Southern Miss
Samford Invitational
Golden Eagles Dominate on Day One at Samford
9/28/2018 7:57:00 PM | Women's Tennis
HOMEWOOD, Ala. - On day one of Samford Hidden Duals, the Southern Miss women's tennis dominated in doubles after going 4-0 in the morning session. Following doubles, the Golden Eagles saw similar success in a handful of the matches at singles.
At No. 2 doubles, Rikeetha Pereira and Ebru Zeynep Yazgan dominated the No. 2 pair from UAB. At both No. 1 and No. 3 doubles, Southern Miss won via 6-4 scores. On Court 7, the No. 4 doubles pairing of Tanit Lopez and Anastasija Cobanovic knocked off the No. 4 pairing from Samford.
On the singles side, Southern Miss won four of the eight matches they were in. Arina Amaning won at No. 1 singles against Elsa Pool via a 6-4, 7-6(10-8). Also winning in two sets were Yazgan, Katia de la Garza and Tjasa Jerse.
Thoughts from Steve Schram
"All four doubles teams competed well from the first point and it was nice to see how each doubles teams worked together and dictated play.
"In singles play, the team started with a lot of energy and we had some good results. As a Freshman from Turkey, Ebru [Zeynep Yazgan] came out on the winning side as she defeated a very tough opponent in three sets. This is a special group and I can only see this team improving and getting better everyday."
Results
Singles
No. 1 - Arina Amaning def. Elsa Pool (SAM), 6-4, 7-6
No. 2 - Natalia De Ugarte (SAM) def. Rikeetha Pereira, 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 - Tjasa Jerse def. Holly Horsfall (SAM) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 - Ebru Yazgan def. Arianna Beltrame (SAM), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
No. 5- Katia De La Garza def. Cindy Oest (SAM), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
No. 6 - Grace Jennings (SAM) def. Tanit Lopez, 7-6, 3-6, 6-1
No. 7 - Mary Kathrine Lewis (SAM) def. Anastasija Cobanovic, 6-1, 6-1
No. 8 - Hana Sisirak (UAB) def. Monique Burton, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Amaning/Jerse def. Shchipakina/Hrbalova (UAB), 6-4
No. 2 - Pereira/Yezgen def. Dodds/Grzywocz (UAB), 6-2
No. 3 - De La Garza/Burton def. Bertrands/Hecking (UAB), 6-4
No. 4 - Lopez/Cobanovic def. Beltrame/Kilduff (SAM), 6-3
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