Lady Eagles Win Five Matches at Home Event
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Posted By: Hija Chang on October 22, 2018 Junior Emily Pena and redshirt sophomore Frida Cnossen both won in singles and doubles to highlight play for the host Lady Eagles at the fourth annual NCCU Invitational contested Thursday-Friday, Oct. 18-19. The 2018 edition of the NCCU Invite featured the most teams (6) and most players (26) in the two-day event yet. The Lady Eagles were joined by Charlotte, Davidson College, UNCW, Campbell University and North Carolina A&T State University. Pena was the only player representing the Maroon and Gray that advanced to a semifinal singles match. The Venezuelan picked up her singles win on Thursday in the White bracket over a rival from the Aggies. Pena topped N.C. A&T freshman Kaya Ellis by a score of 6-2, 6-1. Pena was eliminated on Friday in her next match to Charlotte junior Immie Cowper. Cnossen also won her main draw opener in a gutsy rally to begin action in the Maroon flight. The Dutch player dropped her first set to Campbell junior Lucile Pons 6-0 before fighting back. Cnossen leveled the match with a 6-4 win in the second before winning the superset tiebreaker 10-7 in the third. Cnossen was eliminated in the quarterfinals to NCAT senior Fabriana Ramirez (7-5, 6-3). Cnossen was the only singles player to play two singles matches on Thursday. NCCU posted a 3-2 record in doubles play. Pena partnered with junior classmate Sofia Miller for a 6-3 win over UNCW sophomore duo of Lea Dubois-Rebiere and Rishika Ravindran. Pena and Miller played one more exhibition on Friday, but lost 6-3 to Campbell senior Pauline Roustan and sophomore Inma Ramon. Cnossen got in the doubles win column in her second match with sophomore Polina Sakharova. They toppled the N.C. A&T freshmen squad of Brenna Bryant and Marlene Estenssoro by a 6-2 margin. In their only doubles appearance of the tournament on Friday, NCCU freshmen Hannah Gaines and Ivana Dragovic dispatched Dubois-Rebiere and Ravindran by the same 6-3 score as Miller and Pena did a day earlier. The Lady Eagles lost a total of eight singles matches, but three of them being very close affairs that went three sets. Dragovic was edged by UNCW sophomore Rachel Marthinsen in the White flight by a slim 6-4, 5-7, 10-5 tally. Sakharova was edged by Estenssoro in the Gray flight by a score of 3-6, 7-5, 10-8. In Friday's consolation play, Miller settled for a 6-2, 6-7 (6), 10-7 setback to Ravindran. NCCU will conclude its fall season at the rescheduled Elon Fall Invitational on Friday-Sunday, Oct. 26-28. DOUBLES Tahlia Van Der Eerden/Zoe Radojicic (Charlotte) def. Frida Cnossen/Polina Sakharova (NCCU) 6-2 Sofia Miller/Emily Pena (NCCU) def. Lea Dubois-Rebiere/Rishika Ravindran (UNCW) 6-3 Pauline Roustan/Imma Revert (Campbell) def. Sofia Miller/Emily Pena (NCCU) 6-3 Frida Cnossen/Polina Sakharova (NCCU) def. Brenna Bryant/Marlene Estenssoro (NCAT) 6-2 Hannah Gaines/Ivana Dragovic (NCCU) def. Lea Dubois-Rebiere/Rishika Ravindran (UNCW) 6-3 SINGLES Frida Cnossen (NCCU) def. Lucile Pons (Campbell) 0-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7) Emily Pena (NCCU) def. Kaya Ellis (NCAT) 6-2, 6-1 Rachel Marthinsen (UNCW) def. Ivana Dragovic (NCCU) 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5) Marlene Estenssoro (NCAT) def. Polina Sakharova (NCCU) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8) Tahlia Van Der Eerden (Charlotte) def. Sofia Miller (NCCU) 6-4, 6-1 Fabriana Ramirez (NCAT) def. Frida Cnossen (NCCU) 7-5, 6-3 Imogen Cowper (Charlotte) def. Emily Pena (NCCU) 6-1, 6-0 Rishika Ravindran (UNCW) def. Sofia Miller (NCCU) 6-2, 6-7 (6), 1-0 (10-7) Mira Gladstone (Davidson) def. Polina Sakharova (NCCU) 6-1, 6-0 Lea Dubois-Rebiere (UNCW) def. Ivana Dragovic (NCCU) 6-2, 6-4 Maddy Muller-Hughes (UNCW) def. Sofia Miller (NCCU) 6-2, 6-2 Players Mentionedţ Frida Cnossen Frida Cnossen 5' 8" / Redshirt Sophomore Sofia Miller Sofia Miller 5' 7" / Junior Emily Pena Emily Pena 5' 1" / Junior Polina Sakharova Polina Sakharova 5' 7" / Sophomore Hannah Gaines Hannah Gaines 5' 10" / Freshman Ivana Dragovic Ivana Dragovic 5' 7" / Freshman https://nccueaglepride.com/news/2018/10/19... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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