Middlebury's Leung, Amherst's Brewer & Danzing Capture ITA Regional Titles

Courtesy Amherst/Bates Sports Information

LEWISTON, Maine – Middlebury first year Lok-Sze Leung (Hong Kong) captured the singles title at the USTA/ITA Division III Women's New England Regional Championship on Sunday, while sophomore Jordan Brewer (Woodland Hills, Calif.) and senior Laura Danzig (Allendale, N.Y.) of Amherst captured the 2011 USTA/ITA New England Regional Doubles Championship as the three-day tournament concluded at Bates College.

Leung native routed Nancy Worley of Williams in Sunday afternoon's final, 6-0, 6-1. Leung now advances to play in the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships, Oct. 13-16 in Mobile, Ala.

Leung, the fourth seed at the tournament's outset, got past Middlebury teammate Leah Kepping in Sunday morning's semifinal round, 6-1, 6-4. Worley also defeated a teammate, unseeded Williams first-year Maria Pylypiv, 6-2, 6-1 in the other semifinal.

Seeded second, the Lord Jeff duo of Brewer and Danzing opened play with a hard-fought 9-7 win over Wellesley’s Marie Watanabe and Sojung Lee. Brewer and Danzig would then defeat Williams’ Maria Pylypiv and Monica Pastor 8-4 before upending Tufts’ Lindsay Katz and Shelci Bowman by the same score.

With a berth in the championship match on the line, the Lord Jeffs bore down, edging out Middlebury’s Lok-Sze Leung and Sally Wilkey 9-7 to set up a showdown with the Ephs’ Nancy Worley and Kara Shoemaker. Having already defeated Williams’ pairing 8-4 in a dual match earlier this season, Brewer and Danzig finished strong, scoring an 8-5 decision over Worley and Shoemaker to claim the 2011 doubles title.