GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman freshmen Lillie Murphy and Elle Warren came from behind to beat Wichita State's Xin Tong Wang and Giorgia Roselli, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0[14-12], Sunday to take third place at the ITA Conference Masters Championship at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif., and advance to the NCAA Division I Individual Championship, which will be held Nov. 18-23 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.

The Paladin duo won three straight matches to open the tournament.  Warren and Murphy posted a 6-3, 2-6, 1-0[10-8] advantage over Anastasiia Grechkina and Alexia Harmon of Pepperdine in the opening round then blanked Delaware's Maryia Hrynashka and Paulina Jurkowska, 6-0, 6-0, in the round of 16.  In the quarterfinals, Furman topped Ball State's Isabelle Tanjuatco and Sarah Shahbaz, 6-2, 6-2, before falling to eventual champion Jo-Yee Chan and Vessa Turley of San Diego State, 6-2, 6-3.  

The top three doubles teams from the ITA Masters Championship will now square off against the ITA All-American Champions, the 13 regional champions, and 12 sectional champions at the NCAA Individual National Championship, which is being held in the fall for the second-consecutive year. 

Murphy also competed in singles at the Masters Championship, where she beat Norfolk State's Yuliya Yurkova, 6-0, 6-4, and bested Willow Renton of Quinnipiac, 6-4, 6-3, in consolation matches. 

Other members of the Furman team competed at the Wofford Terrier Invite this weekend in Spartanburg, S.C.  The Paladins won five out of six doubles matches, with freshmen Lily Doherty and Molly Robinson sweeping contests over Kennesaw State, Garner-Webb, and Liberty to win the White Draw championship. 

Furman captured eight singles victories in Spartanburg.  Robinson posted three-consecutive wins in the SoCon draw, beating out players from UNC Asheville and Kennesaw State to win the flight title.

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ITA Conference Masters Championship
Main Singles Draw
Rd 32 Shyla Aggarwal (Yale) def. Lillie Murphy (FUR), 6-3, 6-4

Consolation Singles Draw
Rd 16 Lillie Murphy (Furman) def. Yuliya Yurkova (Norfolk State), 6-0, 6-4
Quarter Lillie Murphy (Furman) def. Willow Renton (Quinnipiac), 6-4, 6-3
Semi Nevena Kolarevic (Fordham) def. Lillie Murphy (Furman), 6-3, 6-3

Main Doubles Draw
Rd 32 Warren/Murphy (FUR) def. Grechkina/Harmon (Pepperdine), 6-3, 2-6, 1-0[10-8]
Rd 16 Warren/Murphy (FUR) def. Hrynashka/Jurkowska (Delaware), 6-0, 6-0
Quarter Warren/Murphy (FUR) def. Tanjuatco/Shahbaz (Ball State), 6-2, 6-2
Semi Chan/Turley (San Diego State) def. Warren/Murphy (FUR), 6-2, 6-3
3/4th Place Warren/Murphy (FUR) def. Wang/Roselli (Wichita State), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0[14-12]

Wofford Terrier Invite
Doubles
Dimitrov/Ceroni (Furman) def. Agster/Suk (Wofford), 6-4
Dimitrov/Ceroni (Furman) def. Persson/Ivankovic (Kennesaw State), 6-4
Daavettila/Wai (Liberty) def. Dimitrov/Ceroni (Furman), 6-3 
Doherty/Robinson (Furman) def. Nel/Barianakova (Kennesaw State), 6-2
Doherty/Robinson (Furman) def. Poulin/Murza (Gardner Webb), 6-0
Doherty/Robinson (Furman) def. Joseph/Lemus (Liberty), 6-2

Singles
Lily Doherty (Furman) def. Axelle Van Beurden (WCU), 6-3, 6-3
Ella Suk (Wofford) def. Lily Doherty (Furman), 6-2, 6-3
Lily Doherty (Furman) def. Jelena Gojkovic (Mercer), 5-7, 6-3, 1-0[10-8]
Bianca Ceroni (Furman) def. Grace Agster (Wofford), 6-3, 6-1
Bianca Ceroni (Furman) def. Izabelle Persson (Kennesaw State), 1-6, 6-3, 1-0[10-7]
Yee Ching Wai (Liberty) def. Bianca Ceroni (Furman), 6-2, 4-6, 1-0[10-7]
Molly Robinson (Furman) def. Valeria Centeno (UNCA), 6-1, 6-3
Molly Robinson (Furman) def. Che Nel (Kennesaw State), 6-2, 6-1
Molly Robinson (Furman) def. Irene Serrano Maestre (Kennesaw State), 6-2, 6-1
Ema Barianakova (Kennesaw State) def. Sasha Dimitrov (Furman), 6-3, 6-0
Emma Shasteen (Gardner Webb) def. Sasha Dimitrov (Furman), 1-6, 7-5, 1-0{10-6]
Sasha Dimitrov (Furman) def. Roxana Valdez (Presbyterian), 6-1, 6-2