Women's Tennis Wins A doubles and A singles at Wake Forest Invitational

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Women's Tennis Wins A doubles and A singles at Wake Forest Invitational

October 09, 2017 | Women's Tennis

Mariana Humberg wins singles title and teams with Abbie Pahz for doubles crown.

By: Nancy Worley

Mariana Humberg won the A-singles flight and then paired with Abbie Pahz to win the A-doubles flight at the Wake Forest Invitational.

"Very proud of all the girls, we came down with a goal to win everything we played in it and we almost accomplished it, said Coach Kevin Fulton. "We made the finals in both doubles and two singles flights and that made for a great weekend. I can't say enough about our senior leadership on this team, and the development of every single girl individually."

In A-flight singles, Mariana Humberg beat Emily Dunbar of Richmond 6-2, 6-1 and outlasted Alisa Solovyeva of Winthrop 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. She advanced to the finals to meet Elizabeth Norman of James Madison and won 6-4, 6-1.

In B-flight singles, sophomore Raven Neely bean Winthrop's Megan Kauffman 6-4, 6-4 and then beat Carolina Costamagna of Kansas State 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-0 but could not play in the championship match against Maria Linares of Kansas State due to injury.

"Raven Neely continues to develop and grow and will become a factor," said Fulton.

In A-flight doubles, Mariana Humberg and Abbie Pahz combined forces to blank Heidi Swope and Maria Zacarias of Appalachian State in the opening round 8-0 before beating Vitoria Okuyama and Natalia Peery of William and Mary 8-3. In the semi-finals, the Louisville pair bested Wake Forest's Chandler Carter and Mary Caroline Meredith 8-3. Pahz and Humberg took on Anna Catharine Feaster and Samantha Armas of Davidson, winning 8-3 in the finals.

"I was especially impressed with our senior doubles duo of Mari Humberg, and Abbie Pahz as they put on a show today in the finals of a doubles. Mari let that momentum carry over and played almost a flawless second set in the A championship finals," said Fulton.

In the B-flight doubles, Raven Neely and Ariana Rodriguez won their first match over Charlotte 8-6. They then handled Maria Medina and Grace Hashiguchi of Liberty 8-1. The pair picked up a win over Wake Forest's Anna Ulyashchenko and Joanna Zalewski 8-2. Pahz and Neely fell 8-1 to Kansas State's Anna Turco and Rosanna Maffei in the finals.

"Ari Rodrigez played exceptionally well in doubles on Saturday and they just weren't quite able to overcome a solid Kansas State team today in the B doubles finals," said Fulton.

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