
Women's Tennis Completes First Day at Miami Invitational
September 29, 2017 | Women's Tennis
Cards played doubles versus Purdue
The University of Louisville won six of eight singles matches versus Miami and had a win at No. 1 doubles in the first day of play at the Miami of Ohio Invitational in Oxford on Friday afternoon.Â
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For the Cards at No. 1 singles, .Mariana Humberg defeated Nelli Ponomareva of Miami 6-1, 6-0, while at No. 2 Abbie Pahz (UL) beat Emily Struble (MU) 6-2, 6-4. Freshman Raven Neely picked up her first collegiate singles win, beating. Anastasiia Vasiukhina (MU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 at No. 3. UofL also had wins from Tiffany Huber, Maya Smith and Anna Collins against the Redhawks.Â
The No. 1 pair of Abbie Pahz and Mariana Humberg took down Ena Babic and Silvia Ambrosio 6-1. The No. 3 pair of Raven Neely and Maya Smith were edged 7-5 and Tiffany Huber and Ariana Rodriguez fell 6-4 at No. 2.
The event features a four-team field in which Miami is joined by Louisville, Purdue, and Xavier. Each school makes three singles and three doubles rotations, facing off against the other three squads once in both categories. The Miami Invitational, like all fall tennis events, is not scored on a team basis. Players are competing as individuals and results affect their individual rankings.
Tomorrow's schedule
Friday Doubles Results:
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Miami vs. Xavier
1.Ghidotti/Abelson (XU) def. Ponomareva/Vasiukhina (MU) 6-1
2.Bagerbaseh/Reichenbach (XU) def. Kalita/Lysova (MU) 6-2
3.Struble/Myers (MU) def. Fitz-Randolph/Ruether (XU) 6-0
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Purdue vs. Louisville
1.Humberg/Pahz (UL) def. Babic/Ambrosio (PU) 7-6
2.Baquerizo/Makhametshina (PU) def. Huber/Rodrigues (UL) 6-4
3.Sabe/Dovnik (PU) def. Neely/Smith (UL) 7-5
Singles Results:
1.Mariana Humberg (UL) def. Nelli Ponomareva (MU) 6-1, 6-0
2.Abbie Pahz (UL) def. Emily Struble (MU) 6-2, 6-4
3.Raven Neely (UL) def. Anastasiia Vasiukhina (MU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
4.Tiffany Huber (UL) def. Priyana Kalita (MU) 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
5.Makenzie Myers (MU) def. Ariana Rodriguez (UL) 6-3, 6-2
6.Maya Smith (UL) def. Lena Babunski (MU) 6-2, 6-2
7.Melati Devi (MU) def. Mia Schmidt-Jorgensen (UL) 6-4, 6-3
8.Anna Collins (UL) def. Janelle Ghanem (MU) 7-6, 1-6, 6-3
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For the Cards at No. 1 singles, .Mariana Humberg defeated Nelli Ponomareva of Miami 6-1, 6-0, while at No. 2 Abbie Pahz (UL) beat Emily Struble (MU) 6-2, 6-4. Freshman Raven Neely picked up her first collegiate singles win, beating. Anastasiia Vasiukhina (MU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 at No. 3. UofL also had wins from Tiffany Huber, Maya Smith and Anna Collins against the Redhawks.Â
The No. 1 pair of Abbie Pahz and Mariana Humberg took down Ena Babic and Silvia Ambrosio 6-1. The No. 3 pair of Raven Neely and Maya Smith were edged 7-5 and Tiffany Huber and Ariana Rodriguez fell 6-4 at No. 2.
The event features a four-team field in which Miami is joined by Louisville, Purdue, and Xavier. Each school makes three singles and three doubles rotations, facing off against the other three squads once in both categories. The Miami Invitational, like all fall tennis events, is not scored on a team basis. Players are competing as individuals and results affect their individual rankings.
Tomorrow's schedule
Saturday:
10 am: Xavier vs. Louisville (singles)
1 pm: Miami vs. Louisville, Xavier vs. Purdue (doubles)
After: Miami vs. Purdue (singles)
Sunday:
9 am: Louisville vs. Purdue (singles)
12 pm: Miami vs. Purdue, Xavier vs. Louisville (doubles)
After: Miami vs. Xavier (singles)
Friday Doubles Results:
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Miami vs. Xavier
1.Ghidotti/Abelson (XU) def. Ponomareva/Vasiukhina (MU) 6-1
2.Bagerbaseh/Reichenbach (XU) def. Kalita/Lysova (MU) 6-2
3.Struble/Myers (MU) def. Fitz-Randolph/Ruether (XU) 6-0
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Purdue vs. Louisville
1.Humberg/Pahz (UL) def. Babic/Ambrosio (PU) 7-6
2.Baquerizo/Makhametshina (PU) def. Huber/Rodrigues (UL) 6-4
3.Sabe/Dovnik (PU) def. Neely/Smith (UL) 7-5
Singles Results:
1.Mariana Humberg (UL) def. Nelli Ponomareva (MU) 6-1, 6-0
2.Abbie Pahz (UL) def. Emily Struble (MU) 6-2, 6-4
3.Raven Neely (UL) def. Anastasiia Vasiukhina (MU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
4.Tiffany Huber (UL) def. Priyana Kalita (MU) 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
5.Makenzie Myers (MU) def. Ariana Rodriguez (UL) 6-3, 6-2
6.Maya Smith (UL) def. Lena Babunski (MU) 6-2, 6-2
7.Melati Devi (MU) def. Mia Schmidt-Jorgensen (UL) 6-4, 6-3
8.Anna Collins (UL) def. Janelle Ghanem (MU) 7-6, 1-6, 6-3
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