Bucknell University
Carnegie Mellon Invite
Women's Tennis Wraps Up Opening Day of Carnegie Mellon Invitational
9/15/2023 9:39:00 PM | Women's Tennis
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Bucknell women's tennis team put together a strong showing on the first day of the Carnegie Mellon Invitational, going 8-2 in singles play and winning three of five doubles matches. Five Bison won their singles matches in straight sets.
Abby Platt, Whitney King, Tyne Miller, Kate Novak and Tori Allen all defeated their opponents from Duquesne and Saint Francis in two sets. Anna Lajos, Jaycie Mair and Mirra Manolov each won their opening sets but had to battle back to tiebreak victories after dropping their second. Novak and Allen were especially impressive with 6-1, 6-0 wins.
King and Platt, who routinely play at Bucknell's number one position, won 6-4 in doubles play over Mila Badics and Kaya Rand from Duquesne. Caroline Marcus and Tyne Miller teamed up to gut out a 7-6 win over Taisia Yakunina and Ellen Shanahan of Duquesne. Novak and Madi Sebulsky defeated Saint Francis' Samantha Quezada and Jessie Thepsouvan.
Bucknell resumes competition at Carnegie Mellon on Saturday with one round of singles and two rounds of doubles. Play is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
Singles
Anna Lajos def. Mila Badics (Duq), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0
Jaycie Mair def. Sofia Serrano (Duq), 6-4, 6-7, 1-0
Abby Platt def. Jasa Roka (Duq), 6-2, 6-2
Whitney King def. Diana Zuba (SFU), 6-3, 6-2
Tyne Miller def. Ellen Shanahan (Duq), 6-2, 6-2
Mirra Manolov def. Marie Discini (SFU), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0
Anna Chow (CMU) def. Caroline Marcus, 6-3, 6-4
Kate Novak def. Mallory Thomas (SFU), 6-1, 6-0
Tori Allen def. Samantha Quezada (SFU), 6-1, 6-0
Anika Hou (CMU) def. Madi Sebulsky, 7-6, 6-3
Doubles
King/Platt def. Badics/Rand (Duq), 6-4
Latoni/Roka (Duq) def. Allen/Lajos, 6-2
Benito/Serrano (Duq) def. Manolov/Mair, 7-6
Marcus/Miller def. Yakunina/Shanahan (Duq), 7-6
Novak/Sebulsky def. Quezada/Thepsouvan (SFU), 6-1
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