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David Kent Invitational Day 2 Results
Nov 05, 2016 | Women's Tennis
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Members of the Texas A&M women's tennis team went a combined 8-2 on the second day of the rain-hampered David Kent Invitational at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center.
For the second consecutive day, Texas A&M opened the competition by winning three of four doubles matches. At the No. 1 doubles flight, A&M seniors Rutuja Bhosale and Rachel Pierson
defeated Nour Abbes and Miki Kobayashi of Washington, 6-4. At the No. 2 flight, the A&M duo of Domenica Gonzalez and Eva Paalma defeated Huskies Stacey Fung and Alexis Prokopuik, 6-3. Washington picked up its one doubles win as Kenadi Hance and Kat Kopcalic topped A&M's Tina Bokhua and Stefania Hristov, 6-4, at the No. 3 flight, while A&M's Saska Gavrilovska and Macarena Olivares got a 6-2 win over DarinkaTiboldi and Kaja Ljubic of SFA at the No. 4 flight.
Similar to the first day of the tournament, singles was delayed due to an intermittent light rain. Once play was completed Saturday evening, Pierson had improved to 2-0 at the No. 1 flight following a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Seda Arantekin of TCU, 6-4, 6-0. Gavrilovska defeated Alexis Pereira of TCU, 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 3 flight, and Bokhua downed the Frogs' Sofiko Kavzhaya, 7-5, 7-6 at the No. 4 flight.
Olivares defeated Madison Tedford of TCU, 6-2, 6-0, at the No. 5 flight, and Paalma downed Gabriela Guilarte of SFA, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 at the No. 6 flight. At No. 8 singles, A&M's Mason Strickland retired trailing Liza Aginskaya of SFA, 6-1, 3-0.
The tournament concludes Sunday with competition beginning at 10 a.m. Admission is free.
The tournament is named in honor of David Kent, who had a long and illustrious career as the Texas A&M men's tennis coach from 1979-96, recording the most wins in program history. A member of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men's Tennis Hall of Fame and the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame, Kent coached current Aggie women's tennis head coach Mark Weaver from 1990-94. Kent, who also coached the Texas A&M women's tennis team in 1980, passed away Nov. 3, 2015, at the age of 80.
The David Kent Invitational is the fall season finale for the majority of the players on Texas A&M squad, with a few finishing out the season next week at the UNLV Rebel Invitational in Las Vegas.
The spring dual match season gets underway January 25 as the Aggies play host to Louisiana Tech at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M women's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M women's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieWTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieWomensTennis.
Complete David Kent Invitational schedule and Texas A&M results:
Saturday, Nov. 5
Doubles
Flight 1: Rutuja Bhosale/Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Nour Abbes/Miki Kobayashi (Wash), 6-4
Flight 2: Dominica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Stacey Fung/Alexis Prokopuik (Wash), 6-3
Flight 3: Kenadi Hance/Kat Kopcalic (Wash) def. Tina Bokhua/Stefania Hristov (A&M), 6-4
Flight 4: Saska Gavrilovska/Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Kaja Ljubic/Darinka Tiboldi (SFA), 6-2
Singles
Flight 1: Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Seda Arantekin (TCU), 6-4, 6-0
Flight 3: Saska Gavrilovska (A&M) def. Alexis Pereira (TCU), 6-2, 6-4
Flight 4: Tina Bokhua (A&M) def. Sofiko Kavzhaya (TCU), 7-5, 7-6
Flight 5: Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Madison Tedford (TCU), 6-2, 6-0
Flight 6: Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Gabriela Guilarte (SFA), 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Flight 8: Liza Aginskaya (SFA) def. Mason Strickland (A&M), 6-1, 3-0, retired
Friday, Nov. 4
Doubles
Flight 1: Rutuja Bhosale/Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Katherine Ip/Priya Niezgoda (Rice), 6-2
Flight 2: Wendy Zhang/Alison Ho (Rice) def. Dominica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M), 7-5
Flight 3: Tina Bokhua/Stefania Hristov (A&M) def. Savannah Durkin/Fernanda Astete (Rice), 6-2
Flight 4: Mason Strickland/Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Denise Maxl/Kaja Ljubic (SFA), 7-5
Singles
Flight 1: Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Stacey Fung (Washington), 6-2, 6-1
Flight 2: Rutuja Bhosale (A&M) def. Miki Kobayashi (Washington), 6-3, 6-1
Flight 3: Alexis Prokopuik (Washington) def. Tina Bokhua (A&M), 6-3, 6-1
Flight 4: Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Nour Abbes (Washington), 6-4, 6-2
Flight 5: Kenadi Hance (Washington) def. Stefania Hristov (A&M), 6-3, 6-4 (*CORRECTED)
Flight 6: Kat Kopcalic (Washington) def. Domenica Gonzalez (A&M), 7-6, 0-6, 6-3
Flight 7: Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Lana Slavica (Washington), 6-1, 6-1
Flight 8: Kaja Ljubic (SFA) def. Mason Strickland (A&M), 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
Sunday, Nov. 6, 10 a.m.
