ROME, Ga. – The Bowdoin College women's tennis doubles team of Caroline Stuhlfaut and Zoe Sun advanced to the national semifinals of the ITA Cup last weekend at Berry College in Rome, Georgia.

Competing against the nation's top Division III doubles teams, Stuhlfaut and Sun posted a 2-1 record in the 16-team championship field, highlighted by a straight-set upset of the tournament's second-seeded team in the opening round.

Tournament Highlights

• Stuhlfaut and Sun opened tournament play with an impressive 6-3, 6-0 victory over second-seeded Bell Zhou and Rebecca Kong of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
• The Polar Bear duo continued their strong play in the quarterfinals, earning another straight-set victory, 6-3, 6-3, over Whitman's Bonner and Rosell Puga to secure a spot in the national semifinals.
• Facing Zou and Chan of the University of Chicago in the semifinals, Stuhlfaut and Sun dropped the opening set, 6-1, before rallying to take the second, 6-1, and force a deciding match tiebreaker. Chicago prevailed 10-5 to advance to the championship match.
• Chicago's Zou and Chan went on to capture the ITA Cup national title with a 7-6(7), 6-1 victory over Emory's Marte and Gilroy in the final.

The appearance capped a successful fall postseason for Stuhlfaut and Sun, who earned their spot in the national championship field by winning the ITA New England Regional Doubles Championship earlier this month at Bowdoin.