Dukes Close Kitty Harrison Invitational

Friday, November 2

Chapel Hill, N.C.

James Madison University

Kitty Harrison Invitational

11/4/2018 2:46:00 PM | Women's Tennis

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Wins in four of six singles matches against four-time defending Colonial Athletic Association women's tennis champion William & Mary highlighted James Madison women's tennis final day at the Kitty Harrison Invitational.

The matchup was the first for the Commonwealth rivals since last spring's CAA Championship match.

A quick straight-set victory from senior Emma Petersen over Mila Saric (6-4, 6-2) began the day for the Dukes.

Sophomore Jona Roka kept the momentum going following a straight-set triumph of her own as she pushed past Vitoria Okuyama 7-5, 6-4.

After dropping the first set, senior Abby Amos used a 10-6 third-set super-tiebreak victory to complete her come-from-behind victory over the reigning CAA player of the year Rosie Cheng 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6).

Junior Diane Flament closed the afternoon and the de facto singles victory for JMU after she battled past Charlotte Madson(5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)), following a third-set super-tiebreak victory of her own.

Freshman Daniela Voloh had her comeback bid fall just short as she lost a three-set thriller to Lauren Goodman 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11-9).

QUOTING HEAD COACH SHELLEY JAUDON
"Matches like today are what we've worked for all fall. To have all courts engaged in their matches and fighting at a high level is a testament to the time the girls have put in working on their games and mentality. This is a great way for us to enter our offseason and to keep building for the spring."

RESULTS
Singles 11/3/18

Kelly Chen (Duke) def. Daria Afanasyeva 6-3, 6-4
Meible Chen (Duke) def. Abby Amos 6-0, 6-3
Kaitlyn McCarthy (Duke) def. Jona Roka 6-3, 6-1
Daniela Voloh def. Alex Koniaev (Elon) 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 1-0 (10-4)
Emma Petersen def. Mia Wallace (Elon) 6-2, 6-0
Amanda Nord def. Sofia Edo (Elon) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3)

Doubles 11/3/18

Hutchinson/Pilkington (ODU) def. Afanasyeva/Amos 6-4
Starodubtseva/Andrieieva (ODU) def. Roka/Voloh 6-0
Vlasova/Malenko (ODU) def. Petersen/Flament 6-3

Singles 11/4/18

Natalia Perry def. Daria Afanasyeva 6-3, 7-6(6)
Abby Amos def. Rosie Cheng 3-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-6)
Lauren Goodman def. Daniela Voloh 2-6, 6-3, 1-0(11-9)
Jona Roka def. Vitoria Okuyama 7-5, 6-4
Emma Petersen def. Mila Saric 6-4, 6-2
Diane Flament def. Charlotte Madson 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)

UP NEXT
JMU will head into their offseason, before taking the courts once again for their 46^th dual season when they travel south to Blacksburg to take on Virginia Tech on Sunday, January, 20th at 3 p.m.