BOSTON/MILWAUKEE (Sept. 18, 2022) – The College of North Texas girls’s tennis group began the 2022-23 season in robust trend over the weekend with stable showings from all seven gamers at each the ITA Milwaukee Tennis Traditional (MTC) and the Boston Invitational.
 
The performances for the Imply Inexperienced had been highlighted by a pair of robust performances by freshmen Olivia Halvorsen and Gloria Alogo Piqueras who each superior to their respective bracket finals in Boston. Jasmine Adams, in the meantime, was a standout in Milwaukee, advancing to the quarterfinal with a win over a nationally ranked opponent earlier than bowing out on day two.
 
Adams was competing within the invite solely MTC for the second straight yr and didn’t disappoint. The sophomore out of Chandlers Hill, Australia, began the competitors Friday with a straight-set win over Miami of Ohio’s Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek 7-6 [5], 7-5 to advance to the spherical of 16.
 
Simply hours later, Adams picked up certainly one of her largest wins of her collegiate profession to this point, knocking off #6-seeded Xinyu Cai in thrilling 6-2, 1-6, 10-4 three set trend. Cai got here into the competition ranked because the #117th ranked particular person in Division I based on ITA.
 
Adams would go on to fall within the quarterfinals 6-1, 6-0 towards #4-seed Naomi Cheong of USC 6-1, 6-0. Cheong, the #98 participant in DI, would go on to advance to the title match.
 
Additionally in Milwaukee, Matilde Morais made her collegiate debut and dropped a pair of shut matchups towards high quality competitors. Morais fell 6-2, 6-3 towards Liz Norman of Purdue and 7-5, 6-1 versus Navy’s Emily Tannenbaum on the primary day of competitors, competing nicely in each matchups.
 
The duo of Morais and Adams additionally teamed as much as play within the doubles portion of the competitors, falling of their lone contest 6-3 towards Portland’s Zelic and Pethybridge who would go on to the doubles semifinal.
 
“It was large expertise for Jasmine and Matilde to compete at such an elite occasion with the perfect gamers within the nation,” head coach Sujay Lama stated. “Big win for Jasmine over a seeded participant which is able to certainly increase to her confidence. I am happy with our group for the way in which we competed and represented the Imply Inexperienced”.
 
Over in Boston, Halvorsen was the headliner as she opened her faculty profession with a bracket championship title.
 
Halvorsen began the event with a pair of victories on Friday, defeating Emmie Lindholm of Windfall (6-2, 6-1) and Muskan Mahajan (Forfiet, Inj.) to advance to Saturday’s semifinal. The freshman out of Milton, Ontario, Canada, would take down Kayla Leschly of Harvard in straight units (6-4, 6-2) within the semis to maneuver on to the title match.
 
Within the championship, Halvorsen discovered herself down after the opening set and confirmed nice resolve as she bounced again to win set two 6-1. In the end, her opponent Iveta Daujotaite of Harvard needed to retire resulting from harm which gave Halvorsen the White Bracket title.
 
Alogo Piqueras, in the meantime, additionally was within the title match in her bracket (Crimson) in her collegiate debut with the Imply Inexperienced. On Friday, Alogo Piqueras took down Kaitlin Tan (7-5, 6-1) of Boston College and Sophia Ho (6-0, 2-6, 6-0) of Harvard to clinch a spot within the semifinal.
 
The semifinal for Alogo Piqueras was a back-and-forth battle, however the freshman out of Mallorca, Spain, was in a position to seize a 7-5, 6-4 straight units win over Boston School’s Laura Lopez to maneuver into the championship bout.
 
The Crimson Bracket remaining, which was the principle draw of the occasion, lived as much as its billing as Alogo Piqueras and Charlotte Owensby of Harvard break up the primary two units with equivalent 6-2 set scores. Within the decisive third set, Owensby was in a position to in the end pull out a 6-3 victory to take residence the title over the freshman from UNT.
 
Three different UNT gamers additionally had stable performances in Boston as Kexuan Zhou, Olivia Malm and Sophia Hummel all received a number of matches on the weekend.
 
After opening the competitors with a loss in her first matchup, Hummel was in a position to bounce again and win her subsequent two contests within the event. On Saturday, Hummel took down Valentina Cvackova of URI 6-2, 6-3 to maneuver into the Black Bracket Comfort championship the place she defeated one other URI opponent, Ava Grnja, 6-1, 6-1 to finish the event on a excessive word.
 
For Zhou, the senior began the season with a straight units win (6-4, 6-1) over Paulina Loredo of URI. After dropping her subsequent two matches, Zhou completed the competitors robust with a convincing 6-2, 6-0 trouncing of Vannelie Melendez of Windfall in Sunday’s comfort bracket.
 
Lastly, Malm received her first matchup in a UNT uniform 6-1, 6-2 over Darah Ross of Windfall Friday earlier than dropping match quantity two. The Baylor switch rebounded with one other straight set win (6-2, 6-4) over Sophie Edwards of Boston School on Saturday.
 
