EUGENE, Ore. - The Seattle University women's tennis team wrapped up its fall season this weekend, completing the Oregon Duck Invitational in Eugene, Ore.
The tournament functioned as a hidden duels competition with Oregon, Portland State and Idaho competing alonside Seattle in a rotating format.
Due to the format, the Redhawks were able to try out different doubles pairings in real competition prior to the spring season, with the combinations of Aleksandra Toneva and Patricia Gui, Montserrat Sierra and Amina Avdic, and Sierra and Kristina Vasileva finding success across the competition.
In singles, multiple Redhawks found success, most notably Maija Tamura.
Tamura, who joined the team mid-season last year after spending her freshman season as a member of the rowing team, earned her first singles win of her collegiate career this competition. She grinded out a hard-fought victory against Portland State's Stoney Cooks and came out on top 7-5, 4-6, 10-4.
Freshman Kristina Vasileva also won a singles match, besting her opponent 6-4, 4-6, 10-5.
Senior Daria Nazarenko managed to earn her victory in two sets, winning with a final score of 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.
The Redhawks will break from competition until the new year, where they will begin their duels season by taking on Montana and Gonzaga on January 16 and 17 respectively, in Spokane, Wash.
11/6:
Doubles:
Toneva/Gui (SU) def. Daughters/Baruqui (UO) 6-4
Appling/Ige (UO/PSU) def. Nazarenko/Catalao (SU) 6-0
Sierra/Avdic (SU) def. Cooks/Suresh (PSU) 7-6 (10-8)
Abdelhamid/Giglio (PSU) def. Toneva/Nazarenko (SU) 7-6 (7-2)
Singh/Findlay (UI) def. Sierra/Tamura (SU) 6-3
Perkins/Hirayama (PSU) def. Vasileva/Avdic (SU) 6-2
Cooks/Ige (PSU) def. Gui/Catalao (SU) 6-4
Singles:
Tamura (SU) def. Cooks (PSU) 7-5, 4-6, 10-4
Suresh (PSU) def. Vasileva (SU) 6-3, 6-0
Ige (PSU) def. Catalao (SU) 6-3, 6-4
Findlay (UI) def. Nazarenko (SU) 6-2, 6-4
Singh (UI) def. Gui (SU) 3-6, 6-4, 10-8
Cajigas (UI) def. Toneva (SU) 6-2, 5-7, 10-7
Koprowska (UI) def. Avdic (SU) 4-6, 6-1, 10-5
Xu (UI) def. Sierra (SU) 7-6 (7-3), 7-5
11/7:
Doubles:
Sierra/Vasileva (SU) def. Singh/Kaprowski (UI) 7-6 (8-6)
Findlay/Cajigas (UI) def. Gui/Toneva (SU) 6-2
Cooks/Ige (PSU) def. Catalao/Avdic (SU) 6-4
Singles:
Daughters (UO) def. Toneva (SU) 6-2, 6-3
Baruqui (UO) def. Sierra (SU) 6-0, 6-2
Vasileva (SU) def. Ige (PSU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
Appling (UO) def. Gui (SU) 6-2, 6-4
Suresh (PSU) def. Avdic (SU) 6-1, 2-6, 10-6
Cooks (PSU) def. Catalao (SU) 6-2, 6-3
11/8:
Singles:
Giglio (PSU) def. Toneva (SU) 6-3, 6-1
Abelhamid (PSU) def. Sierra (SU) 6-5, ret.
Singh (UI) def. Tamura (SU) 6-0, 6-2
Nazarenko (SU) def. Hirayama (PSU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Perkins (PSU) def. Gui (SU) 6-2, 6-1
Cooks (PSU) def. Avdic (SU) 2-6, 6-4, 10-2
Suresh (PSU) def. Vasileva (SU) 7-5, 3-2, ret.
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