By: Michael MacEachern
Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications
MACON, Ga. | The Georgia College & State University women's tennis team comcluded their fall season last weekend (Oct. 6-8) as they competed at the Mercer Gridiron Classic.
The Bobcats had six players competing in both singles and doubles draws at the Randy Stephens Tennis Center. The players were scattered over four flights in both singles and doubles.
The duo of
Jada Young and
Laura Almagro captured the B2 Flight in doubles as they won all three of their matches.
Georgia College opens its 2024 spring schedule Feb. 3 in Saint Leo, Florida, at the Saint Leo PTR Cup.
Below are the results from the weekend:
Singles
A1 Flight
Teodora Ristic (Mercer) def.
Chiara Santoro (GCSU) 6-2, 6-3
Jada Young (GCSU) def. Alba Retortillo (Georgia State) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
Laia Pasini (Florida Southern) def.
Jada Young (GCSU) 6-3, 6-1
Chiara Santoro (GCSU) def, Savannah Williams (Tampa) 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (7)
Chiara Santoro (GCSU ) def. Ane Ibarra (Auburn Montgomery) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7)
Alba Retortillo (Georgia State) def.
Chiara Santoro (GCSU) 6-3, 6-7 (1), 1-0 (5)
Sofia Madrid (Kennesaw State) def.
Jada Young (GCSU) 6-4, 6-2
Jada Young (GCSU) def. Olivia Bryant by default (injury)
B Flight
Ashley Bentz (GCSU) def. Carmelle Vial (Alabama State) 6-3, 7-5
Ashley Bentz (GCSU) def. Paula Velayos (Middle Georgia State) 6-3, 6-3
Amulika Gottiparthy (Kennesaw State) def,
Ashley Bentz (GCSU) 6-0. 6-2
Ashley Bentz (GCSU) def. Bea Acena (Alabama State) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (11)
C Flight
Kendall Haden (West Georgia) def.
Laura Almagro (GCSU) 6-3, 6-1
Lekha Varudandi (Mercer) def.
Ashton Morrison (GCSU) 6-1, 6-1
Laura Almagro (GCSU) def. Isabel Nicholson (Tampa) 6-1, 6-1
Laura Almagro (GCSU) def. Futaba Saito (West Georgia) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (4)
Aya El Marrasse (Middle Georgia State) def.
Laura Almagro (GCSU) 6-3, 6-2
Aya El Marrasse (Middle Georgia State) def.
Ashton Morrison (GCSU) 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Ashton Morrison (GCSU) def. Kourtni Stewart (Georgia State) 6-3, 6-2
Ashton Morrison (GCSU) def. Svena Bernardi (Georgia State) 7-5, 7-6 (3)
D Flight
Liza Hinrichs (Middle Georgia State) def.
Lucy Kim (GCSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Lucy Kim (GCSU) def. Luna Mouton 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7)
Callie Stanfield (West Georgia) def.
Lucy Kim (GCSU) 6-3, 6-2
Perrine Blachon (West Georgia) def.
Lucy Kim (GCSU) 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
A1 Flight
Ashton Morrison/
Ashley Bentz (GCSU) def. Ivana Gresova/Izabelle Persson (Kennesew State) 8-6
Sara Radojevic/Luciana Galvez (Georgia State) def.
Ashton Morrison/
Ashley Bentz (GCSU) 8-4
Ashton Morrison/
Ashley Bentz (GCSU) def. Laia Pasini/Jolie Miller (Florida Southern) 8-7 (2)
B1 Flight
Chiara Santoro/
Lucy Kim (GCSU) def. Sofia Madrid/Sophia Unger (Kennesaw State) 8-7 (4)
Marina De Diego Quinonez/Tea Zivic (Mercer) def.
Chiara Santoro/
Lucy Kim (GCSU) 8-3
Beatriz Costa-Ronja Schevermann (Florida Southern) def.
Chiara Santoro/
Lucy Kim (GCSU) 8-3
B2 Flight
Jada Young-
Laura Almagro (GCSU) def. Terezia Barianakova-Laura Nadaska (Kennesaw State) 8-4
Jada Young-
Laura Almagro (GCSU) def. Rebeca Lopez-Kendall Haden (West Georgia) 8-2
Jada Young-
Laura Almagro (GCSU) def. Kristin Yordanova-Kennedi Jones (Mercer) 8-6
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