third day of the national tournament on Saturday, Karina Elvestrom closed out her run in the singles draw in the final four.
 
Elvestrom, a three-time ITA Midwest Regional Singles Champion and No. 73 ranked singles player in the nation at the end of last year, battled WashU's Caitlin Bui, the No. 4 seed in the championship tournament, in the singles semifinals one day after upsetting the No. 1 seed in the quarterfinals. The Gustie junior gave her all but fell 6-4, 6-3 to Bui.
 
Friday – Day Two
 
Elvestrom battled Tina She of the Amherst College Mammoths, the No. 1 seed in the singles championship bracket and most recently ranked No. 4 in the nation, in the singles quarterfinals in the morning.
 
The Gustie junior leapt out to a 6-4 first-set win to go up 1-0 in the match. The Mammoth junior responded by taking the second set 6-1 to even the match up at one set each. In the third set, Elvestrom fought and emerged victorious with a 6-3 set win to complete the 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 upset against She to advance to the national semifinals.
 
The Gustie duo of Elvestrom and Rory Wahlstrand took on No. 3 Eleanor Archer and Caitlin Bui of the Washington University in St. Louis Bears in the afternoon in doubles.
 
Elvestrom and Wahlstrand dropped the first set 6-3 but rallied for a 7-5 win in set two. In the super tiebreaker, the Gusties played the Bears evenly to a 7-7 tie score, but then Archer and Bui took three points in a row to win the breaker and take the match 6-3, 5-7, (10-7).
 
Thursday – Day One
 
Elvestrom 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.
 
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The Gusties will return to action after the new year when they begin their spring season.