Sept. 22, 2013
Complete Results
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV senior star Lucia Batta, ranked 41st in the nation, completed a successful first weekend of action on Sunday by winning the top flight of the annual UNLV Women's Tennis Fall Invitational at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on campus.
Batta improved to 3-0 in her final season with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Ebba Unden of Long Beach State.
Two of Batta's teammates did not fare as well in their respective flight's final. Santa Shumilina lost 7-5, 7-6 to Alexis Thoma of North Texas in Flight Three and Anett Ferenczi-Bako fell to Nayara Moraes of Middle Tennessee State, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6, in Flight Five.
However, the hosts also got a Flight Three title in doubles play as Iren Kotseva and Paola Artiga downed Laura Eales and Gabriella Tilkeridisova of Long Beach State, 8-5.
The event, which featured seven flights of singles and four flights of doubles, included individuals from eight schools.
UNLV is next in action at the Riviera All-American tournament in Pacific Palisades, Calif., next weekend.
2013 UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS FALL INVITATIONALUNLV, Long Beach State (LBSU), New Mexico State (NMSU), Northern Arizona (NAU),North Texas (UNT), Southern Illinois (SIU), Middle Tennessee State (MTSU), South Alabama (USA)
FLIGHT ONESingles Final#41 Lucia Batta (UNLV) def. Ebba Unden (LBSU) 6-1, 6-1
ConsolationTiffany William (MTSU) vs. Kseniya Bardabush (UNT) DNPLaura Valkova (USA) def. Johanna Vang (NAU) 6-2, 6-2Meagan Monoghan (SIU) def. Ash Shrivastava (NMSU) 6-1, 6-1
FLIGHT TWOSingles FinalEmilia Box (NAU) def. Jesse Grace (MTSU) 2-6, 7-6, 6-3
ConsolationMaeva Razakasda (LBSU) def. Susana Alcaraz (NMSU) 6-3, 6-0Anita Lee (SIU) def. Kamilla Galieva (UNT) 6-1, 6-2Monica Mitta (USA) vs. Iren Kotseva (UNLV) DNP
FLIGHT THREESingles FinalAlexis Thoma (UNT) def. Santa Shumilina (UNLV) 7-5, 7-6
ConsolationBrittany Collens (NMSU) def. Ariadna Cairo Baza (SIU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0Julie Gerard (LBSU) def. Sarah Maria Spruch (NAU) 6-3, 6-3Paula Sanchez (USA) vs. Irina Constgandtinide (MTSU) DNP
FLIGHT FOURSingles FinalMichaela Mezcarosova (USA) def. Laura Eales (LBSU) 6-2, 6-4
ConsolationGisela Cairo Baza (SIU) def. Denise Van Der Ben (NMSU) 6-1, 6-2Hailey Rochin (NAU) def. Sarah Sediri (MTSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4Michaela Mezcarosova (USA) vs. Kamelia Dimitrova (UNLV) DNP
FLIGHT FIVESingles FinalNayara Moraes (MTSU) def. Anett Ferenczi-Bako (UNLV) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6
ConsolationAna Sofia Cordero (UNT) def. Karolina Rozenberg (LBSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2Annemieke Witte (NMSU) def. Laura Matuskova (USA) 5-7, 2-1 retiredPolina Dozortseva (SIU) def. Tatum Rochin (NAU) 6-3, 6-4
FLIGHT SIXSingles FinalFlavia Nagayama (MTSU) def. Franziksa Springmeyer (UNT) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
ConsolationTiffany William (MTSU) def. Jordan Densik (NAU) 6-0, 6-3Ros Polly Nguyen (NMSU) def. Alexis Garrett (UNLV) 7-6, 6-4Gabriella Tilkeridisova (LBSU) def. def. Korey Love (SIU) 7-6, 6-3
FLIGHT SEVENSingles FinalHayley Thompson (LBSU) def. Chloe Jolliff (NMSU) 6-4, 6-1
ConsolationMia Brandt (NMSU) def. Olivia Headford (NAU) 6-2, 6-3Alexa Torres (MTSU) def. Amanda Manas (MTSU) 6-4, 6-4Irini Constantinide (MTSJ) def. Lauren Hoeksta (SIU) 6-0, 6-2
FLIGHT ONEDoubles FinalBardabush/Sprinkmeyer (UNT) def. Mezcarosova/Valkova (USA) 8-4
ConsolationAleksandra Josifoska/Batta (UNLV) def. Vang/Hailey Rochin (NAU) 8-0Unden/Rozenberg (LBSU) def. Shrivastava/Alcaraz (NMSU) 8-2Monaghan/Love (SIU) def. Constantinide/Grace (MTSU) 8-2
FLIGHT TWODoubles FinalWilliam/Sediri (MTSU) def. Shumilina/Dimitrova (UNLV) 9-8
ConsolationMatuskova/Martin (USA) vs. William/Sediri (MTSU) DNPLee/Dozortseva (SIU) def. Razakasoa/Gerard (LBSU) 8-6Nguyen/Van Der Ben (NMSU) def. Box/Spruch (NAU) 8-4
FLIGHT THREEEDoubles FinalKotseva/Artiga (UNLV) def. Eales/Tilkeridisova (LBSU) 8-5
ConsolationSanchez/Mitta (USA) def. Witte/Collens (NMSU) 8-4Arianda Cairo Baza/Gisela Cairo Baza (SIU) def. Moraes/Nagayama (MTSU) 8-2Galieva/Cordero (UNT) def. Headford/Tatum Rochin (NAU) 8-5
FLIGHT FOURAdded MatchesHoekstra (SIU)/Densik (NAU) def. Jolliff/Brandt (NMSU) 8-6Garrett/Ferenczi-Bako (UNLV) def. Manns/Torres (MTSU) 8-1