Kansas completes day one in Auburn and Charlottesville
AUBURN, Ala.—Kansas women’s tennis collected four singles wins at the Marliss Gruver Fall Invitational on Friday in Auburn, Alabama. Sophomore Julia Deming recorded a perfect record (2-0) and advances to the semifinals of singles in the flight B (orange) bracket on Saturday.
"We are happy to be at Auburn competing in our first fall tournament of the season. It was nice to see our two freshmen compete in their first college event and get some match experience. It was also great to see Julia fight through two tough matches."
assistant coach Megan Falcon
Singles continue Saturday at 9 a.m. along with the start of Doubles play.
Marliss Gruver Fall Invitational – Day One Results
SINGLES
Flight A (Blue)
Round 1
Karvouni (KU) def. Cheng (Yale), 6-3, 6-3
Job (KSU) def. Manu (KU), 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
Quarterfinals
Ovunc (AU) def. Karvouni (KU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Semifinals
1 p.m.
Consolation QF
Manu (KU) def. Markham (WIS), 6-4, 6-3
Consolation SF
Cheng (Yale) vs. Manu (KU), 1 p.m.
Back Draw
Karvouni (KU) vs. Job (KSU), 1 p.m.
Flight B (Orange)
Round 1
Deming (KU) def. Mesquita (KSU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Quarterfinals
Deming (KU) def. Russo (AU), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2
Semifinals
Gheorghita (KSU) vs. Deming (KU), 1 p.m.
DOUBLES
Flight A
#17 Bortles/Machalova (OM) vs. Manu/Deming (KU) – 9 a.m.
Flight B
Shrivastava/Lou (Yale) vs. Smith/Svarre (PSU) – 9 a.m.
Markham/Tudor (WIS) vs. Karvouni (KU)/Koscielski (ND) – 9 a.m.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Kansas battled an up and down, opening day at the Wahoowa Invitational on the University of Virginia’s campus Friday. Senior Maria Toran Ribes and sophomore Malkia Ngounoue collected a pair of doubles wins, but fell short in singles action.
"Today was an up and down day. In doubles, Malkia and Maria competed well and continue to build confidence as a team. In singles, we had some great opportunities but didn’t consistently stick with the game plan we had going into the matches. Early in the season this happens sometimes, but hopefully we learn from what worked well today and the areas where we fell short."
head coach Todd Chapman
Wahoowa Invitational play continues Saturday starting at 9 a.m. with two singles matches and one doubles match.
Wahoowa Invitational - Day One Results
SINGLES
Friday Singles Matches
Round 1- Draw 2
Norman (NCSU) def. Ngounoue (KU) – 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (15)
McKee (PU) def. Ribes (KU) – 6-0, 6-3
Saturday Singles Matches – Draw 2
Belaya (IU) vs. Ngounoue (KU)
Ribes (KU) vs. Rabinowitz (IU)
DOUBLES
Friday Doubles Matches
Round 1- Draw 1
Ribes/Ngounoue (KU) def. Rodilosso/McKee (PU) – 8-6
Corley/Motosono (OU) def. O’Dell/Munera (UVA) – 8-5
East Bracket (Rd. 1 Winners)
Ribes/Ngounoue (KU) def. Corley (OU) – 8-3
Saturday Doubles Matches – Draw 1
East Bracket Champion
Ribes/Ngounoue (KU) vs. Howard/Frayman (PU)
