Two Tigers Doubles Pairs Advance at ITA Regionals

Friday, October 18

West Point, N.Y.

Princeton University

ITA Northeast Regional

Princeton University women's tennis action Princeton, NJ, September 13 2019.

Grace Joyce (pictured) and Brianna Shvets won twice Friday in doubles.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

October 18, 2019 | Women's Tennis

Two doubles pairs for the Princeton women's tennis team won twice Friday to advance to the round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regional at Army West Point.

Grace Joyce and Brianna Shvets, and Zoe Howard and Clare McKee were both two-time winners to move on.

Princeton's six players in the singles draw, Shvets, ITA 107th-ranked and Stephanie Schrage, Grace Joyce, Daria Frayman, Howard and McKee, all had byes to Saturday.

Saturday will see two rounds of singles beginning at 9 a.m.

Updated draws are available here (PDF).

Doubles
First Round
Grace Joyce/Brianna Shvets (Princeton) def. Vitalina Golod/Lauren Santarsiero (Sacred Heart), 8-3
Erin Chratian/Rachel Smilansky (Rhode Island) def. Stephanie Schrage/Michelle Sorokko (Princeton), 8-3
Zoe Howard/Clare McKee (Princeton) def. Francesca Karman/Amanda Nowak (Fairfield), 8-2
Second Round
Joyce/Shvets (Princeton) def. Amanda Chan/Ashley Zhu (Penn), 8-3
Howard/McKee (Princeton) def. Melissa Sakar/Christie Wan (Columbia), 8-2