JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Furman seniors Sara Snyder and Ellie Schulson won the doubles flight one championship to lead the Paladin women's tennis team this weekend at North Florida's UNF Fall Invite at the UNF Tennis Complex in Jacksonville, Fla.
Snyder and Schulson teamed up for three victories in the top flight, taking down Isabel Oliveira and Nicole Alfaro of UNF, 6-4, in the opening match, then squeaking past MaryBoyce Deatherage and Maelie Monfils of Florida State, 7-6(5) in round two. In Saturday's final round, the Paladin duo defeated UCF's Donatella Guarnieri and Jade Psonka, 6-1, for the title.
Senior Jess Dawson and sophomore Macy Hitchcock beat North Florida's Anslee Long and Laurie Barendse, 6-1, in round one of flight two the defeated Indiana's Magdalena Swierczynska and Marina Fuduric, 6-1, to finish third in the flight. Senior Alexa Griffith teamed with Gargi Pawar of South Florida in doubles, posting a 7-6(6) advantage over Gabriella Goyins and Jasmin Makela of North Florida.
In singles, Griffith picked up two wins. She posted a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Pawar of South Florida then downed Jordan Parker of Southern Miss, 6-3, 6-2, both in flight E. In flight C, Dawson came from behind to beat North Florida's Long, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, and in flight D, Hitchcock defeated UCF''s Guarnieri, 6-3, 6-3.
This tournament concludes Furman's fall season. The Paladins will open the 2025 spring season in January.
Doubles Round 1
F1 Schulson/Snyder (Furman) def. Oliveira/Alfaro (UNF), 6-4
F2 Dawson/Hitchcock (Furman) def. Long/Barendse (UNF), 6-1
Doubles Round 2
F1 Schulson/Snyder (Furman) def. Deatherage/Monfils (FSU), 7-6(5)
F2 Aranda/Abbas (UNC Charlotte) def. Dawson/Hitchcock (Furman), 6-3
F3 Griffith (Furman)/Pawar (USF) def. Goyins/Makela (UNF), 7-6(6)
Doubles Round 3
F1 Schulson/Snyder (Furman) def. Guarnieri/Psonka (UCF), 6-1
F2 Dawson/Hitchcock (Furman) def. Swierczynska/Fuduric (Indiana), 6-1
F3 Dougherty/Badawi (UNC Charlotte) def. Griffith (Furman)/Pawar (USF), 6-0
Singles Round 1
FA Charlotte Ruud (USF) def. Ellie Schulson (Furman), 7-5, 6-4
FC Amira Badawi (UNC Charlotte) def. Jess Dawson (Furman), 7-5, 6-4
FD Macy Hitchcock (Furman) def. Donatella Guarnieri (UCF) 6-3, 6-3
FE Jasmin Makela (UNF) def. Alexa Griffith (Furman), 6-1, 6-4
Singles Round 2
FA Lucia Aranda (UNCC) def. Ellie Schulson (Furman), 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-3
FC Jess Dawson (Furman) def. Anslee Long (UNF), 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
FD Prisca Abbas (UNCC) def. Macy Hitchcock (Furman), 6-1, 6-4
FE Alexa Griffith (Furman) def. Gargi Pawar (USF), 6-3, 6-3
Singles Round 3
FA Mila Mulready (Virginia Tech) def. Ellie Schulson (Furman), 0-6, 6-4, 7-5
FC Angelina Blinova (Southern Miss) def. Jess Dawson (Furman), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
FD Gabriella Goyins (UNF) def. Macy Hitchcock (Furman), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
FE Alexa Griffith (Furman) def. Jordan Parker (Southern Miss), 6-2, 6-3
