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Young Racers Make Progress At Wright State Event
10/2/2016 11:55:00 AM | Women's Tennis
The Murray State women's tennis team scored a pair of consolation doubles wins and a consolation title over the weekend at the Wright State Raider Invitational, held at the South Regency Tennis & Fitness Center in Miamisburg, Ohio.
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Racer coach Jorge Caetano continues to see progress from his young team that has only one senior and six underclassmen on the 2016-17 roster.
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"It was another great weekend of tennis for us," he said. "We keep getting better as a team, match after match and the girls' confidence keeps getting higher and higher."
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The Racers' doubles tandem of Claire Chang and Alina Schibol lost a close match to the team from Bowling Green 7-6, but came back to claim consolation bracket wins over Akron (6-4) and IUPUI (6-0). Murray State's team of Amina Hadzic and Sara Bjork lost 6-3 in their opening match of the second double flight to Wright State, but came back to claim wins over Bowling Green (6-4) and Akron 7-6.
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In singles play, Chang and Hadzik each won matches before being eliminated and Alina Schibol won the consolation bracket of the second flight with a 6-2,4-6,10-4 win over Alisa Reshetnikova of Northwestern Ohio.
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"Our doubles are looking much better and both our teams went 2-1, so I am very pleased with that," Coach Caetano said. "Claire ended up losing a tight match 10-8 in the third set tiebreaker in the semis to the eventual champion, but I'm very happy with her performance again. Amina and Alina also played some very good tennis and went 2-1 for the weekend, both playing on a very competitive #2 flight. Both girls saved set or match points in their wins which shows how tough these twos were this weekend."
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"Huge congrats to Alina for being mentally tough and playing really smart on key moments of her matches in order to win the #2 flight back draw. Amina played some amazing tennis this weekend and her last match was just incredible. That might have been one of her best individual performances as a Racer so I am very proud of her."
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The Racers now take some time to gear up for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) regional in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Oct, 20-24) at Middle Tennessee State.
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2016 Wright State Raider Invitational                                                  Â
Sept.30-Oct. 1, 2016
South Regency Tennis & Fitness Center
Miamisburg, Ohio
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Flight 1 Singles
Claire Chang (Murray State) def. Marlys Bridgham (Dayton) 6-1, 7-5
Paula Comella (BGSU) def. Claire Chang (Murray State) 6-2, 3-6, 10-8
Linsey Verstrepen (Wright State) def. Claire Chang (Murray State) 6-4, 6-0
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Flight 2 Singles
Amina Hadzic (Murray state) def. Alisa Reshetnikova (UNOH) 6-7(5), 7-5, 12-10
Rachel Swartwood (IUPUI) def. Amina Hadzic (Murray state) 6-4, 6-0
Elaine Cloern (Wright State) def. Alina Schibol (Murray State) 6-2, 6-2
Alina Schibol (Murray State) def. Jade Kawamoto (Dayton) 7-6(4), 2-6, 10-8
Alina Schibol (Murray State) def. Alisa Reshetnikova (UNOH) 6-2, 4-6, 10-4
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Flight 3 Singles
Sara Sherif (IUPUI) def. Sara Bjork (Murray State) 6-1, 6-2
Haily Morgan (WSU) def. Sara Bjork (Murray State) 6-2, 6-1
Samantha Mayer (IUPUI) def. Sara Bjork (Murray State) 6-2, 0-6, 10-4
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Flight 5 Singles
Carla Flores (Akron) Hannah Rickard (Murray State) 6-2, 6-1
Anna Delaney (Dayton)Â Â Â Â Â def. Hannah Rickard (Murray State) 6-1, 6-1
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Flight 1 Doubles
Horn/Sasaki (BGSU) def. Chang/Schibol (Murray State) 7-6(6)
Chang/Schibol (Murray State) def. Newnes/Flores (Akron) 6-4
Chang/Schibol (Murray State) def. Sherif/Lavrenchuk (IUPUI) 6-0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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Flight 2 Doubles
Cloern/Brdicka (WSU) def. Hadzic/Bjork (Murray State) 6-3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Hadzic/Bjork (Murray State) def. Radeva/Witt (BGSU) 6-4
Hadzic/Bjork (Murray State) def. Echeverry/Wituski (Akron)Â Â Â 7-6
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Racer coach Jorge Caetano continues to see progress from his young team that has only one senior and six underclassmen on the 2016-17 roster.
