BELMONT, N.C. — All four Flagler College women's tennis players secured at least one win, while a trio won three matches over the weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Tournament played at the Reidy Tennis Center.
With play concluding Saturday,
Eden Schlagenhauf,
Alessandra Traub, and
Anika Nissen all made the semifinals, where Schlagenhauf had to face her own teammate in Traub to advance to the singles final for the second consecutive year. Columbus State University's Beatriz Lopez defeated out Nissen before taking Schlagenhauf down to the wire in the singles final.
In doubles, the Flagler duo of and Nissen/Schlagenhauf played extremely well, making it to the finals, but fell to the University of North Georgia's Vaishali Jorge/Claud. Labonte-Frey. In the consolation final, Flagler doubles pair
Paloma Martinez/Traub defeated Rafaela Villanueva/Cibeles Zuddy of North Georgia for the win.
"We were very excited to be able to compete again after seven months," Flagler College head women's coach
Rodrigo Puebla said. "The girls had a tough time getting back to the routine of school and practice, but I believe they were able to maximize the opportunity.
"It was nice to have Eden playing the finals for the second year in a row but having three girls out of four in the singles semifinals and a duo of doubles in the finals shows that our program is improving every year and moving into the right direction."
The full Flagler College tournament results can be seen below:
Singles
| Round of 32 |
Eden Schlagenhauf (Flagler) def. Maria Paula Lopez (Belmont Abbey), by default |
| Round of 32 |
Alessandra Traub (Flagler) def. Kayla Vaughan (Belmont Abbey) 6-3, 6-1 |
| Round of 32 |
Anika Nissen (Flagler) def. Marissa Peterson (Lander) 6-2, 6-2 |
| Round of 32 |
Paloma Martinez (Flagler) def. Laura Seib (Belmont Abbey) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 |
| Round of 16 |
Eden Schlagenhauf (Flagler) def. Raquel Acco (Lander) 6-3, 6-0 |
| Round of 16 |
Alessandra Traub (Flagler) def. Sara R. Goncalvez (Columbus State) 6-1, 6-1 |
| Round of 16 |
Anika Nissen (Flagler) def. Maria Raich (Emmanuel (Ga.)) 6-2, 6-0 |
| Round of 16 |
Claud. Labonte-Frey (North Georgia) def. Paloma Martinez (Flagler) 7-5, 7-5 |
| Quarterfinals |
Eden Schlagenhauf (Flagler) def. Cibeles Zuddy (North Georgia) 6-2, 6-4 |
| Quarterfinals |
Alessandra Traub (Flagler) def. Vaishali Jorge (North Georgia) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-4) |
| Quarterfinal |
Anika Nissen (Flagler) def. Rafaela Villanueva (North Georgia) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7) |
| Semifinals |
Eden Schlagenhauf (Flagler) def. Alessandra Traub (Flagler) 6-3, 6-3 |
| Semifinals |
Beatriz Lopez (Columbus State) def. Anika Nissen (Flagler) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7) |
| Finals |
Beatriz Lopez (Columbus State) def. Eden Schlagenhauf (Flagler) 6-0, 6-1 |
Doubles
Tournament Notes
| Seeds: |
| 1-Schalgenhauf; 2-Lopez; 3-Nissen; 4-Jorge; 5-Zuddy; 5-Vaughan; 5-Villanueva; |
| 5-Labonte-Frey; |
| 1-Nissen/Schlagenhauf; 2-Jorge/Labonte-Frey; 3-Villanueva/Zuddy; 4-Lopez/Goncalvez. |
Up Next: The women will be back in
competition in two weeks when they travel to Jacksonville, Florida, for the UTR Tournament Oct. 17-18.
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