Sofia Ayala
 
Sofia Ayala
  
 
Tigers Finish Strong At New Mexico Invite

Mallory Weber and Sofia Ayala won individual matches to earn co-champ honors in Singles Flight B.

Oct. 19, 2008

Albuquerque, N.M. – The final day of competition began Sunday (Oct. 19) morning at 9 a.m. in Albuquerque, N.M. The New Mexico Invitational featured seven teams from around the nation. Competing teams were hosting-school the University of New Mexico, Kansas St., Iowa St., Air Force, Western New Mexico, UTEP and Missouri. Play began Thursday (Oct. 16) morning and completed Sunday afternoon. Mizzou won each of it’s doubles matches on Sunday and three of five singles matches.

Sunday began with the final round of doubles competition. Each of the Tiger duos won their respective match. Missouri’s senior Jessica Giuggioli paired up with sophomore Kaitlyn Ritchie this fall season to win several matches. The final day of play in N.M. would be no different as the duo defeated Edit Suhajda and Orsi Golovics of Northern Arizona, 8-4. Jamie Mera and Mallory Weber have also teamed up through the fall season with much success. Today was no exception as the team took down Natasha Vieira and Petra Chuda of Kansas State, 8-4. Sofia Ayala and Maureen Modesto would wrap up flawless Tiger doubles play with a win over a pair from the host-school. New Mexico’s Sandra Walker and Eliane Bourdages fell to Missouri’s duo, 8-2.

In Singles Flight A Mera faced Golovics of Northern Arizona and took the match easily with a 6-1, 6-1, victory.

The championship match of Singles Flight B was to be played between Weber and Ayala. Deciding not to pair the two Tigers up each player battled an opponent from an opposing school and came out on top. Weber defeated Anya Villanueva-Forte, who many Tigers have seen this weekend, in three sets. After taking the first set 6-3, Weber kept the second one close but took the set-loss, 5-7. Weber went on to win the tie-breaking set, 10-6, and the match. Ayala faced Liza Wischer from Iowa State. Ayala took the match in two sets, 6-4, 6-4.

Kaitlyn Ritchie also made it into the finals match of Single Flight C. Ritchie fell to Chuda of Kansas State, 6-1, 6-3.

The tournament marks the end of Missouri’s fall campaign. The Tigers will pick up play again in January as they begin their spring season on the 17th at the Florida Coast Invite in Fort Myers, Fla.

Doubles Results Day 4


 

 


Giuggioli/Ritchie (UM) def. Suhajda/Golovics (NAU) 8-4

Mera/Weber (UM) def. Viera/Chuda (KSU) 8-4

Newman/Straznicka (KSU) def. Lang/Loprinzi (Iowa St.) 8-4

Hayman/Villanueva (UNM) def. Wischer/Kelemen (Iowa St.) 8-1

Tessmar/Durie (UNM) def. Chermel/Sarkis (AF) 8-4

Hasegawa/Van Ginkel (NAU) def. Lampman/Shelton (WNM) 8-0

Pinchbeck/Oki (NAU) def. Gardefjord/Bonner (UNM) 8-4

Deluca/Fuentes (UTEP) def. Tarkoe/Chartier (Iowa St.) 8-5

Ayala/Modesto (UM) def. Walker/Bourdages (UNM) 8-2

Davis (Iowa St.)/Eromin (AF) def. Olivier/Mckenna (WNM) 8-5

 

Singles Flight A

Suhajda (NAU) def. Trierweiler (UTEP) 6-3, 6-1 (final in main draw)

Mera (UM) def. Golovics (NAU) 6-1, 6-1

Chartier (Iowa St.) def. Eromin (AF) 6-0, 6-0

Hayman (UNM) def. Lang (Iowa St.) 6-0, 6-2

Deluca (UTEP) def. Tessmar (UNM) 6-3, 6-2

 

Singles Flight B

Weber (UM) def. Villanueva-Forte (UNM) 6-3, 5-7, 10-6 (This was the main draw for this flight. This match was supposed to be Weber vs. Ayala but they didn’t want two girls from UM playing each other so they had Weber play UNM instead.)

Ayala (UM) def. Wischer (Iowa St.) 6-4, 6-4

Kelemen (Iowa St.) def. Fuentes (UTEP) 6-3, 6-4

Viera (KSU) def. Durie (UNM) 6-3, 6-2

Pinchbeck (NAU) def. Chermel (AF) 6-4, 6-4

Straznicka (KSU) def. Tarkoe (Iowa St.) 6-4, 3-6, 10-7

Bourdages (UNM) def. Olivier (WNM) 6-0, 6-2

 

Singles Flight C

Chuda (KSU) def. Ritchie (UM) 6-1, 6-3 (final in main draw for this flight)

Bonner (UNM) def. Shelton (WNM) 6-0, 6-0

Newman (NAU) def. Modesto (UM) 6-3, 6-1

Walker (UNM) def. Lampman (WNM) 6-4, 6-1

Sarkis (AF) def. Oki (NAU) 2-6, 6-1, 10-2

Murguia (UTEP) def. Davis (Iowa St.) 6-1, 6-0

Hasegawa (NAU) def. Loprinzi (Iowa St.) 6-0, 6-0

Mckenna (WNM) def. Adcox (UTEP) 6-1, 6-3

Mizzou Closes Regular Season With Win

04/19/2009 - W. Tennis

The Tigers (8-11, 4-7 Big 12) finished their Big 12 regular season schedule at home on Sunday as they took down the Iowa State Cyclones (10-12, 1-10 Big 12), 4-3.

Four Tigers Named To Academic All-Big 12 Team

04/19/2009 - W. Tennis

On Friday afternoon the Big 12 Conference announced their choices for the 2009 Academic All-Big 12 Tennis Team. Four Missouri players were recognized on the teams, Mallory Weber, Maureen Modesto, Jessica Giuggioli and Kaitlyn Ritchie.

Tigers Drop Heartbreaker, 4-3

04/17/2009 - W. Tennis

The 71st-ranked Missouri Tigers (7-11, 3-7 Big 12) hosted No. 73 Nebraska (13-6, 5-4 Big 12) on Friday (April 17).

Mizzou Finishes Regular Season At Home

04/16/2009 - W. Tennis

Coach Blake Starkey and the Missouri Tigers (7-10, 3-6 Big 12) welcome the University of Nebraska (12-6, 4-4 Big 12) on Friday (April 17), play begins at 5:00 p.m. and the Iowa State Cyclones (10-10, 1-8 Big 12) on Sunday (April 19), with play beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Colorado Snags Doubles Point, Match, 4-3

04/11/2009 - W. Tennis

The 68th-ranked Missouri tennis team (7-10, 3-6 Big 12) came up just shy in doubles competition falling to the Colorado Buffaloes (10-7, 6-2 Big 12), 4-3, on Saturday afternoon.