TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati tennis team opened its 2017-18 competition schedule Friday and Saturday as the Bearcats competed in a pair of events, including hosting the UC Invitational while sending several individuals to the Western & Southern Collegiate Invitational in Mason, Ohio. Two Bearcats reached the finals of their respective singles draws at the W&S event while several Bearcats posted strong results on their home courts to open the season.
// UC FALL INVITATIONAL
The UC Fall Invitational featured two days of competition in a hidden-dual format with players from Xavier, Ball State and Illinois-Chicago joining the Bearcats on the UC campus at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center. Each team had the chance to play in two doubles and one singles match Friday before playing one doubles and two singles Saturday. Overall, Xavier's Lauren Ghidotti was named the event's Singles MVP after posting a 3-0 record at #1 singles after joining Sophia Abelson to earn the Doubles MVP honor for a similar 3-0 mark at #1 doubles.
The Bearcats were led Alexia Coutino, who went 3-0 at the #5 singles position while also adding a 2-0 record while playing at the #3 doubles slot with Antonella Bramato. Caroline Morton and Ioana Guna each added two singles wins on the weekend with Morton going 1-1 at the #1 position and winning her lone appearance at #2. Guna did well with a pair of wins at #4 singles before falling at #3 singles in the finale. Guna joined with Ali Miller at #1 doubles three times with the duo posting a 1-2 record while Morton also went 1-2 with all three matches coming in the #2 position.
Overall, the Bearcats played seven different individuals throughout the weekend with just Miller, Morton, Bromato and Anna Philp joining a trio of freshmen. The newest Bearcats that saw their first action for UC included Guna, Coutino and Emma Miceli, who went 1-1 in singles while going 2-1 in doubles.
// W&S COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
In nearby Mason as the Lindner Family Tennis Center, three Bearcats competed in the Western & Southern Collegiate Invitational, an event hosted by Northern Kentucky and Dayton. All three newcomers posted solid results with Maria Teixido Garcia and Ellee Bullock taking second place in Flight 4 and Flight 5, respectively, of the singles draws.
Teixido Garcia fell in the final to Bode of St. Francis after winning her first two matches in straight sets. The Bearcat first downed Allen (Dayton), 6-0, 6-0, in the quarterfinal before bouncing Montaivo (Eastern Kentucky) with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) score line. In the final, she dropped the first set, 6-4, but bounced back to take the second, 7-6, and force a tie-breaker third set that she dropped, 10-6.
In the Flight 5 draw, but Bullock and Amanda Huser competed with Bullock running through to foes to reach the final while Huser fell in a tough first round match. Bullock opened a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Delaney (Dayton) before taking down Miller (Duquesne), 6-3, 6-4. IN the final, Adams (Duquesne) got the better of the UC player, winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Huser faced Tamarkin (St. Francis) and fell, 6-4, 5-7, 11-9.
Huser and Bullock also entered the Flight 3 doubles draw and went 1-1 on the day. The duo opened in the quarterfinal with a 7-5 win over the team of Miller and Kona (Duquesne) before falling, 7-5, to the duo of Koo and Power (NKU).
// NEXT UP
The Bearcats will have one week off from competition before returning to action September 29-October 1 when they travel to Bloomington, Ind., to compete in the Indiana Invitational.
