ODU Wins Doubles Title at William and Mary Tribe Invitational

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Oct. 23, 2000) -- The Old Dominion women's tennis team took part in the William and Mary Tribe Invitational at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. The Lady Monarchs doubles tandem of Mily Kannarkat (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Julia Sotiriu (Nuremburg, Germany) won the B flight while Patricia Araujo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) bounced back to win the consolation side of the Green Singles flight.

The following are complete results from the tournament:

Tribe Singles
Anna Mitina (Marshall) d. Mily Kannarkat (ODU)6-3, 6-2
*Kannarkat (ODU) d. Jessica Strickler (GMU)6-0, 6-3
*Pilar Montgomery (Penn State) d. Kannarkat (ODU)6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Classic Singles
Alice Sukner (Marshall) d. Julia Sotiriu (ODU)7-5, 6-1
*Sotiriu (ODU) d. Darri Thayaprasat (GMU)6-4, 6-2
*Liz Simon (JMU) d. Sotiriu (ODU)6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5)

Green Singles
Bridget Bruner (Va Tech) d. Patricia Araujo (ODU)6-2, 6-0
*Araujo (ODU) d. Megan Skalsky (Marshall)6-4, 1-6, 7-6(7-5)
*Araujo (ODU) d. Christy Michaux (JMU)6-3, 6-1
*Araujo (ODU) d. Spencer Brown (JMU)5-7, 6-3, 6-4

Flight B Doubles
Kannarkat/Sotiriu (ODU) d. DeSilva/Rodriguez (GMU)8-1
Kannarkat/Sotiriu (ODU) d. Perez (PSU)/Karli (Va Tech)9-8 (7-3)
Kannarkat/Sotiriu (ODU) d. Faucher/Khelifi (Va Tech)8-1
Kannarkat/Sotiriu (ODU) d. Hagen/Riusech (American)8-4

*indicates a consolation round