CARY, N.C. – Charlotte Owensby and the doubles pairing of Stephanie Yakoff and Kavya Karra both advanced in the prequalifying draws of the ITA All-American Championships today.

First, in the singles draw, Owensby put up a dominant performance against Yura Nakagawa (Washington State).  The senior defeated her foe 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the next round, where she will face Gloriana Nahum (Oklahoma). 

The ninth-seeded duo of Karra and Yakoff then took care of business against Jaquelyn Ogunwale and Sebastianna Scilipoti (Miami).  The pairing opened the match by cruising to a 6-1 first-set win.  Their opponents got ahead early in the second set, winning the first three, but the Crimson duo settled back in and closed the match with a 7-5 second-set result.  Karra and Yakoff will face Maralgoo Chogsomjav and Zhanel Rustemova (Kansas State) tomorrow. 

Results

Singles
Laura Putz (Florida State) def. [21] Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard), 7-5, 6-2
Charlotte Owensby (Harvard) def. Yura Nakagawa (Washington State), 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
[9] Kavya Karra/Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard) def. Jaquelyn Ogunwale/Sebastianna Scilipoti (Miami), 6-1, 7-5

Next Up

Owensby will return to action at 9:00 a.m. ET tomorrow while Karra and Yakoff will take the court at 5:00 p.m. ET.