Knezkova, Sysoeva to Play at ITA East Sectional Championship

Nelly Knezkova and Anastasia Sysoeva will represent the Syracuse women's tennis team at the ITA East Sectional Championship. The event will be hosted by North Carolina in Chapel Hill with match play beginning on Thursday, Nov. 6.

The Setup
The tournament will be held at North Carolina's Chewning Tennis Center. The matches will begin on Thursday.

In singles play, Sysoeva is set to face South Carolina's Daniela Piani on the first day of the tournament.

Knezkova and Sysoeva will partner up to take on Claire An and Eleana Yu of Duke in the Round of 16 in the doubles column.

About the Orange
Syracuse welcomes back a familiar squad, with six of last year's players returning to the court. Sophomore Monika Wojcik lead the team last year with 12 singles victories and 11 doubles wins. She collected a 5-1 ACC record in singles in her freshman year.

Serafima Shastova returns for her second season at Syracuse. In her sophomore season, she had 12 wins in the singles column. Partnered with Wojcik, the duo had eight wins together.

Junior Nelly Knezkova followed up with 10 singles wins on the season and seven doubles. She played at top spot in seven singles matches last season and on the first court for doubles in 15 matchups.

Haram Kim is entering her sophomore year with the Orange. She collected two wins in her first season at the six spot, defeating her opponents from Fordham in a 7-5, 6-3 match and Drexel 6-4, 6-2.

Constance Levivier is going into her senior season and her third year with the Orange. Levivier held four singles wins, including two at the fourth singles spot.

Senior Anastasia Sysoeva is back after appearing in 19 matches last season in both singles and doubles play. In doubles action, she collected nine wins, six of which were at the second court.

Last Time Out
The Orange competed at the UB Indoor Invite in Buffalo, New York from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1.
Knezkova ended the weekend with two singles wins and a doubles win with partner Constance Levivier.

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Knezkova, Sysoeva to Play at ITA East Sectional Championship

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Haram Kim

Nelly Knezkova

Constance Levivier

Serafima Shastova

Anastasia Sysoeva

Monika Wojcik

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