Women's Tennis | 9/14/2015 2:35:00 PM

ELON, N.C. – Georgia Southern Women's Tennis got its first serves in anger this weekend at the Elon Fall Invitational against a number of former conference foes. Rain on Sunday shortened the tournament and eliminated the final matches for most student-athletes. Next up for Georgia Southern is the Georgia Southern Fall Invitational on Oct. 2-4 at the Wallis Tennis Center.

SINGLES RESULTS
Mariana Ranzahuer – Maroon Singles Flight
Zalewski (Wake Forest) def Ranzahuer (GS) – 6-2, 6-0
Anane (UNCG) def Ranzahuer (GS) – 6-1, 5-7, 10-7

Mary Phillips Smith – Phoenix Singles Flight
Kussainova (GWU) def Smith (GS) – 6-0, 7-5
Zenoni (Elon) def Smith (GS) – 6-3, 6-3

Giulia Reipe – Acorn Singles Flight
Reipe (GS) def Nederlander (GWU) – 6-2, 6-2
Uzelac (Winthrop) def Reipe (GS) – 4-6, 7-5, 10-7

Francisca Norregaard – Gold Singles Flight
Casey (Elon) def Norregaard (GS) – 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
Norregaard (GS) def Nielly (WCU) – 6-3, 6-3
Grinberg (UNCG) def Norregaard (GS) – 6-2, 6-2

Paige Christian – Oak Singles Flight
Castro (Emory) def Christian (GS) – 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
Christian (GS) def Brown (Liberty) – 6-1, 6-3
Mesalles (WCU) def Christian (GS) – 6-1, 7-5

DOUBLES RESULTS
Mary Phillips Smith/Paige Christian – Gold Doubles Flight
Grinberg/DeMoss (UNCG) def Smith/Christian (GS) – 8-2
Smith/Christian (GS) def Shyla/Powell (NC A&T) – 8-7 (4)
Smith/Christian (GS) def Lopez/Goodman (Emory) – 8-7 (8-6)

Mariana Ranzahuer/Francisca Norregaard – Acorn Doubles Flight
Casey/Zenoni (Elon) def Ranzahuer/Norregaard (GS) – 8-5
Beittiol/Anasari (WCU) def Ranzahuer/Norregaard (GS) – 8-7 (6)
Ranzahuer/Norregaard (GS) def Groeneveld/Panchenko - default

QUOTABLES
Head Coach Michele Stanford
"There was some great competition this weekend at the Elon Fall invitational. Even though we struggled through some tough three set matches, and the results didn't always go our way, our team kept a great competitive spirit. We are looking forward to the upcoming weeks to improve the areas in our games that seemed to hold us back this weekend. There was much to be learned from this experience and we will continue our diligent training until our next home tournament."

NEXT UP
Georgia Southern's second tournament of the fall is the Georgia Southern Fall Invitational on Oct. 2-4 at the Wallis Tennis Center.

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