Malm’s contest on Sunday was a real thriller. After dropping the opening set 7-6 in a 7-4 tiebreaker, Malm grabbed a 6-4 win in set two to tie issues up. Within the decisive third set, Malm battled however was unable to finish the comeback as she fell 10-7.
 
In doubles play, the mixture of Alogo Piqueras and Malm picked up a 6-1 win on day one. After falling of their second match, the duo picked up back-to-back wins to shut out the competitors, profitable 7-6 [7-0] and 7-5 on the ultimate two days of competitors.
 
The opposite duo for the Imply Inexperienced was Hummel and Halvorsen who dropped the primary contest 6-1 however got here throughout the comfort bracket with two wins on Saturday (6-2 & 6-0) to win the comfort title with a 7-5 win over Ho and Duncan of Harvard within the Pegula North Comfort remaining.
 
“It was a really optimistic event general for us going 19-9 for the weekend,” assistant coach Rodrigo de Almeida, who traveled to Boston with 5 of the seven gamers on the roster, stated. “Massive shout out to our freshman making the ultimate of their fundamental attracts. Gloria Alogo performed a tricky three set match within the remaining and got here up brief on the finish however has confirmed why she was so extremely recruited. Olivia Halvorsen is getting back from an harm so for her to play at such excessive stage was so thrilling to see. Everybody performed with a lot coronary heart and enthusiasm, and I am so happy with them. We’ll take a day to recuperate nicely and however definitely really feel nicely ready going into our Texas Regionals”
 
Milwaukee Tennis Traditional Outcomes
Day One
Jasmine Adams, UNT def. Catherine Denysiewicz-Slowek, Miami (OH) (7-6 [5], 7-5)
Jasmine Adams, UNT def. #6 Xinyu Cai, Wisconsin (6-2, 1-6, 10-4)
Liz Norman, Purdue def. Matilde Morais, UNT (2-6, 3-6)
Emily Tannenbaum, Navy def. Matilde Morais, UNT (5-7, 1-6)
 
Day Two
#4 Naomi Cheong, USC def. Jasmine Adams, UNT (6-1, 6-0)
 
Boston Invitational Outcomes
Day One
Kexuan Zhou, UNT def. Paulina Loredo, URI (6-4, 6-1)
Erica Di Battista, Boston U def. Kexuan Zhou, UNT (2-6, 6-4, 3-6)
Shelly Yaloz, Boston U def. Sophia Hummel, UNT (3-6, 6-3, 1-6)
Olivia Malm, UNT def. Darah Ross, Windfall (6-1, 6-2)
Michelle Kleynerman, Boston U def. Olivia Malm, UNT (3-6, 6-3, 4-6)
Gloria Alogo Piqueras, UNT def. Kaitlin Tan, Boston U (7-5, 6-1)
Gloria Alogo Piqueras, UNT def. Sophia Ho, Harvard (6-0, 2-6, 6-0)
Olivia Halvorsen, UNT def. Emmie Lindholm, Windfall (6-2, 6-1)
Olivia Halvorsen, UNT def. Muskan Mahajan, BC (Forfeit, Inj.)
Loredo/Duncan, URI def. Hummel/Halvorsen, UNT (6-2)
Malm/Alogo Piqueras, UNT def. Melendez/Mulvey, Windfall (6-1)
 
Day Two
Sophia Hummel, UNT def. Valentina Cvackova, URI (6-2, 6-3)
Stephanie Sanchez, BC def. Kexuan Zhou, UNT (6-7 [4-7], 1-6)
Gloria Alogo Piqueras, UNT def. Laura Lopez, BC (7-5, 6-4)
Olivia Malm, UNT def. Sophie Edwards, BC (6-2, 6-4)
Olivia Halvorsen, UNT def. Kayla Leschly, Harvard (6-4, 6-2)
You/Owensby, Harvard def. Malm/Alogo Piqueras, UNT (5-7)
Malm/Alogo Piqueras, UNT def. Edwards/Agar, BC (7-6 [7-0])
Hummel/Halvorsen, UNT def. Rajan/Loredo, URI (6-2)
Hummel/Halvorsen, UNT def. Ross/Migliorini, Windfall (6-0)
 
Day Three
Olivia Halvorsen, UNT def. Iveta Daujotaite, Harvard (5-7, 6-1, Inj.) (White East Ultimate)
Charlotte Owensby, Harvard def. Gloria Alogo Piqueras (6-2, 2-6, 3-6) (Crimson East Ultimate)
Sophia Hummel, UNT def. Ava Grnja, URI (6-1, 6-1) (Black West Comfort Ultimate)
Kexuan Zhou, UNT def. Vannelie Melendez, Windfall (6-2, 6-0)
Sophia Ho, Harvard def. Olivia Malm, UNT (6-7 [7-4], 6-4, 7-10)
Hummel/Halvorsen, UNT def. Tan/Nguyen, Boston U (6-2) (Pegula West Comfort Ultimate)
Malm/Alogo Piqueras, UNT def. Ho/Duncan, Harvard (7-5) (Pegula North Comfort Ultimate)