The 2020 ITA Division I National Women’s Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team and Most Outstanding Player were announced on Thursday, as voted on by the 16 participating head coaches.
No. 1 Singles: Alexa Graham, North Carolina
DNF Ilze Hattingh (Arizona State) 7-6(0) 0-1
def Alana Smith (NC State) 6-0 1-6 6-3
DNF Kelly Chen (Duke) 2-6 5-6
def Elysia Bolton (UCLA) 7-6(4) 6-3
No. 2 Singles: Sara Daavettila, North Carolina
def Sammi Hampton (Arizona State) 6-4 6-1
def Anna Rogers (NC State) 7-5 6-1
def Yasmine Mansouri (Duke) 6-1 6-1
DNF Abbey Forbes (UCLA) 7-5 3-6
No. 3 Singles: Jada Hart, UCLA
def Alexandra Belaya (Illinois) 6-2 6-2
DNF Nandini Das (Florida State) 6-3 4-3
def Angelica Blake (Stanford) 6-2 6-1
DNF Cameron Morra (North Carolina) 6-0 4-6 2-2
No. 4 Singles: Elizabeth Scotty, North Carolina
def Lauryn John-Baptiste (Arizona State) 6-0 6-1
DNF Lexi Keberle (NC State) 2-6 6-5
DNF Meible Chi (Duke) 6-2 5-7
def Abi Altick (UCLA) 6-4 6-1
No. 5 Singles: Makenna Jones, North Carolina
def Cali Jankowski (Arizona State) 6-0 6-2
DNF Jaeda Daniel (NC State) 2-6 6-1 1-1
def Chloe Beck (Duke) 6-4 6-3
def Annette Goulak (UCLA) 6-0 6-2
No. 6 Singles: Sasha Vagramov, UCLA
def Emilee Duong (Illinois) 6-1 6-3
def Andrea Garcia (Florida State) 6-0 6-4
def Emma Higuchi (Stanford) 6-3 6-3
DNF Alle Sanford (UCLA) 2-6 6-6
No. 1 Doubles: Jada Hart/Elysia Bolton, UCLA
def Emilee Duong/Josie Frazier (Illinois) 6-1
def Victoria Allen/Petra Hule (Florida State) 6-3
def Emily Arbuthnott/Angelica Blake (Stanford) 6-1
def Sara Daavettila/Alexa Graham (North Carolina) 6-2
No. 2 Doubles: Margaryta Bilokin/Meible Chi, Duke
def Anastasia Iamachkine/Astrid Brune Olsen (Pepperdine) 6-4
def Elena Christofi/Marta Gonzalez (Georgia) 6-2
DNF Makenna Jones/Alle Sanford (North Carolina) 5-2
No. 3 Doubles: Cameron Morra/Elizabeth Scotty, North Carolina
def Sammi Hampton/Sasa Klanecek (Arizona State) 6-0
def Lexi Keberle/Liz Norman (NC State) 6-0
def Summer Dvorak/Yasmine Mansouri (Duke) 6-4
def Abbey Forbes/Annette Goulak (UCLA) 6-2
ITA DI Women’s Indoors Most Outstanding Player – Sara Daavettila, North Carolina
Senior Tar Heel Daavettila offered constancy and confidence at the No. 2 singles position during her team’s journey to the championship. She won her first three singles matches in straight sets – setting the pace for Carolina throughout the tournament. Additionally, Daavettila defeated No. 43 Anna Rogers 7-5, 6-1. She also paired with Graham to take down Rogers and Smith – ranked No. 1 doubles – 6-1 to clinch the doubles point against the Wolfpack. The Tar Heel was awarded the Most Outstanding Player award for the first time in 2018. Daavettila was also awarded the UTR ITA Player of the Week on February 11th.
Past winners of the Most Outstanding Player award are: Kristen Flower, Georgia Tech (2008); Chelsey Gullickson, Georgia (2009); Maria Mosolova, Northwestern (2010); Hilary Barte, Stanford (2011); Robin Anderson, UCLA (2012); Whitney Kay, North Carolina (2013); Hanna Mar, Duke (2014); Caroline Price, North Carolina (2015); Olivia Hauger, California (2016); Ingrid Neel, Florida (2017) and Sara Daavettila, North Carolina (2018).
About the ITA Division I National Women’s Team Indoor Championship
The ITA Division I National Women’s Team Indoor Championship is held annually each February and was inaugurated in 1988. The tournament features 16 participating teams: the 15 schools who won both of their matches during the 2020 ITA Kick-Off Weekend, and the host site school. The tournament is held over four days and begins on Friday with first round play, followed by quarterfinals on Saturday, semifinals on Sunday and the final on Monday.
