ROME, Ga. - Rebecca Kong came back from trailing 5-2 in the third set, and 3-0 in the tiebreaker, to earn a 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 win over Sophie Lau of Pomona-Pitzer in the semifinals of the ITA Cup on Saturday at the Rome Tennis Center.

Kong fell in the finals to Caitlin Bui of WashU, taking the opening set 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 to end as the runner-up for the second year in a row. Last year, Kong advanced to the championship match and fell to Matia Cristiani of Babson, who went undefeated against Division III opponents during her senior year. 

Kong also dropped the first set in the quarterfinal round to Sahana Madala of Johns Hopkins, but came back for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win. The semifinals seemed to be following the same pattern, after Kong broke Lau's serve to open the third set. 

However, Lau swung the momentum back and went ahead 5-2 in the third, with a chance to close it out. Kong, though, held for 5-3 and broke at 40-15 to get back on serve. After a Kong hold made it 5-5, Lau won a deuce point to get it to 6-5, but Kong held to get it to a tiebreaker. 

Lau went ahead 3-0 in the tiebreaker, and was up 4-2 at the changeover, but Kong rattled off the last five points in a row to complete the comeback win. She also evened the head-to-head battle with Lau, who won the ITA West Regional matchup in Claremont two weeks ago.