By Vincent DeBellis
Sato won in singles play, while two doubles teams earned victories. Samuel Joseph/The Fordham Ram
This past weekend, Fordham Women’s Tennis travelled to West Point to compete in the West Point Invitational.
In the singles A bracket, junior Mayu Sato reached the quarterfinals for the Rams, with wins over Sophia Dzulynsky of Quinnipiac (2-6, 6-2, 11-9) and Alana Prinos of Providence (6-2,6-2) before falling to the overall number one seed, Anna Grigoryan of LIU (6-3, 6-3).
Freshman Alexis Zobeideh also competed in the singles A bracket and took a first round loss to Katie DeRienzo of Sacred Heart (6-4, 6-3). In the consolation bracket, Zobeideh defeated Saint Peter’s Malleva Hedberg (8-0), and then fell to Akron’s Sophia Geier (8-3).
In the singles B bracket, sophomore Estelle Wong was defeated in her opening match by Paulina Torres of Albany (6-4, 4-6, 10-3) and junior Hannah Drayton lost her opener to Alba Sala of Albany (7-5, 4-6, 10-7).
In the singles C bracket, freshman Whitney Weisberg lost her first match to Rianne Van Son of LIU (6-0, 6-0).
In D singles, sophomore Carolina Sa lost in the first round to Olga Ostrovetsky (6-4, 1-0 ret.). Junior Destiny Grunin, also competing in D singles, was defeated in her opening match by Isabell Klingert of Seton Hall by a slim margin (6-2, 4-6, 15-13).
In doubles A play, the team of Drayton and Wong won its opener over Jovana Kencic and Chassidy King of Albany, New York, (6-2) before falling to the eventual finalists, Jacqueline Fitz-Randolph and Srna Stolsjevic of UConn (6-2) in the Round of 16.
Also competing in A doubles were Sato and Zobeideh, who won three matches en route to the semifinals. They defeated Pejovic and Sala of Albany (6-4), the #3 seeded Shah and Cusick of Cornell (6-2) and Saint Bonaventure’s Martinez-Santouri and Bowe (6-2) before eventually losing to Alderman and Pletnyeva of UConn (6-2).
In B doubles, Sa and Weisberg suffered an opening round defeat to LIU’s Leysen and Rhallab (6-0). The team of Grunin and Insogna picked up an early win over Providene’s Takanaka and Biciunas, (6-4) before losing to Mok and Spiritos of Army (7-6(5)).
The Rams will participate in the Albany Invitational in Albany, New York, Oct. 9-11.
