ROME, GA. – Trinity's
Rosabella Andrade (Southlake, Texas / Carroll Senior High) and
Eva Kovachev (Arlington, Texas / The Oakridge School) wrapped up their ITA Cup run on Saturday. Andrade fell to the tournament's top seed in the singles consolation, while the Tiger doubles team came up just short against MIT.
Andrade and Kovachev came in off a 6-4, 6-2 consolation win over Elvestrom and Wahlstrand of Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) on Friday. On Saturday, they gave Yang and Zhou of MIT (MA) all they could handle. The Tigers pushed the opening set to a tiebreak and battled through a close second set before MIT closed out a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 win.
In singles, Andrade drew No. 1 seed She of Amherst College (MA) in the consolation bracket. A day after taking the opening set from No. 4 seed Bui of Washington University in St. Louis (MO) in the Quarterfinals, Andrade fell to She 6-3, 6-0.
Andrade finished 1-2 in singles, highlighted by her opening win over Wesleyan's Kornilova, while she and Kovachev went 1-2 in doubles after drawing the top-seeded pair in the Round of 16. Both Tigers earned their trip to Rome by winning at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, where Andrade claimed the singles crown and the pair captured the doubles title to clinch All-American status.