Results
Hamden, Conn. – The Fordham University women's tennis squad opened its 2017 fall season this weekend by participating at the Quinnipiac Invitational, where
Carina Ma and
Estelle Wong won the A Doubles championship,
Gianna Insogna advanced to the C Singles final and
Maia Balce won the B Consolation Singles title.
Ma and Wong started play in A doubles defeating Sacred Heart's Keira Tobia and Sabrina Navarro Lopez 6-0 and then defeated Faifield's Emily Lombardi and Diana Prinos 6-2 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Ma/Wong bested Quinnipiac's Layla Rodriguez and Payton Bradley 7-5 before defeating Quinnipiac's Jennifer Lu and Dominique Vasile 7-6 (4) in the finals.
Gianna Insogna started play in C singles with a 6-7 (3), 6-1, 10-6 win over Army's Dana Funaro in the round of 16 before defeating Rhode Island's Halah Davis 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. Insogna then bested Quinnipiac's Proyfon Lohaphaisan 6-1, 6-4 in the semifinals before falling to UCONN's Jacqueline Lazaro 6-1, 6-0 in the finals.
Also competing in C singles was
Alexis Zobeideh who defeated Fairfield's Courtney Connors 6-1, 6-3 before falling to UCONN's Jacqueline Lazaro 6-2, 6-2.
In B singles,
Estelle Wong defeated Providence's Lauryn Jacobs 6-1, 6-0 and Army's Bridget Guenard 6-3, 6-3 before falling to UCONN's Summer Walker 4-6, 6-3, 10-3 in the semifinals.
Maia Balce fell to Rhode Island's Ariel Haber 3-6, 6-4, 10-8.
In A singles,
Tatiana Grigoryan won her first match as a Ram, defeating Sacred Heart's Olivia Podsiebierski 6-3, 6-4 before falling to Army's Melanie Allen 6-4, 6-1.
Carina Ma lost to Army's Kirby Einck 1-6, 6-2, 10-7.
In D singles, Fairfield's Meghan Simmer defeated
Carolina Sa 6-4, 7-6 (1) and Sacred Heart's Lauren Santarsiero defeated
Whitney Weisberg 6-4, 6-1.
In B doubles, Sa/Balce defeated UCONN's Zaina Zaki and Elizabeth Kozyi 6-2 before falling to Army's Danna Funaro and Sera Martorelli 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Weisberg/Insogna fell to Rhode Island's Ariel Haber and Nicole Legler 6-2.
In the consolation bracket, in B singles,
Maia Balce defeated Fairfield's Anna Komer 8-1 and Sacred Heart's Kiera Tobia 8-2 before defeating Quinnipiac's Amy Zammarieh 8-2 in the finals.
In A consolation singles, Sacred Heart's Brianna Lauria defeated
Carina Ma 8-5. In D consolation singles,
Whitney Weisberg defeated Fairfield's Gabriella Campos 8-5 and Sacred Heart's Maggie Glynn 8-2 before falling to Army's Sasha Inchauste 8-5 in the semifinals.
The Rams return to action September 22-24 at the Eastern Championships in West Point, N.Y.