// RESULTS – UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FALL INVITATIONAL
Singles
Day One (Friday)
#1 – Audrey Berger (Ball State) def. Ali Miller (Cincinnati), 6-4, 6-4
#2 – Caroline Morton (Cincinnati) def. Sarah Swiderski (Ball State), 6-3, 6-2
#3 – Peyton Gollhofer (Ball State) def. Antonella Bramato (Cincinnati), 6-2, 6-2
#4 – Ioana Guna (Cincinnati) def. Isabelle Dohanics (Ball State), 6-4, 7-5
#5 – Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati) def. Rebecca Herrington (Ball State), 6-1, 6-3
#6 – Viktoria Seifert (Illinois-Chicago) def. Emma Miceli (Cincinnati), 6-4, 2-6, 11-9
Day Two (Saturday)
#1 – Caroline Morton (Cincinnati) def. Lejla Celic (Illinois-Chicago), 6-2, 6-4
#2 – Georgie Sanders (Illinois-Chicago) def. Ali Miller (Cincinnati), 6-0, 6-3
#3 – Antonella Bramato (Cincinnati) def. Melika LeBlanc (Illinois-Chicago), 5-7, 7-5, 10-8
#4 – Ioana Guna (Cincinnati) def. Rachel Le Comber (Illinois-Chicago), 6-3, 57-, 10-8
#5 – Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati) def. Miranda Rodriguez (Illinois-Chicago), 6-1, 6-2
#6 – Anna Philp (Cincinnati) def. Amelia Guevremont (Illinois-Chicago), 6-2, 2-6, 10-5
#1 – Lauren Ghidotti (Xavier) def. Caroline Morton (Cincinnati), 6-0, 6-2
#2 – Sophia Abelson (Xavier) def. Antonella Bramato (Cincinnati), 6-0, 7-5
#3 – Elizabeth Bagerbaseh (Xavier) def. Ioana Guna (Cincinnati), 6-4, 6-3
#4 – Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati) def. Rachael Reichenbach (Xavier), 3-6, 6-4, 12-10
#5 – Emma Miceli (Cincinnati) def. Lauren Fitz-Randolf (Xavier), 7-6 (6), 6-4
#6 – Zoe Manion (Xavier) def. Anna Philp (Cincinnati), 7-5, 6-4
Doubles
Day One (Friday)
#1 – Ioana Guna/Ali Miller (Cincinnat) def. Stefana Vasic/Viktoria Seifert (Illinois-Chicago), 6-3
#2 – Lejla Colic/Georgia Sanders (Illinois-Chicago) def. Antonella Bramato/Caroline Morton (Cincinnati), 6-3
#3 – Emma Miceli/Anna Philp (Cincinnati) def. Melika LeBlanc/Rachel Le Comber (Illinois-Chicago), 7-6 (5)
#1 – Sophia Abelson/Lauren Ghidotti (Xavier) def. Ioana Guna/Ali Miller (Cincinnati), 6-1
#2 – Caroline Morton/Emma Miceli (Cincinnati) def. Elizabeth Bagerbaseh/Rachael Reichenbach (Xavier), 7-6 (4)
#3 – Alexia Coutino/Antonella Bramato (Cincinnati) def. Zoe Manion/Kaitlin Ruether (Xavier), 6-1
Day Two (Saturday)
#1 – Peyton Gollhofer/Isabelle Dohanics (Ball State) def. Ioana Guna/Ali Miller (Cincinnati), 7-5
#2 – Rebecca Herrington/Audrey Berger (Ball State) def. Emma Miceli/Caroline Morton (Cincinnati), 6-4
#3 – Antonella Bramato/Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati) def. Victoria Sec/Sarah Swiderski (Ball State), 7-6 (4)
// RESULTS –WESTERN & SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
Singles – Flight 4
Maria Teixido Garcia – Runner-up
First Round – Teixido Garcia, BYE
Quarterfinal – Teixido Garcia def. Allen (Dayton), 6-0, 6-0
Semifinal – Teixido Garcia def. Montaivo (E. Kentucky), 6-3, 7-6 (6)
FINAL – Bode (St. Francis) def. Teixido Garcia, 6-4, 6-7, 10-6
Singles – Flight 5
Ellee Bullock – Runner-up
First Round – Bullock, BYE
Quarterfinal – Bullock def. Delaney (Dayton), 6-3, 6-3
Semifinal – Bullock def. Miller (Duquesne), 6-3, 6-4
FINAL – Adams (Duquesne) def. Bullock, 6-4, 6-3
Amanda Huser – DNP
First Round – Tamarkin (St. Francis) def. Huser, 6-4, 5-7, 11-9
Doubles – Flight 3
Ellee Bullock / Amanda Huser – DNP
First Round – Bullock/Huser, BYE
Quarterfinal – Bullock/Huser def. Miller/Kona (Duquesne), 7-5
Semifinal – Koo/Power (NKU) def. Bullock/Huser, 7-5
// UC FALL INVITATIONAL
The UC Fall Invitational featured two days of competition in a hidden-dual format with players from Xavier, Ball State and Illinois-Chicago joining the Bearcats on the UC campus at the Trabert-Talbert Tennis Center. Each team had the chance to play in two doubles and one singles match Friday before playing one doubles and two singles Saturday. Overall, Xavier's Lauren Ghidotti was named the event's Singles MVP after posting a 3-0 record at #1 singles after joining Sophia Abelson to earn the Doubles MVP honor for a similar 3-0 mark at #1 doubles.
