Dolensek Wins ITA Regional, Chow and Zinchenko Place Second in Doubles

(FREDERICKSBURG, Va.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team finished play at the ITA Southeast Regionals hosted by the University of Mary Washington on Monday, September 23 with freshman Ancele Dolensek winning the singles championship and junior Anna Chow and freshman Shelly Zinchenko placing second in the doubles championship.

Chow and Zinchenko started the day with an 8-3 win in the doubles semifinals against Allie Murrell and Mary Kate Kahl of Washington and Lee University. The pair then played Kamila Wong and Ava Li of Johns Hopkins in the final, falling 6-4, 6-2.

After a brief rest, Zinchenko faced Dolensek in the singles semifinals. After Dolensek won the first set, 7-5, Zinchenko forced a third set with a 6-0 win. In the end, Dolensek prevailed but not before a tiebreaker was needed with the final set score of 7-6(4).

Dolensek also used a tiebreaker win in the final to top Sophia Kim of Johns Hopkins, 6-2, 7-6(8).

The win for Dolensek marks the sixth straight singles championship for the Tartans and the fourth time a first-year Tartan has won the title. Dolensek joins Crystal Zhou (2021), Danna Taylor (2018), and Laura Chen (2008) as the first-year Tartans to win the ITA Regional Singles Championship.