Jan. 15, 2017
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV saw its only singles and doubles entry still alive lose in the finals of flight two in the singles and doubles draw Sunday as the 15th annual Freeman Memorial Women's Tennis Championships at the Fertitta Tennis Complex came to a close.
Jovana Kenic (UNLV) was downed by Jean Runglerdkriangkrai of Pepperdine 6-4, 6-3, while Paola Artiga and Anna Bogoslavets were outlasted by Laura Gulbe and Dzina Milovanovic of Pepperdine 6-0.
The main draw flight one singles title went to Melissa Lord of Stanford who got by the top seeded and the fourth-ranked Ena Shibahara 6-3, 6-3. The main draw flight one double champions came from North Carolina as top-seed and second-ranked Jessie Aney and Hayley Carter downed second-seed and third-ranked Mayar Sherif Ahmed and Christine Maddox of Pepperdine, 7-6.
With individual tournament action now closed for the Rebels, the women's squad looks forward to opening its dual match season on Friday when it hosts New Mexico State starting at 10 a.m.
2017 FREEMAN MEMORIAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPSAt Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas, NVTEAM KEYUCLA (UCLA)Florida (UF)North Carolina (UNC)Stanford (STAN)Duke (DUKE)Oklahoma State (OSU)Pepperdine (PEPP)UNLV (UNLV)
SINGLES FLIGHT ONE SEMIFINALS (Jan. 15)Melissa Lord (STAN) def. Ingrid Neel (UF) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3(1) #4 Ena Shibahara (UCLA) def. (6) #22 Mayar Sherif Ahmed (PEPP) 6-4, 6-3
SINGLES FLIGHT ONE FINALS (Jan. 15)Melissa Lord (STAN) def. (1) #4 Ena Shibahara (UCLA) 6-3, 6-3
SINGLES FLIGHT TWO FINALS (Jan. 15)Jean Runglerdkriangkrai (PEPP) def. Jovana Kenic (UNLV) 6-4, 6-3
SINGLES CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS (Jan. 15)#71 Caroline Doyle (STAN) def. #106 Sofia Bianco (OSU) 7-6, 6-3
DOUBLES FLIGHT ONE SEMIFINALS (Jan. 15)(1) #2 Jessie Aney/Hayley Carter (UNC) def. Chalena Scholl/Kaitlyn McCarthy (DUKE) 6-2(2) #3 Mayar Sherif Ahmed/Christine Maddox (PEPP) def. (4) #9 Ena Shibahara/Jada Hart (UCLA) 7-6
DOUBLES FLIGHT ONE FINALS (Jan. 15)(1) #2 Jessie Aney/Hayley Carter (UNC) def. (2) #3 Mayar Sherif Ahmed/Christine Maddox (PEPP) 7-6
DOUBLES FLIGHT TWO FINALS (Jan. 15)Laura Gulbe/Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) def. Paola Artiga/Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) 6-0
DOUBLES CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS (Jan. 15)#58 Aliona Bolsova/Sofia Bianco (OSU) def. Brooke Austin/Spencer Liang (UF) 7-6Chloe Ouelett-Pizer/Rachael James-Baker (UNC) def. Viktoriya Lushkova/Katarina Adamovic (OSU) W/O
DOUBLES CONSOLATION FINALS (Jan. 15)#58 Aliona Bolsova/Sofia Bianco (OSU) def. Chloe Ouelett-Pizer/Rachael James-Baker (UNC) 6-3
ADDED SINGLES MATCHES (Jan. 15)(7) #30 Anna Danilina (UF) def. (2) #8 Luisa Stefani (PEPP) 7-6, 4-6, 7-5#48 Carol Yang (UNLV) def. Spencer Liang (UF) 6-2, 5-7, 11-9Cristina Moroi (UNLV) def. Liz Yao (STAN) 7-5, 7-5Mercedes Lopez (UNLV) def. Paulette Wolak (STAN) 6-0, 6-1Alaina Miller (UCLA) def. Maggie Kane (UNC) 6-3, 6-3En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. Christine Maddox (PEPP) W/OAliona Bolsova (OSU) def. Taylor Davidson (STAN) 6-1, 6-1Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) def. #45 Makenna Jones (UNC) 6-1, 6-3Brooke Austin (UF) def. Chloe Ouelett-Pizer (UNC) 6-4, 6-4Jada Hart (UCLA) def. Cassandra Vazquez (UNC) 6-0, 6-4Terri Fleming (UCLA) def. Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) W/O
ADDED DOUBLES MATCHES (Jan. 15)Taylor Davidson/Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) def. Meible Chi/Alyssa Smith (DUKE) 6-2Cristina Moroi/Jovana Kenic (UNLV) def. Paulette Wolak/Liz Yao (STAN) 6-2Ingrid Neel/Anna Danilina (UF) def. #8 Luisa Stefani/Jean Runglerdkriangkrai (PEPP) 7-5Terri Fleming/Alaina Miller (UCLA) def. Cassandra Vazquez/Alexa Graham 6-3Carol Yang/En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. Makenna Jones/Maggie Kane (UNC) 6-2