Georgia Southern University
Georgia Southern Fall Shootout
Eagles Complete Action At Fall Shootout
10/15/2023 4:35:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Georgia Southern takes the court for the first time this Fall at Wallis
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern women's tennis took to the courts for its first action this Fall, hosting the GS Fall Shootout at the Wallis Tennis Center.
The Eagles competed in four brackets of singles and two brackets of doubles action from Friday through Sunday. Overall, the Eagles went 13-7 in singles and 8-3 in doubles on the weekend.
"I feel like we had a really good weekend overall," Georgia Southern head women's tennis coach Sean McCaffrey said. "We had some very solid performances from a few of the women that had us take notice, and that's always promising when someone rises to the occasion in clutch moments. We also had moments where we were reminded that we must believe in ourselves.
"With tennis being such a mental game, we must continue to dig deep and trust ourselves," McCaffrey said. "Now that the future of college tennis will shift to more individual play in the fall season [NCAA's singles and doubles moving to fall championships], we will begin to put a far greater emphasis on our Fall season competition schedule and offseason training and competing. As a whole I'm very impressed with where we are right now as a team and I believe our better days are still ahead of us. Right now our aim is to continue working towards being the best we can be and finding ways to grow 1% each day."
Georgia Southern will be next in action at the ITA Regionals on October 19-22, hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Georgia Southern Results from the GS Fall Shootout
Singles
Paula Hijos
def. Sara Radojevic (GSU) 5-7, 7-5, (10-5)
def. Terezia Barianakova (KSU) 6-1, 6-3
lost to Rachida Berjane (SCSU) 3-6, 6-4, (10-7)
Sonja Keranen
lost to Marina de Diego Quinones (Mercer) 6-3, 6-4
def. Linden Patterson (Davidson) 6-2, 6-2
Nanaka Kijima
lost to Francesca Miglio (GSU) 6-2, 6-2
def. Charlotte Caldderwood (Davidson) 6-2, 3-6, (14-12)
def. Kristin Yordanova (Mercer) 6-1 .6-3
Mackenzie Leopold
def. Danica Nedeljkovic (SCSU) 6-1, 6-3
def. Ama White (GSU) 7-5, 6-0
def. Emilia Cosato (Mercer) 6-0, 6-3
Ninon Martinache
lost to Emma Heiderscheit (Davidson) 5-7, 6-4, (10-3)
def. Sofia Madrid (KSU) 6-4, 4-6, (10-4)
Silvia Martinez
def. Savanna Kollock (Davidson) 6-4, 6-3
def. Lea Falentin (Mercer) 6-3, 7-5
lost to Ralitsa Alexandrova (ETSU) 6-3, 6-2
Lindsay Tulenko
lost to Teodora Ristic (Mercer) 6-1, 6-1
def. Hind Semlali (SCSU) 6-1, 6-4
Sophie Wagemaker
lost to Jana Rovira (ETSU) 6-1, 6-1
def. Ines Roti (Davidson) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
Paula Hijos/Sonja Keranen
def. Calderwood/Patterson (Davidson) 6-2
def. Falentin/Ristic (Mercer) 6-4
lost to Madrid/Persson (KSU) 6-3
Silvia Martinez/Lindsay Tulenko
def. Bernardi/Stewart (GSU) 6-3
lost to Semlali/Vitaliyena (SCSU) 6-1
Mackenzie Leopold/Sophie Wagemaker
def. Pavelekova/Tuomela (JSU) 6-3
def. Jones/Yordanova (Mercer) 6-1
lost to Millan/Rovira (ETSU) 6-1
Nanaka Kijima/Ninon Martinache
def. Galvez/Radojevic (GSU) 6-4
def. Barianakova/Gottiparthy (KSU) 6-3
def. Berjane/Vujicic (SCSU) 6-0
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