Box Score

MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College women's tennis team opened the 2023-24 campaign by hosting the Allegheny Invitational on its home courts at the Robertson Athletic Complex on Saturday and Sunday.

Combined, the Gators played 27 total matches and won 16. Allegheny found the most success in singles matches with 13 wins against only five losses.

Six of the nine Gators who had a singles match were undefeated, including a strong performance from several newcomers. Rei Etsumi (Honolulu, Hawaii/President William McKinley) went 3-0, including two wins over opponents from Division II Daemen University. Emiliia Grydnieva (Kyiv, Ukraine/Optima) won both of her singles matches, which also came against D-II opponents from Daemen and Edinboro University. 

Returners Noelle Kidd (Broadview Heights, Ohio/North Royalton), Lauren Passarelli (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy), and Sabrina Rodriguez (Kissimmee, Fla./Professional and Technical) each went 2-0 in singles matches. Kidd was also victorious in her lone doubles match alongside Etsumi, a 6-0 sweep against Juniata College's Marilyn Ogof and Lexi Turayev.

Doubles Results
Jean-Arlette Legrand / Emiliia Grydnieva def. Marta Laska / Lydia Zafeiri, 6-2
Yinett Del Leon / Carly Armitage def. Jean-Arlette Legrand / Emiliia Grydnieva, 7-5
Aleksandra Chmir / Olesia Ivashchuk def. Jean-Arlette Legrand / Emiliia Grydnieva, 6-3
Yasmina Mayer / Carla Padberg def. Sabrina Rodriguez / Maria Lounder, 6-1
Sabrina Rodriguez / Maria Lounder def. Maya Chon / Arianna Lysiak, 6-2
Marina Zottele / Maria Salmao def. Sabrina Rodriguez / Maria Lounder, 6-1
Emma Semery / Lara Sener def. Omega Ba / Allison Riley, 6-0
Noelle Kidd / Rei Etsumi def. Marilyn Ogof / Lexi Turayev, 6-0
Amelia Bronfman / Freya Rahm def. Rei Etsumi / Lauren Passarelli, 6-4

Singles Results
Maria Lounder def. Arianna Lysiak, 6-0, 6-0
Emma Semery def. Maria Lounder, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
Rei Etsumi def. Maya Chon, 7-6 (7-1), 6-1
Rei Etsumi def. Lexi Turayev, 6-0, 6-2
Noelle Kidd def. Lexi Turayev, 6-0, 6-1
Noelle Kidd def. Arianna Lysiak, 6-2, 6-2
Amelia Bronfman def. Allison Riley, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (12-10)
Freya Rahm def. Allison Riley, 6-3, 6-3
Lydia Zafeiri def. Jean-Arlette Legrand, 6-1, 6-1
Lara Sener def. Jean-Arlette Legrand, 6-2, 6-4
Sabrina Rodriguez def. Emily Jablonski, 6-0, 6-0
Rei Etsumi def. Dania Mehani, 6-2, 6-2
Emiliia Grydnieva def. Lara Sener, 6-2, 7-5
Emiliia Grydnieva def. Yinett Del Leon, 7-5, 6-4
Omega Ba def. Emily Jablonski, 6-2, 6-2
Lauren Passarelli def. Chiara Wolff, 6-0, 6-0
Sabrina Rodriguez def. Luciana Ponce, 6-4, 6-0
Lauren Passarelli def. Dania Mehani, 6-4, 6-1

Up Next
Allegheny will travel to Gambier, Ohio, for another tournament, the Kenyon College Invitational, hosted by the Owls on Saturday, September 9, and Sunday, September 10.