STATESBORO, Ga. -- Furman senior Macy Hitchcock posted three singles wins and teamed with sophomore Bianca Ceroni for three doubles victories to lead the Paladin women's tennis team this weekend at Georgia Southern Fall Shootout at the Wallis Tennis Center in Statesboro, Ga.
Hitchcock won all of her Blue flight singles matches in straight sets. She first beat College of Charleston's Santos, 6-1, 6-2, then held off North Florida's Jessica Gunter, 7-5, 7-5. In the flight championship, Hitchcock defeated Stetson's Hornecka, 6-3, 6-3.
Hitchcock and Ceroni teamed up to beat Ahmad Oziera and Riley Trinkle of College of Charleston, 6-1, in the opening round, then topped Kennesaw State's Maria Ivankovic and Laura Nadaska, 6-2, in round two. In the final day of competition, the Paladin duo defeated Stetson's Lena Karolina Hornecka and Camila Maldonado Gutierrez, 7-5.
Also in doubles, sophomore Lily Doherty and freshman Shreya Amirichetty recorded two victories. Furman recorded a 6-4 advantage over Terezia Baraniakova and Luci Nouzova of Kennesaw State then downed Georgia Southern's Annik Freund and Stetson's Clelia Lombardi, 6-4.
Four Paladin players notched two singles wins. Ceroni blew past Grace Agster of Wofford, 6-2, 6-2, then defeated College of Charleston's Oziera Ahmad, 6-1, 7-6(4). Sophomore Molly Robinson beat North Florida's Nicole Alfaro, 7-5, 6-3, and Clelia Lombardi of Stetson, 7-5, 5-7, 10-7, while Doherty defeated Davidson's Alexandra Rodehorst, 6-3, 7-5, then held off Mar Hernandez Carmona of Ga. Southern, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6. Amirichetty posted a 6-3, 6-0 advantage versus College of Charleston's Olivia Bull then downed Annik Freund of Ga. Southern, 6-3, 6-3.
The Paladins will compete at the Wofford Invite next Friday through Sunday in Spartanburg, S.C.
Doubles
Rd1 Hitchcock/Ceroni (Furman) def. Oziera/Trinkle (College of Charleston), 6-1
Rd1 Ivankovic/Nadaska (Kennesaw State) def. Dimotrov/Robinson (Furman), 6-3
Rd1 Doherty/Amirichetty (Furman) def. Baraniakova/Nouzova (Kennesaw State), 6-4
Rd2 Hitchcock/Ceroni (Furman) def. Ivankovic/Nadaska (Kennesaw State), 6-2
Rd2 Doherty/Amirichetty (Furman) def. Freund (Ga. Southern)/Lombardi (Stetson), 6-4
Rd2 Ahmad/Trinkle (College of Charleston) def. Dimitrov/Robinson (Furman), 6-2
Rd3 Hitchcock/Ceroni (Furman) def. Hornecka/Maldonado Gutierrez (Stetson), 7-5
Rd3 Roberts/Serrano Maestre (Kennesaw State) def. Doherty/Amirichetty (Furman), 6-3
Rd3 Dupaty/Goyins (North Florida) def. Dimitrov/Robinson (Furman), 6-1
Singles
Bianca Ceroni (Furman) def. Grace Agster (Wofford), 6-2, 6-2
Bianca Ceroni (Furman) def. Oziera Ahmad (College of Charleston), 6-1, 7-6(4)
Gabirella Goyins (North Florida) def. Bianca Ceroni (Furman), 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-3
Macy Hitchcock (Furman) def. Harper Santos (College of Charleston), 6-1, 6-2
Macy Hitchcock (Furman) def. Jessica Gunter (North Florida), 7-5, 7-5
Macy Hitchcock (Furman) def. Lena Karolina Hornecka (Stetson), 6-3, 6-3
Sasha Dimitrov (Furman) def. Marra Bruce (College of Charleston), walkover injury
Irene Serrano Maestre (Kennesaw State) def. Sasha Dimitrov (Furman), 6-2, 6-4
Keri Rothenberg (Davidson) def. Sasha Dimitrov (Furman), 6-4, 0-6, 10-5
Molly Robinson (Furman) def. Nicole Alfaro (North Florida), 7-5, 6-3
Paula Dougherty (College of Charleston) def. Molly Robinson (Furman), 6-2, 6-4
Molly Robinson (Furman) def. Clelia Lombardi (Stetson), 7-5, 5-7, 10-7
Lily Doherty (Furman) def. Alexandra Rodehorst (Davidson), 6-3, 7-5
Maria Ivankovic (Kennesaw State), def. Lily Doherty (Furman), 1-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(4)
Lily Doherty (Furman) def. Mar Hernandez Carmona (Ga. Southern), 6-3, 3-6, 10-6
Shreya Amirichetty (Furman) def. Olivia Bull (College of Charleston), 6-3, 6-0
Shreya Amirichetty (Furman) def. Annik Freund (Ga. Southern), 6-3, 6-3
Erica Brennan (Wofford) def. Shreya Amirichetty (Furman), 7-5, 7-5
