CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Commodores capped the Miami Spring Invite falling 2-6 to the Hurricanes Sunday afternoon. However the team picked up invaluable experience throughout the weekend, competing against highly touted teams.
“Yesterday was a great day,” said head coach Geoff Macdonald. “Today I felt Miami played phenomenal tennis. I think Sydney [Campbell] had a phenomenal win over Stephanie Wagner. Marie [Casares] played a beautifully solid match. I give Miami credit in the other positions, because they were tough. The silver lining is that I today showed us what we need to do to become a better team and we’re going to talk about that. You have to learn that when you lose, you have to be able to learn from it.”
Both No. 15 Sydney Campbell and No. 77 Marie Casares bolstered their resumes with solid ranked wins Sunday. Campbell defeated Miami’s No. 7 singles player in Stephanie Wagner. Campbell, a sophomore, squared off against Wagner in the fall at ITA All-American Championships, losing in three sets; 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
This go around Campbell dropped the first set 2-6, but battled through a tiebreak to win the second set 7-6. The sophomore from Franklin, Tenn. clinched the match with a perfect 6-0 third set over the Hurricane junior.
Casares earned her second ranked win of the year, after defeating the No. 69 player in tournament season. Casares finished off the invite defeating No. 94 Lina Lileikite; 6-3, 6-3. Both Casares and Campbell own perfect 3-0 slates.
The Commodores will begin preparations to host the ITA Kick-Off weekend, which takes place this Saturday and Sunday inside the Currey Tennis Center. After competing with Texas this past weekend in Miami, the Longhorns travel to West End along with DePaul and Harvard.
“Texas is a great team. It’s going to be a very different match though. The final day of Kick-Off is a wild match and we’re going to have to get ready for it and work hard this week. Miami was really good experience for us in teams of ‘hey, this is how good people are’.”
Kick-Off Weekend match play begins Saturday at 10 a.m. with the No. 11 Commodores taking on Harvard.
Day Two Singles Competition
No. 84 Breaunna Addison (Texas) def. No. 7 Stephanie Wagner (Miami) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
No. 39 Sinead Lohan (Miami) def. Ryann Foster (Texas) 6-3, 7-6
Lina Lileikite (Miami) def. Pippa Horn (Texas) 6-3, 6-4
No. 88 Clementina Riobueno (Miami) def. Lana Groenvynck (Texas) 6-0, 6-1
Monique Albuquerque (Miami) def. Annat Rabinovich (Texas) 6-1, 6-2
Lucia Kovarcikova (Utah) vs. Yolimar Ogando (Miami) 1-2, unfinished
No. 58 Wendy Zhang (Miami) def. Victoria Robertson (Utah) 6-0, 6-1
Frances Altick (Vanderbilt) def. No. 100 Tereza Bekerova (Utah) 6-1, 6-4
No. 15 Sydney Campbell (Vanderbilt) def. Jena Chang (Utah) 6-3, 6-3
Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt) def. Sarah Richter (Utah) 6-4, 6-1
No. 77 Marie Casares (Vanderbilt) def. Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa (Utah) 6-2, 6-1
Ashleigh Antal (Vanderbilt) def. Alexia Petrovic (Utah) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Georgina Sellyn (Vanderbilt) def. Elena Najera-Salas (Utah) 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
Ellie Yates (Vanderbilt) def. Margo Pletcher (Utah) 6-2, 7-5
Day Two Doubles Competition
Antal/ Casares (Vanderbilt) def. #15 Albuquerque/ Riobueno (Miami) 7-6
No. 8 Wagner/ Lileikite (Miami) def. Altick/ Sharma (Vanderbilt) 6-2
No.37 Lohan/Wendy Zhang (Miami) def. Sellyn/Campbell (Vanderbilt) 6-3
Fuentes/ Ogando (Miami) def. Robertson/ Petrovic (Utah) 6-1
Addison/ Foster (Texas) def. Bekerova/ Pletcher (Utah) 6-4
Gerstner Da Rosa/ Richter (Utah) def. Horn/ Wagland (Texas) 6-2
Najera-Salas/ Chang (Utah) def. Groenvynck/ Rabinovich (Texas) 6-1
Day Three Singles Competition
#15 Sydney Campbell (Vanderbilt) def. #7 Stephanie Wagner (Miami) 2-6, 7-6, 6-0
#39 Sinead Lohan (Miami) def. Frances Altick (Vanderbilt) 6-0, 6-2
#88 Clementina Riobueno (Miami) def. Courtney Colton (Vanderbilt) 6-3, 6-3
#77 Marie Casares (Vanderbilt) def. #94 Lina Lileikite (Miami) 6-3, 6-3
Yolimar Ogando (Miami) def. Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt) 7-5, 6-3
Wendy Zhang (Miami) def. Georgina Sellyn (Vanderbilt) 6-3, 6-4
Monique Albuquerque (Miami) def. Ashleigh Antal (Vanderbilt) 6-1, 6-0
Silvia Fuentes (Miami) def. Ellie Yates (Vanderbilt) 6-2, 6-2
Judith Bohnenkamp (Miami) def. Victoria Robertson (Utah) 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
#100 Tereza Bekerova (Utah) def. #84 Breaunna Addison (Texas) 6-2, 6-4
Ryann Foster (Texas) def. Sarah Richter (Utah) 6-0, 6-2
Pippa Horn (Texas) def. Jena Chang (Utah) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Danielle Wagland (Texas) def. Luisa Gerstner Da Ro (Utah) 6-4, 6-2
Alexia Petrovic (Utah) def. Lana Groenvynck (Texas) 7-5, 6-3
Annat Rabinovich (Texas) def. Elena Najera-Salas (Utah) 7-6, 7-6
Day Three Doubles Competition
Tereza Bekerova/Margo Pletcher (Utah) def. #8 Stephanie Wagner/Lina Lileikite (Miami) 7-5
#15 Monique Albuquerque/Clementina Riobueno (Miami) def. Sarah Richter/Luisa Gerstner Da Ro (Utah) 7-5
#37 Sinead Lohan/Wendy Zhang (Miami) def. Jena Chang/Elena Najera-Salas (Utah) 6-3
Victoria Robertson/Alexia Petrovic (Utah) def. Silvia Fuentes/Yolimar Ogando (Miami) 6-3
Breaunna Addison/Ryann Foster (Texas) def. Ashleigh Antal/Marie Casares (Vanderbilt) 6-2
Courtney Colton/Sydney Campbell (Vanderbilt) def. Pippa Horn/Danielle Wagland (Texas) 6-4
Frances Altick/Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt) def. Neda Koprcina/Lana Groenvynck (Texas) 6-4