The Bearcats were led Alexia Coutino, who went 3-0 at the #5 singles position while also adding a 2-0 record while playing at the #3 doubles slot with Antonella Bramato. Caroline Morton and Ioana Guna each added two singles wins on the weekend with Morton going 1-1 at the #1 position and winning her lone appearance at #2. Guna did well with a pair of wins at #4 singles before falling at #3 singles in the finale. Guna joined with Ali Miller at #1 doubles three times with the duo posting a 1-2 record while Morton also went 1-2 with all three matches coming in the #2 position.
Overall, the Bearcats played seven different individuals throughout the weekend with just Miller, Morton, Bromato and Anna Philp joining a trio of freshmen. The newest Bearcats that saw their first action for UC included Guna, Coutino and Emma Miceli, who went 1-1 in singles while going 2-1 in doubles.
// W&S COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
In nearby Mason as the Lindner Family Tennis Center, three Bearcats competed in the Western & Southern Collegiate Invitational, an event hosted by Northern Kentucky and Dayton. All three newcomers posted solid results with Maria Teixido Garcia and Ellee Bullock taking second place in Flight 4 and Flight 5, respectively, of the singles draws.
Teixido Garcia fell in the final to Bode of St. Francis after winning her first two matches in straight sets. The Bearcat first downed Allen (Dayton), 6-0, 6-0, in the quarterfinal before bouncing Montaivo (Eastern Kentucky) with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) score line. In the final, she dropped the first set, 6-4, but bounced back to take the second, 7-6, and force a tie-breaker third set that she dropped, 10-6.
In the Flight 5 draw, but Bullock and Amanda Huser competed with Bullock running through to foes to reach the final while Huser fell in a tough first round match. Bullock opened a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Delaney (Dayton) before taking down Miller (Duquesne), 6-3, 6-4. IN the final, Adams (Duquesne) got the better of the UC player, winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Huser faced Tamarkin (St. Francis) and fell, 6-4, 5-7, 11-9.
Huser and Bullock also entered the Flight 3 doubles draw and went 1-1 on the day. The duo opened in the quarterfinal with a 7-5 win over the team of Miller and Kona (Duquesne) before falling, 7-5, to the duo of Koo and Power (NKU).
// NEXT UP
The Bearcats will have one week off from competition before returning to action September 29-October 1 when they travel to Bloomington, Ind., to compete in the Indiana Invitational.