10 a.m. TCU vs. Washington
11 a.m. Texas A&M vs. Rice
For the second consecutive day, Texas A&M opened the competition by winning three of four doubles matches. At the No. 1 doubles flight, A&M seniors Rutuja Bhosale and Rachel Pierson
defeated Nour Abbes and Miki Kobayashi of Washington, 6-4. At the No. 2 flight, the A&M duo of Domenica Gonzalez and Eva Paalma defeated Huskies Stacey Fung and Alexis Prokopuik, 6-3. Washington picked up its one doubles win as Kenadi Hance and Kat Kopcalic topped A&M's Tina Bokhua and Stefania Hristov, 6-4, at the No. 3 flight, while A&M's Saska Gavrilovska and Macarena Olivares got a 6-2 win over DarinkaTiboldi and Kaja Ljubic of SFA at the No. 4 flight.
Similar to the first day of the tournament, singles was delayed due to an intermittent light rain. Once play was completed Saturday evening, Pierson had improved to 2-0 at the No. 1 flight following a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Seda Arantekin of TCU, 6-4, 6-0. Gavrilovska defeated Alexis Pereira of TCU, 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 3 flight, and Bokhua downed the Frogs' Sofiko Kavzhaya, 7-5, 7-6 at the No. 4 flight.
Olivares defeated Madison Tedford of TCU, 6-2, 6-0, at the No. 5 flight, and Paalma downed Gabriela Guilarte of SFA, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 at the No. 6 flight. At No. 8 singles, A&M's Mason Strickland retired trailing Liza Aginskaya of SFA, 6-1, 3-0.
The tournament concludes Sunday with competition beginning at 10 a.m. Admission is free.
The tournament is named in honor of David Kent, who had a long and illustrious career as the Texas A&M men's tennis coach from 1979-96, recording the most wins in program history. A member of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men's Tennis Hall of Fame and the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame, Kent coached current Aggie women's tennis head coach Mark Weaver from 1990-94. Kent, who also coached the Texas A&M women's tennis team in 1980, passed away Nov. 3, 2015, at the age of 80.
The David Kent Invitational is the fall season finale for the majority of the players on Texas A&M squad, with a few finishing out the season next week at the UNLV Rebel Invitational in Las Vegas.
The spring dual match season gets underway January 25 as the Aggies play host to Louisiana Tech at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M women's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M women's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieWTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieWomensTennis.
Complete David Kent Invitational schedule and Texas A&M results:
Saturday, Nov. 5
Doubles
Flight 1: Rutuja Bhosale/Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Nour Abbes/Miki Kobayashi (Wash), 6-4
Flight 2: Dominica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Stacey Fung/Alexis Prokopuik (Wash), 6-3
Flight 3: Kenadi Hance/Kat Kopcalic (Wash) def. Tina Bokhua/Stefania Hristov (A&M), 6-4
Flight 4: Saska Gavrilovska/Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Kaja Ljubic/Darinka Tiboldi (SFA), 6-2
Singles
Flight 1: Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Seda Arantekin (TCU), 6-4, 6-0
Flight 3: Saska Gavrilovska (A&M) def. Alexis Pereira (TCU), 6-2, 6-4
Flight 4: Tina Bokhua (A&M) def. Sofiko Kavzhaya (TCU), 7-5, 7-6
Flight 5: Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Madison Tedford (TCU), 6-2, 6-0
Flight 6: Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Gabriela Guilarte (SFA), 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Flight 8: Liza Aginskaya (SFA) def. Mason Strickland (A&M), 6-1, 3-0, retired
Friday, Nov. 4
Doubles
Flight 1: Rutuja Bhosale/Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Katherine Ip/Priya Niezgoda (Rice), 6-2
Flight 2: Wendy Zhang/Alison Ho (Rice) def. Dominica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M), 7-5
Flight 3: Tina Bokhua/Stefania Hristov (A&M) def. Savannah Durkin/Fernanda Astete (Rice), 6-2
Flight 4: Mason Strickland/Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Denise Maxl/Kaja Ljubic (SFA), 7-5
Singles
Flight 1: Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Stacey Fung (Washington), 6-2, 6-1
Flight 2: Rutuja Bhosale (A&M) def. Miki Kobayashi (Washington), 6-3, 6-1
Flight 3: Alexis Prokopuik (Washington) def. Tina Bokhua (A&M), 6-3, 6-1
Flight 4: Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Nour Abbes (Washington), 6-4, 6-2
Flight 5: Kenadi Hance (Washington) def. Stefania Hristov (A&M), 6-3, 6-4 (*CORRECTED)
Flight 6: Kat Kopcalic (Washington) def. Domenica Gonzalez (A&M), 7-6, 0-6, 6-3
Flight 7: Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Lana Slavica (Washington), 6-1, 6-1
Flight 8: Kaja Ljubic (SFA) def. Mason Strickland (A&M), 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
Sunday, Nov. 6, 10 a.m.
10 a.m. TCU vs. Washington
11 a.m. Texas A&M vs. Rice
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