LSU women’s tennis sophomore Whitney Wolf captured her first collegiate singles championship at the Harvard Invitational in Cambridge, Mass., Sunday.Wolf blew by Cornell’s Christine Ordway in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, to secure the Lady Tigers’ third individual singles title in their last tournament of the fall.”Whitney played an unbelievable tournament,” said LSU coach Tony Minnis in a news release. “I’m so proud of her for winning.”Freshman Ebie Wilson was denied a shot at the title in her flight, losing to Cornell’s Sarah O’Neal in the finals, 6-4, 6-3.Wolf played most of the tournament on cruise control, only losing six games during her three matches.The Pride native blanked Brown’s Julie Franzer in the first round Friday, 6-0, 6-0, and sailed past Brown’s Misia Krasowski, 6-1, 6-1, on Saturday.This was arguably the strongest showing of Wolf’s young career at LSU.She was a five-star recruit coming out of high school and was given the distinction of Louisiana’s top-ranked junior player in 2008.Wolf struggled during her freshman campaign with a 15-19 singles record, including a 1-7 record against Southeastern Conference opponents, but finally found her stroke this weekend.”She was on fire, and I’ve never seen her play like that before,” Minnis said.Wolf teamed with senior Nicole Kantor in doubles to post a 2-1 record on the weekend.The duo knocked off Harvard’s Hideko Tachibana and Alexander Lehman twice during the three-day tournament with an 8-4 decision Friday and an 8-6 victory Sunday to close out the tournament.The lone blemish came Saturday when they lost to Krasowski and Flanzer, 8-5.LSU will return to action in January for the UVA Winter Invitational in Charlottesville, Va.- – – -Contact Sean Isabella at [email protected]
Women’s Tennis: Wolf finishes season with first singles title
November 8, 2009