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UMass Fall Invitational
St. John’s Concludes UMass Fall Invitational
9/29/2024 9:51:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Red Storm won 10 total matches over three days of competition
AMHERST, MASS. – The St. John's women's tennis team kicked off its fall schedule this weekend, winning 10 matches at the UMass Fall Invitational.
Play began Friday at the Mullins Tennis Courts in Amherst, Mass., and continued through Sunday afternoon. The Johnnies competed against athletes from the University of Rhode Island, UMass and Harvard.
NJIT graduate transfer Sandra Dzhambazov won two matches in her St. John's debut completion. The Krefeld, Germany native earned a convincing 6-2, 6-1 decision against URI's Blake Rothchild on Friday and picked up a straight-set win against Cosima Trinity Calinescu of UMass on Saturday.
Victoria Papadopoulou had a successful weekend, winning two singles contests. The junior opened the weekend with a three-set triumph over URI's Nikki Fernando on Friday before taking down Amelia Tye from UMass on Saturday.
St. John's also had singles wins from Noemi Babikova, Nicoline Sartz-Lunde, Giulia Bizzari and Alicia Gomez. The full results from the weekend are below.
The Johnnies will continue their fall season on Oct. 4-6 at the Fordham Fall Invitational in The Bronx, N.Y.
Day 1
Doubles:
Nikki Fernando/Anastasia Pettersson (URI) def. Noemi Babikova/Charlotta Buss, 6-3
Klara Nelander/Grace Darcy (URI) def. Sandra Dzhambazov/Alexandra Nielsen, 6-2
Blake Rothchild/Katharina Spieth (URI) def. Giulia Bizzari/Nicoline Sartz-Lunde, 6-3
Singles:
Spieth (URI) def. Babikova, 6-2, 6-2
Sartz-Lunde def. Darcy (URI), 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-7
Victoria Papadopoulou def. Fernando (URI), 7-5, 3-6, 10-6
Nelander (URI) def. Nielsen, 6-4, Ret.
Alicia Gomez def. Pettersson (URI), 6-3, 4-6, 10-6
Dzhambazov def. Rothchild (URI), 6-2, 6-1
Day 2
Doubles:
Ella Faessler/Amelia Tye (UMass) def. Nielsen/Dzhambazov, 6-4
Thamonpan Jonglertrakul/Mariana Campino (UMass) def. Babikova/Buss, 6-3
Mariya Krasakova/Cosima Trinity Calinescu (UMass) def. Bizzari/Sartz-Lunde, 6-1
Singles:
Babikova def. Faessler (UMass), 6-4, 6-4
Jonglertrakul (UMass) def. Sartz-Lunde, 5-4, ret.
Papadopoulou def. Tye (UMass), 6-2, 6-1
Dzhambazov def. Calinescu (UMass), 7-6(5), 6-4
Campino (UMass) def. Buss, 6-1, 6-3
Bizzari def. Krasakova (UMass), 3-6, ret.
Day 3
Doubles:
Elsie Ragatz/Kavya Karra (Harvard) def. Nielsen/Dzhambazov, 6-4
Babikova/Buss def. Anna-Raphëlle Serghi/Natalie Block (Harvard), 6-4
Singles:
Karra (Harvard) def. Papadopoulou, 6-3, 4-6, 10-5
Senghi (Harvard) def. Nielsen, 4-6, 6-3, 10-5
Block (Harvard) def. Buss, 6-4, 6-2
Bizzari def. Ragatz (Harvard), 6-1, 6-0
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