// RESULTS – UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FALL INVITATIONAL
Singles
Day One (Friday)
#1 – Audrey Berger (Ball State) def. Ali Miller (Cincinnati), 6-4, 6-4
#2 – Caroline Morton (Cincinnati) def. Sarah Swiderski (Ball State), 6-3, 6-2
#3 – Peyton Gollhofer (Ball State) def. Antonella Bramato (Cincinnati), 6-2, 6-2
#4 – Ioana Guna (Cincinnati) def. Isabelle Dohanics (Ball State), 6-4, 7-5
#5 – Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati) def. Rebecca Herrington (Ball State), 6-1, 6-3
#6 – Viktoria Seifert (Illinois-Chicago) def. Emma Miceli (Cincinnati), 6-4, 2-6, 11-9
Day Two (Saturday)
#1 – Caroline Morton (Cincinnati) def. Lejla Celic (Illinois-Chicago), 6-2, 6-4
#2 – Georgie Sanders (Illinois-Chicago) def. Ali Miller (Cincinnati), 6-0, 6-3
#3 – Antonella Bramato (Cincinnati) def. Melika LeBlanc (Illinois-Chicago), 5-7, 7-5, 10-8
#4 – Ioana Guna (Cincinnati) def. Rachel Le Comber (Illinois-Chicago), 6-3, 57-, 10-8
#5 – Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati) def. Miranda Rodriguez (Illinois-Chicago), 6-1, 6-2
#6 – Anna Philp (Cincinnati) def. Amelia Guevremont (Illinois-Chicago), 6-2, 2-6, 10-5
#1 – Lauren Ghidotti (Xavier) def. Caroline Morton (Cincinnati), 6-0, 6-2
#2 – Sophia Abelson (Xavier) def. Antonella Bramato (Cincinnati), 6-0, 7-5
#3 – Elizabeth Bagerbaseh (Xavier) def. Ioana Guna (Cincinnati), 6-4, 6-3
#4 – Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati) def. Rachael Reichenbach (Xavier), 3-6, 6-4, 12-10
#5 – Emma Miceli (Cincinnati) def. Lauren Fitz-Randolf (Xavier), 7-6 (6), 6-4
#6 – Zoe Manion (Xavier) def. Anna Philp (Cincinnati), 7-5, 6-4
Doubles
Day One (Friday)
#1 – Ioana Guna/Ali Miller (Cincinnat) def. Stefana Vasic/Viktoria Seifert (Illinois-Chicago), 6-3
#2 – Lejla Colic/Georgia Sanders (Illinois-Chicago) def. Antonella Bramato/Caroline Morton (Cincinnati), 6-3
#3 – Emma Miceli/Anna Philp (Cincinnati) def. Melika LeBlanc/Rachel Le Comber (Illinois-Chicago), 7-6 (5)
#1 – Sophia Abelson/Lauren Ghidotti (Xavier) def. Ioana Guna/Ali Miller (Cincinnati), 6-1
#2 – Caroline Morton/Emma Miceli (Cincinnati) def. Elizabeth Bagerbaseh/Rachael Reichenbach (Xavier), 7-6 (4)
#3 – Alexia Coutino/Antonella Bramato (Cincinnati) def. Zoe Manion/Kaitlin Ruether (Xavier), 6-1
Day Two (Saturday)
#1 – Peyton Gollhofer/Isabelle Dohanics (Ball State) def. Ioana Guna/Ali Miller (Cincinnati), 7-5
#2 – Rebecca Herrington/Audrey Berger (Ball State) def. Emma Miceli/Caroline Morton (Cincinnati), 6-4
#3 – Antonella Bramato/Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati) def. Victoria Sec/Sarah Swiderski (Ball State), 7-6 (4)
// RESULTS –WESTERN & SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
Singles – Flight 4
Maria Teixido Garcia – Runner-up
First Round – Teixido Garcia, BYE
Quarterfinal – Teixido Garcia def. Allen (Dayton), 6-0, 6-0
Semifinal – Teixido Garcia def. Montaivo (E. Kentucky), 6-3, 7-6 (6)
FINAL – Bode (St. Francis) def. Teixido Garcia, 6-4, 6-7, 10-6
Singles – Flight 5
Ellee Bullock – Runner-up
First Round – Bullock, BYE
Quarterfinal – Bullock def. Delaney (Dayton), 6-3, 6-3
Semifinal – Bullock def. Miller (Duquesne), 6-3, 6-4
FINAL – Adams (Duquesne) def. Bullock, 6-4, 6-3
Amanda Huser – DNP
First Round – Tamarkin (St. Francis) def. Huser, 6-4, 5-7, 11-9
Doubles – Flight 3
Ellee Bullock / Amanda Huser – DNP
First Round – Bullock/Huser, BYE
Quarterfinal – Bullock/Huser def. Miller/Kona (Duquesne), 7-5
Semifinal – Koo/Power (NKU) def. Bullock/Huser, 7-5