SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Furman sophomore Lily Doherty and senior Macy Hitchcock each captured singles flight championships to lead the Paladin women's tennis team this weekend at the Wofford Invite at the Reeves Tennis Center in Spartanburg, S.C.
In the White Flight, Doherty beat Western Carolina's Kelly Coetzee, 6-0, 6-2, in round one then notched a 6-3, 6-3 advantage over Jelena Gojkovic of Mercer in Saturday's round two. In the finals, Doherty topped Ana Maria Rincon of Wofford, 6-3, 6-2.
Hitchcock played in the Conquer Flight, where she opened the tournament with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Mercer's Sofiya Tsitavets, 7-5, 6-1. After her Saturday opponent withdrew due to injury, she won the championship by defeating Yee Ching Wai of Liberty, 6-2, 6-4, on Sunday.
Three Paladins recorded two singles victories at Wofford. Sophomore Bianca Ceroni defeated Presbyterian's Paulina Villegas Robles, 6-3, 7-5 and recorded a 6-3, 6-1 advantage over Wofford's Grace Agster, and sophomore Sasha Dimitrov slipped past Mercers Kayleigh Didderiens. 6-2, 7-6(2), then downed Grace Katzman of Presbyterian, 6-2, 6-2. Sophomore Molly Robinson beat Mercer's Manon Rosa-Dubreuil 7-5, 6-1, and held off Milana Tsulygina of Liberty, 7-5, 7-5. Freshman Shreya Amirichetty scored a 4-6, 6-1, 10-7 victory over Chane Steyn of Western Carolina.
Doherty and Robinson teamed up for two doubles victories. The Paladin held off Mercer's Gojkovic and Andjela Raznatovic, 7-6(5), then defeated Steyn and Nathalie Marinovitch of Western Carolina, 6-1. Hitchcock and Ceroni blanked UNC Asheville's Srinidhi Madhu and Victoria Lopez Ocampos, 6-0, and Dimitrov and Amirichetty topped Katzman and Sofia Rodrigo of Presbyterian, 6-3.
Sophomores Lillie Murphy and Elle Warren will represent the SoCon at the ITA Conference Masters, Nov. 5-8, in Rome, Ga.
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Doubles
Rd1 Hitchcock/Ceroni (Furman) def. Madhu/Lopez Ocampos (UNCA), 6-0
Rd1 Katzman/Rodrigo (Presbyterian) def. Doherty/Robinson (Furman), 7-6(5)
Rd1 Dimitrov/Amirichetty (Furman) def. Steyn/Marinovitch (WCU), 6-1
Rd2 Zivic/Tsitavets (Mercer) def. Hitchcock/Ceroni (Furman), 7-5
Rd2 Doherty/Robinson (Furman) def. Gojkovic/Raznatovic (Mercer), 7-6(5)
Rd2 Lemus/Joseph (Liberty) def. Dimitrov/Amirichetty (Furman), 6-4
Rd3 Dobreva/Miranda (WCU) def. Hitchcock/Ceroni (Furman), 6-0
Rd3 Doherty/Robinson (Furman) def. Steyn/Marinovitch (WCU), 6-1
Rd3 Dimitrov/Amirichetty (Furman) def. Katzman/Rodrigo (Presbyterian), 6-3
Singles
Bianca Ceroni (Furman) def. Paulina Villegas Robles (Presbyterian), 6-3, 7-5
Mariya Dobreva (WCU) def. Bianca Ceroni (Furman)-1, 6-7(4), 10-6
Bianca Ceroni (Furman) vs. Grace Agster (Wofford), 6-3, 6-1
Macy Hitchcock (Furman) def. Sofiya Tsitavets (Mercer), 7-5, 6-1
Macy Hitchcock (Furman) def. Roxana Valdez (Presbyterian), walkover injury
Macy Hitchcock (Furman) vs. Yee Ching Wai (Liberty), 6-2, 6-4
Lauren Chutka (UNCA) def. Sasha Dimitrov (Furman), 3-6, 6-0, 16-14
Sasha Dimitrov (Furman) def. Kayleigh Didderiens (Mercer), 6-2, 7-6(2)
Sasha Dimitrov (Furman) vs. Grace Katzman (Presbyterian), 6-2, 6-2
Ella Suk (Wofford) def. Molly Robinson (Furman), 4-6, 6-4, 14-12
Molly Robinson (Furman) def. Manon Rosa-Dubreuil (Mercer), 7-5, 6-1
Molly Robinson (Furman) vs. Milana Tsulygina (Liberty), 7-5, 7-5
Lily Doherty (Furman) def. Kelly Coetzee (WCU), 6-0, 6-2
Lily Doherty (Furman) def. Jelena Gojkovic (Mercer), 6-4, 6-3
Lily Doherty (Furman) vs. Ana Maria Rincon (Wofford), 6-3, 6-2
Madison McLeod (UNCA) def. Shreya Amirichetty (Furman), 6-4, 7-5
Shreya Amirichetty (Furman) def. Chane Steyn (WCU), 4-6, 6-1, 10-7
Marie Egeland Hennriksen (Wofford) def. Shreya Amirichetty (Furman), 6-1, 6-2
