Tennis Finishes Day One in New Orleans
October 24, 2014 10:37 PM | General
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| Lyn Yuen Choo captured her eighth win of the season and advanced her singles record to 8-1 this fall. |
| All-Pro Photography, Dale Sparks Photo |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women’s tennis team opened competition at the Big Easy Tennis Classic in New Orleans earlier today with six doubles wins and five singles match wins.
In doubles action, freshman Habiba Shaker and junior Hailey Barrett advanced to the quarterfinals defeating Southeastern Louisiana University’s Margaux Kaltenbacher and Madina Vorotnikova with a score of 8-1 in the first round, and bested University of New Orleans’s Marta Sans and Soledad Caldern (8-1) in the second.
Senior Ikttesh Chahal and freshman Carolina Lewis bested Rebekah Adewumi and Akshatha Ananth of Jackson State University with a score of 8-3, and defeated University Louisiana Lafayette’s Alex Way and Abby Johnson (8-7 (4)) in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals.
In flight one singles action, freshman Lyn Yuen Choo advanced to the semifinals. With a bye in round one, Choo defeated UNO’s Soledad Calderon with a score of 7-6, 0-6, 10-5 in the second round to advance. Today, Choo captured her eighth win of the season and advanced her singles record to 8-1 this fall.
In flight two singles action, Shaker defeated ULL’s Alex Way with a score of 5-7, 6-2, 10-5 in the first round, but fell in the second round to UNO’s Anna Segarra (6-7, 6-4, 10-5).
In flight three singles action, Lewis advanced with a bye in round one. She then bested SLU’s Lucia Bustamanate in round two in two straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-1. In round three, Lewis defeated Troy University’s Julia Albuquerque in two straight sets (6-0, 6-2) to move on to tomorrow’s semifinals.
“We were very inconsistent in our play today. Since we have another day of matches tomorrow, we will look to get more consistent in our level of play,” said coach Miha Lisac.
The Big Easy Tennis Classic resumes tomorrow with matches starting at 8 a.m.
A full recap of play from Saturday will be available at WVUSports.com after the completion of competition.
Doubles Round 1:
Habiba Shaker/Hailey Barrett (WVU) def. Margaux Kaltenbacher/Madina Vorotnikova (SLU), 8-1
Ikttesh Chahal/Carolina Lewis (WVU) def. Rebekah Adewumi/Akshatha Ananth (JSU), 8-3
Yvon Martinez (WVU)/Lauren Dupuis (ULL) def. Jordyn Goody/Dasia Harris (XULA), 8-1
Kaja Mrgole/Lynn Yuen Choo (WVU) advanced with a bye.
Doubles Round 2:
Habiba Shaker/Hailey Barrett (WVU) def. Marta Sans/Soledad Caldern (UNO), 8-4
Ikttesh Chahal/Carolina Lewis (WVU) def. Alex Way/Abby Johnson (ULL), 8-7 (4)
Anja Luethi/Anna Segarra (UNO) def. Kaja Mrgole/Lyn Yuen Choo (WVU), 8-7
Anna Bryukhova/Renee Villarreal (SLU) def. Yvon Martinez (WVU)/Lauren Dupuis (ULL), 8-5
Singles Flight 1, Round 1:
Lyn Yuen Choo and Kaja Mrgole advanced with a bye.
Singles Flight 1, Round 2:
Renee Villarreal (SLU) def. Kaja Mrgole (WVU), 6-1, 6-4
Lyn Yuen Choo (WVU) def. Soledad Calderon (UNO), 7-6, 0-6, 10-5
Singles Flight 2, Round 1:
Habiba Shaker (WVU) def. Alex Way (ULL), 5-7, 6-2, 10-5
Marta Sans (UNO) def. Ikttesh Chahal (WVU), 4-6, 6-3, 10-4
Singles Flight 2, Round 2:
Anna Segarra (UNO) def. Habiba Shaker (WVU), 6-7, 6-4, 10-5
Consolation Singles Flight 2, Round 1:
Amy Olivier (ULM) def. Ikttesh Chahal (WVU), 6-1, 6-2
Singles Flight 3, Round 1:
Yvon Martinez and Carolina Lewis advanced with a bye.
Singles Flight 3, Round 2:
Avika Sagwal (SLU) def. Yvon Martinez (WVU), 6-3, 6-4
Carolina Lewis (WVU) def. Lucia Bustamanate (SLU), 6-2, 6-1
Carolina Lewis (WVU) def. Lucia Bustamanate (SLU), 6-2, 6-1
Singles Flight 3, Round 3:
Carolina Lewis (WVU) def. Julia Albuquerque (Troy), 6-0, 6-2
Consolation Singles Flight 3, Round 1:
Yvon Martinez (WVU) def. Akshatha Anath (JSU), Default
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