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Oct. 27, 2002
BOSTON, MASS – Fourth year members of the Virginia women’s tennis team Jen Tuchband and Henriette Williams both advanced to the round of 16 at the Omni Hotels ITA Regional Championships hosted by Harvard University. The event will continue Monday and run through Tuesday.
In singles play, Williams, a No. 9 seed won a pair of matches on Sunday. In the round of 16, Williams downed Allison Ashley of Boston College in straight sets before rallying for a three set win over No. 17 Sanela Kunovac of Penn. Tuchband, also a No. 9 seed, defeated Anne Catherine Valle of Stony Brook and another No. 9 seed, Raluca Ciochina of Penn, in straight sets. Two other Cavaliers, first years Kristen James and Lauren Bruch, both competed in the event as well. Both players were seeded as No. 25 seeds and fell in the round of 32 after winning their first match of the day.
In doubles play, the No. 5 seeded team of Williams and Tuchband won a pair of matches to advance to the round of 16 where they were upset by the ninth seeded team of Wang and Morton from Penn State.
Tuchband and Williams will both have round of 16 matches in singles Monday morning as they look to win the draw and the automatic selection to the ITA National Championships in Dallas in two weeks.