Racers Look To Build Off APSU Invitational Weekend

Friday, September 19

Clarksville, Tenn.

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Murray State

APSU Invitational

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

9/22/2025 10:08:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Weather curtailed the Racers from playing all of the planned matches in Clarksville, Tenn.

The Murray State women's tennis had a big opening weekend to the fall season cut short by weather at the APSU Invitational in Clarksville, Tennessee.

The Racers were able to compete against Chattanooga and Western Kentucky where they went 9-9 in singles play and 2-6 in doubles matches.

"We were hoping to get more tennis in this weekend but unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate," Murray State Head Coach Jorge Caetano said. "We definitely felt the rust in our play which is normal this early in the season. However, we were able to see a lot of positive things from the 26 total matches we played and we're going to back to work on the things that we need to improve in."

Scheduled for three days of matches, the event was only able to stage matches on Friday and Saturday.

The Racers head to Normal this weekend at the Redbird Invitational, hosted by Illinois State at Gregory Street Tennis Courts. The Racers join fellow Missouri Valley Conference members Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Illinois State, Northern Iowa, UIC and Valparaiso.

APSU Invitational
Sept. 19-21, 2025
Govs Tennis Complex - Clarksville, Tenn.

Results Friday
Doubles – Murray State vs Chattanooga
Emma Pedretti/Savannah Presson (UTC) def. Bruna Melato/Valeria Chaikovskaia (MSU) 7-5
Addison Iacono/Rufaro Magarira (UTC) def. Sofia Issakova/Varvara Alexeyeva (MSU) 6-4
Zara Burns/Ella Mancuso (UTC) def. Yuna Kadowaki/Yu Kikawa (MSU) 6-4
Barbora Hermanova/Arden Dethridge (MSU) def. Margaret Manolache/Jordan Fenton (UTC) 6-3
Molly Null/Rebecca Widan (MSU) def. Alice Bolton/Ayden Kujawa (APSU) 6-3

Results Saturday
Singles – Murray State vs Chattanooga
Valeria Chaikovskaia (MSU) def. Savannah Presson (UTC) 6-0, 6-1
Varvara Alexeyeva (MSU) def. Emma Pedretti (UTC) 6-3, 6-2
Addison Iacono (UTC) def. Sofia Issakova (MSU) 6-3, 6-4
Zara Burns (UTC) def. Yu Kikawa (MSU) 7-5, 6-4
Rufaro Magarira (UTC) def. Barbora Hermanova (MSU) 6-3, 6-1
Jordan Fenton (UTC) def. Rebecca Widan (MSU) 7-5, 6-1
Ella Mancuso (UTC) def. Bruna Melato (MSU) 6-3, 6-0
Margaret Manolache (UTC) def. Molly Null (MSU) 3-6, 7-5, 10-8
Arden Dethridge (MSU) def. Joelle Krikorian (UTC) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles – Murray State vs Western Kentucky
Andra Sirbu/Emily Schut (WKU) def. Sofia Issakova/Valeria Chaikovskaia (MSU) 7-5
Barbara Olvera/Virginia Madueno (WKU) def. Yuna Kadowaki/Yu Kikawa (MSU) 6-4
Isabelle Einess/Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) def. Bruna Melato/Barbora Hermanova (MSU) 6-4

Singles – Murray State vs Western Kentucky
Valeria Chaikovskaia (MSU) def. Isabelle Einess (WKU) 8-2
Varvara Alexeyeva (MSU) def. Emily Schut (WKU) 8-4
Yu Kikawa (MSU) def. Virginia Madueno (WKU) 8-7 (5)
Barbara Olvera (WKU) def. Rebecca Widan (MSU) 8-0
Elizabeth Sobieski (WKU) def. Barbora Hermanova (MSU) 8-6
Ariadna Fernandez (WKU) def. Arden Dethridge (MSU) 8-4
Molly Null (MSU) def. Joelle Krikorian (UTC) 8-4

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