MIAMI, Fla. – Six Barry University women’s tennis players all advanced with singles wins at the Florida International University Panther Invitational Friday.
In the A Draw, Barry’s Sonja Larsen was a 6-2, 7-5 winner over Eastern Michigan's Klara Superjova in her opening-round match in the final fall tournament. Linda Fritschken breezed to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Iryna Serdyuk of Nova Southeastern. Emma Onila won her first match over Eastern Michigan's Daphne Friedrich, 6-3, 6-4.
In the B Draw, Barry’s Ana Pain was an easy 6-0, 6-1 winner over NSU's Carlee Rizzolo. Elisabeth Abanda cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Nova's Alexandra Johansson. Karina Goia also was victorious, beating Andrea Martinovska of Eastern Michigan, 6-1, 6-3.
In the top doubles bracket, Onila and Fritschken received a first-round bye and then beat Florida Gulf Coast's Elizabeth Means and Sarah Means, 8-4 to reach the championship match. They will be playing for their fourth doubles title of the fall.
In the second tier doubles draw, Barry’s Kimmy Twelker and Pain won their first match over Eastern Michigan's Ani Gogvadze and Maria Paula Ribero, 8-4, before falling in the semifinals, 8-6, to FIU's Carlotta Orlando and Nina Nagode. Larsen and Goia received a first-round bye before falling 8-6 in the semifinals to EMU's Daphne Friedrich and Alejandra Barcelo. They will play for third place 9 a.m. Saturday.
Twelker lost her singles match in the B Bracket to Elizabeth Means, 0-6, 6-3, 7-5. She will compete in the backdraw beginning with Saturday’s 11:30 a.m. match.
Barry’s Jasi Witherspoon begins singles play Saturday. Paired with Abanda in doubles, the Bucs duo beat Nova Southeastern's Charlotte Cote and Bianca Roberts, 8-2.
Action in the final fall tournament of the season continues through Sunday.
2014 Panther Invite - Day One
Oct 31, 2014 at Miami, Fla. (FIU Tennis Courts)
Singles competition
Breana Stampfli (Florida Gulf Coast) def. Sabrina Kierberg (Nova Southeastern) 7-6 (7-4), 7-516 a
Sonja Larsen (Barry) def. Klara Supejova (Eastern Michigan) 6-2, 7-5
Nerma Caluk (FIU) def. Irina Constantinide (Nova Southeastern) 6-3, 6-4
Carlotta Orlando (FIU) def. Ani Gogvadze (Eastern Michigan) 6-1, 5-7, 6-0
Linda Fritschken (Barry) def. Iryna Serdyuk (Nova Southeastern) 6-1, 6-0
Francesca Sella (Nova Southeastern) def. Sarah Means (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
Emma Onila (Barry) def. Daphne Friedrich (Eastern Michigan) 6-3, 6-4
Elizabeth Means (Florida Gulf Coast) def. Kimmy Twelker (Barry) 0-6, 6-3, 7-5
Linda Kornienko (Nova Southeastern) def. Maria Paula Ribero (Eastern Michigan) 6-2, 6-4
Anaeve Pain (Barry) def. Carlee Rizzolo (Nova Southeastern) 6-0, 6-1
Nina Nagode (FIU) def. Julianna Curtis (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-4, 6-0
Elisabeth Adanda (Barry) def. Alexandra Johansson (Nova Southeastern) 6-0, 6-2
Alex Landert (Florida Gulf Coast) def. Alejandra Barcelo (Eastern Michigan) 6-2, 6-1
Kaitlin Brozovich (FIU) def. Charlotte Cote (Nova Southeastern) 6-0, 6-1
Karina Goia (Barry) def. Andrea Martinovska (Eastern Michigan) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles competition
Elizabeth Means/Sarah Means (Florida Gulf Coast) def. Klara Supejova/Andrea Martinovska (Eastern Michigan) 8-4
Julianna Curtis/Breana Stampfli (Florida Gulf Coast) def. Alexandra Johansson/Alex Kaeser (Nova Southeastern) 8-2
Yana Koroleva/Nerma Caluk (FIU) def. Irina Constantinide/Sabrina Kierberg (Nova Southeastern) 8-5
Kimmy Twelker/Anaeve Pain (Barry) def. Ani Gogvadze/Maria Paula Ribero (Eastern Michigan) 8-4
Daphne Friedrich/Alejandra Barcelo (Eastern Michigan) def. Francesca Sella/Carlee Rizzolo (Nova Southeastern) 8-4
Iryna Serdyuk/Linda Kornienko (Nova Southeastern) def. Valentina Briceno/Kaitlin Brozovich (FIU) 8-3
Elisabeth Adanda/Jasi Witherspoon (Barry) def. Charlotte Cote/Bianca Roberts (Nova Southeastern) 8-2
Emma Onila/Linda Fritschken (Barry) def. Elizabeth Means/Sarah Means (Florida Gulf Coast) 8-4
Yana Koroleva/Nerma Caluk (FIU) def. Breana Stampfli/Julianna Curtis (Florida Gulf Coast) 8-3
Carlotta Orlando/Nina Nagode (FIU) def. Kimmy Twelker/Anaeve Pain (Barry) 8-6
Daphne Friedrich/Alejandra Barcelo (Eastern Michigan) def. Karina Goia/Sonja Larsen (Barry) 8-6