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"It was another great weekend of tennis for us," he said. "We keep getting better as a team, match after match and the girls' confidence keeps getting higher and higher."
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The Racers' doubles tandem of Claire Chang and Alina Schibol lost a close match to the team from Bowling Green 7-6, but came back to claim consolation bracket wins over Akron (6-4) and IUPUI (6-0). Murray State's team of Amina Hadzic and Sara Bjork lost 6-3 in their opening match of the second double flight to Wright State, but came back to claim wins over Bowling Green (6-4) and Akron 7-6.
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In singles play, Chang and Hadzik each won matches before being eliminated and Alina Schibol won the consolation bracket of the second flight with a 6-2,4-6,10-4 win over Alisa Reshetnikova of Northwestern Ohio.
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"Our doubles are looking much better and both our teams went 2-1, so I am very pleased with that," Coach Caetano said. "Claire ended up losing a tight match 10-8 in the third set tiebreaker in the semis to the eventual champion, but I'm very happy with her performance again. Amina and Alina also played some very good tennis and went 2-1 for the weekend, both playing on a very competitive #2 flight. Both girls saved set or match points in their wins which shows how tough these twos were this weekend."
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"Huge congrats to Alina for being mentally tough and playing really smart on key moments of her matches in order to win the #2 flight back draw. Amina played some amazing tennis this weekend and her last match was just incredible. That might have been one of her best individual performances as a Racer so I am very proud of her."
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The Racers now take some time to gear up for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) regional in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Oct, 20-24) at Middle Tennessee State.
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2016 Wright State Raider Invitational                                                  Â
Sept.30-Oct. 1, 2016
South Regency Tennis & Fitness Center
Miamisburg, Ohio
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Flight 1 Singles
Claire Chang (Murray State) def. Marlys Bridgham (Dayton) 6-1, 7-5
Paula Comella (BGSU) def. Claire Chang (Murray State) 6-2, 3-6, 10-8
Linsey Verstrepen (Wright State) def. Claire Chang (Murray State) 6-4, 6-0
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Flight 2 Singles
Amina Hadzic (Murray state) def. Alisa Reshetnikova (UNOH) 6-7(5), 7-5, 12-10
Rachel Swartwood (IUPUI) def. Amina Hadzic (Murray state) 6-4, 6-0
Elaine Cloern (Wright State) def. Alina Schibol (Murray State) 6-2, 6-2
Alina Schibol (Murray State) def. Jade Kawamoto (Dayton) 7-6(4), 2-6, 10-8
Alina Schibol (Murray State) def. Alisa Reshetnikova (UNOH) 6-2, 4-6, 10-4
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Flight 3 Singles
Sara Sherif (IUPUI) def. Sara Bjork (Murray State) 6-1, 6-2
Haily Morgan (WSU) def. Sara Bjork (Murray State) 6-2, 6-1
Samantha Mayer (IUPUI) def. Sara Bjork (Murray State) 6-2, 0-6, 10-4
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Flight 5 Singles
Carla Flores (Akron) Hannah Rickard (Murray State) 6-2, 6-1
Anna Delaney (Dayton)Â Â Â Â Â def. Hannah Rickard (Murray State) 6-1, 6-1
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Flight 1 Doubles
Horn/Sasaki (BGSU) def. Chang/Schibol (Murray State) 7-6(6)
Chang/Schibol (Murray State) def. Newnes/Flores (Akron) 6-4
Chang/Schibol (Murray State) def. Sherif/Lavrenchuk (IUPUI) 6-0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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Flight 2 Doubles
Cloern/Brdicka (WSU) def. Hadzic/Bjork (Murray State) 6-3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Hadzic/Bjork (Murray State) def. Radeva/Witt (BGSU) 6-4
Hadzic/Bjork (Murray State) def. Echeverry/Wituski (Akron)Â Â Â 7-6
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