CHARLESTON, S.C. – No. 57 nationally ranked doubles tandem Yuliia Starodubtseva/Tatsiana Sasnouskaya of the Old Dominion women's tennis team took down the No. 1, No. 15 and No. 29 ranked doubles teams en route to a runner-up finish at the ITA All-American Championships in Charleston, South Carolina.
In the Doubles Main Draw Round of 32, No. 57 Starodubtseva/Sasnouskaya were too much for Clemson's No. 29 Eleni Louka/Jenna Thompson (8-3). In the Round of 16, Starodubtseva/Sasnouskaya pulled the upset of the tournament after taking down Oklahoma's No. 1 nationally ranked Ivana Corley/Carmen Corley (9-7).
Starodubtseva/Sasnouskaya kept it rolling in the quarterfinals, as ODU's duo defeated No. 15 Alle Sanford/Reilly Tran of North Carolina. In the semifinals, Starodubtseva/Sasnouskaya won in straight sets over Pepperdine's Victoria Flores/Janice Tjen (6-2, 6-3).
In the title match, Starodubtseva/Sasnouskaya won the first set against No. 8 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth of Wake Forest, before dropping sets two and three (6-2, 6-7, 3-10).
In singles, No. 36 nationally ranked Starodubtseva won her first two matches to advance to the Round of 16 of the Qualifying Draw, highlighted by a 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 win over Texas Tech's No. 63 Margarita Skriabina.
No. 77 Sasnouskaya advanced to the Round of 32 of the Qualifying Draw after defeating No. 121 Iuliia Bryzgalova of Penn 6-2, 6-1.
No. 76 Marina Alcaide fell in the Round of 64 of the Qualifying Draw to Texas A&M's Mary Stoiana (2-6, 1-6).
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Starodubtseva/Sasnouskaya Finish ITA All-American Championships as National Runner-Ups
