WEST POINT, N.Y. -- American and Army captured three individual titles each at the 2002 Patriot League Women's Flighted Tennis Championship held at the United States Military Academy. The Eagles claimed two singles titles and one doubles crown, while the Black Knights fourth and fifth singles and second doubles.

AU junior Katarina Kollarova, who was the No. 1 seed, claimed the first singles crown with a three-set victory over second-seeded Kristen Nowicki of Lehigh. Kollarova dropped the opening set 6-3, but rebounded to win the next two sets, 6-1, 7-6 (4).

In second singles play, Bucknell's Veronica Brown posted her second-straight win over a seeded opponent when she took down second-seeded Annie Collier of Army, 6-3, 7-5.

American's Olga Mikhailova, who was the first singles champion in 2001, won her second-straight PL flighted title with a three-set victory over top-seeded Megan Noble of Army. Mikhailova posted a 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1 victory.

Army's Amanda Paluch took home a first-place finish in fourth singles with a 6-4, 6-4 decision over American's Ashley Retley.

Rounding out the list of singles winners are Army's Cristina Lucin and Lehigh's Kristin Mulstay. In the fifth singles championship match, Lucin upset top-seeded Rheanna Gaskin of Bucknell, 6-2, 6-1, while Mulstay claimed the sixth singles crown with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over Lyndsey Nott of Army.

American, Army and Bucknell each produced winners in the three doubles brackets. In first doubles play, American's Kristina Georgieva and Kollarova defeated Lehigh's Maria del Carmen Angora and Nowicki in the championship match, 8-4. Georgieva and Kollarova punched their ticket to the final with a 9-8 (0) victory over Army's Annie Collier and Megan Noble, while Angora and Nowicki defeated Lindsay Suffredini and Emily Wenink of Colgate, 9-8 (5).

The second doubles final saw Army's Lucin and Marissa Limsiaco top Lehigh's Mulstay and Jamie Fass, 8-1. The Black Knight partners made it to the championship match with an 8-1 victory over American's Mikhailova and Ashley Retley. Mulstay and Fass outlasted Bucknell's Nadezda Cucic and Ashley Diers 8-6 in the semifinals.

The final doubles match pitted Bucknell's Tanya Sichko and Jill Wurzburg against Colgate's Lauren Erikson and Sheila Rao. CU's pair came out on top in the third doubles final, 8-1. Sichko and Wurzburg earned a spot in the final with an 8-6 win over Melanie Bundoc and Amanda Paluch of Army earlier in the day. Erikson and Rao defeated Lisa Fung-Kee-Fung and Katie Gibbons of Lafayette, 8-5 in the semifinals.

SINGLES TOURNAMENT
First Round Results Singles (played super tie-break)
#1 Singles

Katarina Kollarova, American, first seed, bye

Kristen Nowicki, Lehigh, second seed, bye

Marissa Limsiaco, Army, def. Nada Curcic, Bucknell, 6-0, 3-6, 10-3
Lauren Erikson, Colgate, def. Chez Saricas, Lafayette, 6-3, 6-4

#2 Singles

Kristina Georgieva, American, first seed, bye

Annie Collier, Army, second seed, bye

Veronica Brown, Bucknell, def. Maria Angora, Lehigh, 6-0, 6-0
Marissa Alikpala, Colgate, def. Shannon Rowe, Lafayette, 6-2, 6-4

#3 Singles

Megan Noble, Army, first seed, bye

Olga Mikhailova, second seed, bye

Natasha Eno, Colgate, def. Monika Serrano, Lafayette, 6-1, 6-1
Jamie Fass, Lehigh, def. Tanya Sichko, Bucknell, 6-1, 6-3

#4 Singles

Jill Wurzburg, Bucknell, first seed, bye

Lily Fardshisheh, Lafayette, second seed, bye

Ashley Retlev, American, def. Lindsey Suffredini, Colgate, 6-4, 6-3
Amanda Paluch, Army, def. Alina Kors, Lehigh, 6-4, 6-1

#5 Singles

Rheanna Gaskin, Bucknell, first seed, bye

Cristina Lucin, Army, second seed, bye

Jessica Fede, Colgate, def. Melissa Rausch, American, 6-1, 6-0
Susan King, Lafayette, def. Danielle Suchow, Lehigh, 6-1, 6-3

