Oct. 27, 2008
Philadelphia, Pa. - The ODU doubles teams of Nadine Fahoum and Charleen Haarhoff advanced to the finals of the ITA East Regional in Philadelphia by defeating two of the top three seeds Monday afternoon. The Lady Monarch duo will take on the winner of the other semifinal between teams from the University of Virginia and Buffalo.
Fahoum and Haarhoff began the day with an 8-2 victory over the No. 2 seed and 20th ranked William & Mary duo of Ragini Acharya and Katarina Zoricic. The Lady Monarchs then cruised to an 8-3 win over Princeton's Hilary Bartlett and Taylor Marable, the No. 3 seeded doubles team in the tournament.
In singles action, both Haarhoff and Fahoum were eliminated in the third round. Fahoum fell to Acharya 6-2, 6-4, while Haarhoff could not get past Virginia's Lindsey Hardenbergh who won 6-1, 6-2.