Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Michigan University
Bowling Green Invitational
Rivero Captures Flight Title at BGSU Invitational
9/21/2009 10:42:10 AM | Tennis
Four Other Eagles Get Second-Place Finish
Four other Eagles also earned second-place finishes. After two opening-round wins, freshman Celine Donnet (
In doubles competition, it was the pair of Ahuja and Donnet which finished second overall in their flight.
“We had some hobbled kids that fought pretty hard Sunday, however, the opponents that beat us were just better than us,” said Eagles Head Coach Ryan Ray. “It was nice to see Marcela pick up a flight title, and to have four second-place finishes in other flights was a good all-around showing. We will have a light week of practice to rest up for the invitational next weekend.”
Team scores were not kept in the two-day, 10-team match, but individual champions were crowned in each of nine singles and four doubles flights. Aside from EMU, the other competing schools were
The Eagles will next be in competition this coming weekend, Sept. 25-27, at the Gopher Invitational in
Consolation Final
Xu Chang (EMU) def. Safiyya Ismail (Cincinnati) 6-1,6-3
Final
Angelika Jogasuria (Akron) def. Miriam Westerink (EMU) 6-1,6-2
Final
Elise Woulfe (Cincinnati) def. Karina Ahuja (EMU) 6-2,6-2
Final
Anna Baronayte (Akron) def. Celine Donnet (EMU) 6-4,7-5
Final
Marcela Rivero (EMU) def. Jessica Easdale (Bowling Green) 6-3,6-4
7th Place Match
Bailey Maryfield (IUPUI) def. Rumbidzai Muskwe (EMU) 6-1,6-1
Doubles
Semifinal
Chiricosta/Eccleston (Bowling Green) def. Breuss/Westerink (EMU) 8-4
Ahuja/Donnet (EMU) def. Babina/Grubb (Bowling Green) 8-6
Final
Angelika Jogasuria/Baronayte (Akron) def. Ahuja/Donnet (EMU) 8-3
Consolation Semifinal
Xu/Rivero (EMU) def. Hankle/Haralambopoulos (Youngstown St.) 8-5
Consolation Final
Xu/Rivero (EMU) def. Kintzel/Easdale (Bowling Green) 8-5