#6 Singles

Samantha Berthod, Bucknell, first seed, bye

Sheila Rao, Colgate, (by draw/ not seeded), bye

Lyndsey Nott, Army, def. Jessie Able, Lafayette, 6-3, 6-2
Kristin Mulstay, Lehigh, def. Brandi Kligman, American, 6-3, 6-1

Semifinal Results Singles (played 3 full sets)

#1 Singles

Katarina Kollarova, American, def. Marissa Limsiaco, Army, 7-6 (6), 6-4
Kristen Nowicki, Lehigh, def. Lauren Erikson, Colgate, 7-6, 7-5

#2 Singles

Annie Collier, Army, def. Marissa Alikpala, Colgate, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Veronica Brown, Bucknell, def. Kristina Georgieva, American 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4

#3 Singles

Megan Noble, Army, def. Natasha Eno, Colgate, 6-4, 6-0
Olga Mikhailova, American, def. Jamie Fass, Lehigh, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2

#4 Singles

Ashley Retlev, American, def. Jill Wurzburg, Bucknell, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5
Amanda Paluch, Army, def. Lily Fardshisheh, Lafayette, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

#5 Singles

Cristina Lucin, Army, def. Susan King, Lafayette, 6-0, 6-3
Rheanna Gaskin, Bucknell, def. Jessica Fede, Colgate, 2-6, 7-5, 6-0

#6 Singles

Lyndsey Nott, Army, def. Samantha Berthod, Bucknell, 6-1, 6-1
Kristin Mulstay, Lehigh, def. Sheila Rao, Colgate, 7-6 (5), 6-1

Final Results Singles

#1 Singles

Katarina Kollarava, American, def. Kristen Nowicki, Lehigh, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(4)

#2 Singles

Veronica Brown, Bucknell, def Annie Collier, Army, 6-3, 7-5

#3 Singles

Olga Mikhailova, American, def. Megan Noble, Army, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1

#4 Singles

Amanda Paluch, Army, def. Ashley Retlev, American, 6-4, 6-4

#5 Singles

Cristina Lucin, Army, def. Rheanna Gaskin, Bucknell, 6-2, 6-1

#6 Singles

Kristin Mulstay, Lehigh, def. Lyndsey Nott, Army, 7-6 (4), 6-4

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

First Round Results Doubles

#1 Doubles

Angora/ Nowicki, Lehigh, def. Saricas/ Serrano, Lafayette, 8-4
Georgieva/ Kollarova, American, def. Brown/Gaskin, Bucknell, 8-6

#2 Doubles

Mikhailova/ Retlev, American, def. Alikpala/ Eno, Colgate, 8-5
Fass/ Mulstay, Lehigh, def. Fardshisheh/ Rowe, Lafayette, 8-4

#3 Doubles

Fung-Kee-Fung/ Gibbons, Lafayette, def. Rausch/ Rentschler, American,  8-4
Sichko/ Wurzburg, Bucknell, def. Kors/ Suchow, Lehigh, 8-1

Semifinal Results Doubles

#1 Doubles

Georgieva/ Kollarova, American, def.Collier/ Noble, Army, 9-8 (0)
Angora/ Nowicki, Lehigh, def. Suffredini/ Wenink, Colgate, 9-8 (5)

#2 Doubles

Mulstay/ Fass, Lehigh, def. Curcic/ Diers, Bucknell, 8-6
Lucin/ Limsiaco, Army, def. Mikhailova/ Retlev, American, 8-1

#3 Doubles

Sichko/ Wurzburg, Bucknell, def. Bundoc/ Paluch, Army, 8-6
Erikson/ Rao, Colgate, def. Fung-Kee-Fung/Gibbons, Lafayette, 8-5

Final Results Doubles

#1 Doubles

Georgieva/ Kollarova, American, def. Angora/ Nowicki, Lehigh, 8-4

#2 Doubles

Limsiaco/ Lucin, Army, def. Fass/ Mulstay, Lehigh, 8-1

#3 Doubles

Erikson/ Rao, Colgate, def. Sichko/ Wurzburg, Bucknell, 8-1