Women's Tennis Bows Out On Second Day Of Daemen Invitational

By: Mike Miranto, Associate A.D. For Communications

Women's Tennis | 9/16/2017 10:17:00 PM

DAEMEN INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT - DAY 2 RESULTS
DAEMEN INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT - DAY 1 RECAP

AMHERST, N.Y. - Nearly 12 hours of collegiate tennis action wrapped up after 9 p.m. on day two of the Daemen Invitational Tournament today. The Daemen College women's tennis team, which had five players advance with wins in their respective quarterfinal round matches yesterday, did not experience the same success rate today.

The tournament features eight competing teams - Daemen, Roberts Wesleyan College, Millersville University, Clarion University, Niagara University, Colgate University, Allegheny College and Rochester Institute of Technology - and it runs through this Sunday, Sept. 17.

Matches today included singles and doubles action. The tournament features seven draws for singles play, which were color coded as follows: red (No. 1), orange (No. 2), yellow, (No. 3), green (No. 4), blue (No. 5), indigo (No. 6) and violet (No. 6+). Doubles draws included the following: Wimbledon (No. 1), U.S. Open (No. 2), French (No. 3) and Aussie (No. 4).

Today's action started with doubles matches. In the U.S. Open draw, Daemen's Giovanna Paschoalin (Sao Caetano Do Sul, Brazil) and Christina Stasiuk (Bowmansville, N.Y.) opened with an 8-5 loss in the quarterfinal round to Niagara's Ali Hutchinson and Andreea Peteu, but the Daemen duo later picked up a consolation round victory (8-0) over Millersville's Megan Rovenolt and Kelley Hershey. They were the lone doubles team to pick up a win for the Wildcats today.

In singles play, Daemen players could not move past the semifinal round of their respective draws. Paschoalin fell in the orange draw semis to Mackenzie Deeter of Colgate (6-1, 6-1). Senior Gretchen Ringler (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) withdrew from the yellow draw giving Colgate's Lauren O'Brien a walkover victory in tomorrow's finals. In the green singles draw, Stasiuk fell to Hutchinson despite taking the Division I athlete to three sets (6-2, 6-7, 1-0). Junior Jessica Robins (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) suffered a 6-0, 6-0 defeat to Colgate's Kelly Klein in the blue draw semis. And, junior Morgan Park (Hamburg, N.Y.) bowed out of the indigo draw semis with a 6-1, 6-1 loss to RIT's Kristen Zablonski.

Tournament play concludes tomorrow. Matches left on the docket include the following:

RED SINGLES
Final: Lauren Hyland (Colgate) vs. Stella Peisakhova (Niagara)

ORANGE SINGLES
Final: Andreea Peteu (Niagara) vs. Mackenzie Deeter (Colgate)

YELLOW SINGLES
Final: Lauren O'Brien (Colgate) vs. Shannon Wong (Niagara)

GREEN SINGLES
Final: Jordan Williams (Colgate) vs. Ali Hutchinson (Niagara)

BLUE SINGLES
Final: Kelly Klein (Colgate) vs. Sharlee Dushmukh (Niagara)

INDIGO SINGLES
Final: Cheyenne Brown (Colgate) vs. Kristen Zablonski (RIT)

VIOLET SINGLES
Semifinal #1: Savannah Gray (Allegheny) vs. Stephanie Fuentes (Colgate)
Semifinal #2: Rachel Crookston (Allegheny) vs. Julia Smolowitz (RIT)

WIMBLEDON DOUBLES
Final: Lauren Hyland / Jordan Williams (Colgate) vs. Nthabi Mogopodi / Andrea Gallardo (Roberts Wesleyan)

U.S. OPEN DOUBLES
Final: Lauren O'Brien / Mackenzie Deeter (Colgate) vs. Ali Hutchinson / Andreea Peteu (Niagara)

FRENCH DOUBLES
Final: Kelly Klein / Cheyenne Brown (Colgate) vs. Marine Kennel / Laura Freeman (Roberts Wesleyan)

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Players Mentioned

Morgan Park: 5' 2"; Junior

Gretchen Ringler: 5' 5"; Senior

Christina Stasiuk: 5' 3"; Freshman

Giovanna Paschoalin: 5' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Morgan Park
: 5' 2"; Junior

Gretchen Ringler
: 5' 5"; Senior

Christina Stasiuk
: 5' 3"; Freshman

Giovanna Paschoalin
: 5' 0"; Freshman