Goucher Produces Winners of Four Singles Flights

Goucher Produces Winners of Four Singles Flights

October 1, 2006 

WASHINGTON, DC — Goucher players placed first in four of the six singles flight and one of the three doubles flights at the Capital Fall Classic this weekend.

Carly Heinz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) won three matches — all in straight sets — on the way to the Flight 1 singles title. The freshman opened with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Rachel Tenuta from Catholic, then defeated Maelina Sakaio from the U.S. Naval Academy 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals before topping Catholic's Corinne Alcorn in the championship match 6-2, 6-4.

Chloe Scott-Giry (Amagansett, NY/Ross School) of the Gophers also competed in Flight 1 and lost to Alcorn in the semifinals 6-7 (4), 6-3, (10-4).

The other three Goucher players who went 3-0 to finish first in their singles flight were Mouna Attarha (Piedmont, CA/Piedmont) in Flight 4, Dana Clark (Oxford, MI/Sacred Heart) in Flight 5 and Christina Grimm (Greenwich, CT/New Hampton) in Flight 6.

Attarha was a 7-5, 6-4 winner over Navy's Terry Borja in the Flight 4 finals. In Flight 5, Clark disposed of Navy's Kellie McDuffie 6-2, 6-1 in the finals; in Flight 6, Grimm was declared champion by default.

The two Goucher players in Flight 3 — Stephanie Austin (Woodbridge, CT/Amity Regional) and Sally Gordon (Onancock, VA/Broadwater Academy) — met in the consolation finals with Austin prevailing 8-3. Tanya Cooley (Arlington, VA/Wakefield) and Hilary Fast (Wilton, ME/Mount Blue) were declared consolation champions of Flight 2 and Flight 5, respectively, by default.

In doubles play, Clark and Scott-Giry were champions of Flight 3, Heinz and Cooley finished in second place Flight 1, and Austin and Grimm were runners-up in Flight 2. Scott-Giry and Clark were 8-3 winners over Navy's Borja and Christina Montoya in the Flight 3 championship match.