Singles Success Highlights Day Two in Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minn. – Day two of the Minnesota Invitational started off at 9 a.m. with doubles competition before shifting over to singles in the afternoon. Each of NU’s three doubles pairs played back-to-back matches at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.

The junior duo of Claire Reifeis and Hayley Haakenstad moved to 4-0 on the weekend with two victories this morning. They defeated Haleas/Palumbo (Drake) 6-3 and Kreinis/Zhang (MN) 6-1. Reifeis and Haakenstad will play two more matches tomorrow morning starting at 9 a.m. as they look to continue their dominance in doubles play.

After going 1-1 on day one of doubles matches, freshman Jessica Aragon and senior Vasanti Shinde matched that mark on Saturday. They began the morning by beating Proudfoot/Caro (UNI) 6-3 before falling 6-2 to Hart/Emme (MN). Aragon/Shinde resume doubles action at 9 a.m. tomorrow when they take on Espinola/Gibbens (ISU).

The third doubles pair, Marina Cozac and Elizabeth Gould, moved to 2-2 in doubles play after the first two days. The senior duo snuck out a 7-6 victory over Cepelyte/Rice (ARK) in a thriller before falling 6-3 to Cancini/Bonnadonna (ISU) at 10 a.m. They take on Phillips/Fain (UNI) when doubles play picks back up at 9 a.m. Sunday.

In singles play, Worley, Haakenstad, Reifeis, Shinde and Aragon all continued competing in their respective flights. Vasanti Shinde has been competing in Flight A this weekend. After winning her quarterfinal match yesterday, she fell 6-2, 6-3 to Maty Cancini (ISU) in the semifinals. Shinde will play in the Flight A third-place match tomorrow morning against Agne Cepelyte (ARK).

Reifeis, who stayed in the Singles Gold bracket for Flight B, won her semifinal match 6-3, 6-5 over Thea Rice (ARK). She plays in the Flight B Gold championship tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. Haakenstad fell to the Bronze bracket in Flight B after losing her quarterfinal match yesterday. However, she responded nicely by defeating Natalie Kmoskova (USD) 6-2, 6-2. Haakenstad will play in the Bronze final tomorrow at 11 a.m. against Caitlyn Merzbacher (MN).

Jessica Aragon advanced to the Flight D championship after defeating Camila Vargas Gomez (MN) 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals today. She will play Minnesota’s River Hart tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Emma Worley, who won her quarterfinal match in Flight E on Friday, fell in the semifinals to Kalyssa Hall (MN) 6-1, 6-1. Her third-place match againstIsabella Lambert (MN) begins tomorrow morning at 11 a.m.

Both Marina Cozac and Elizabeth Gould won singles matches in the Flight F, round-robin competition. Cozac beat Masha Lobanova (UND) 6-2, 6-0 and Gould came from behind to defeat Caroline Gibbens (ISU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. They will each have three more singles matches tomorrow.

Doubles matches begin tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. and select matches can be streamed live from the University of Minnesota’s Baseline Tennis Center at the following link. Singles play will begin shortly after doubles play commences.

Results

Singles (Flight A)

Semifinals: Maty Cancini (ISU) def. Vasanti Shinde (NEB) 6-2, 6-3

Singles (Flight B)

Semifinals (Gold): Claire Reifeis (NEB) def. Thea Rice (ARK) 6-3, 6-5

Semifinals (Bronze): Hayley Haakenstad (NEB) def. Natalie Kmoskova (USD) 6-2, 6-2

Singles (Flight D)

Semifinals: Jessica Aragon (NEB) def. Camila Vargas Gomez (MN) 6-4, 6-3

Singles (Flight E)

Semifinals: Kalyssa Hall (MN) def. Emma Worley (NEB) 6-1, 6-1

Singles (Flight F)

Round Two: Marina Cozac (NEB) def. Masha Lobanova (UND) 6-2, 6-0

Round Two: Elizabeth Gould (NEB) def. Caroline Gibbens (ISU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles Results

-Claire Reifeis/Hayley Haakenstad (NEB) def. Haleas/Palumbo (Drake) 6-3

-Claire Reifeis/Hayley Haakenstad (NEB) def. Kreinis/Zhang (MN) 6-1

-Jessica Aragon/Vasanti Shinde (NEB) def. Proudfoot/Caro (UNI) 6-3

-Hart/Emme (MN) def. Jessica Aragon/Vasanti Shinde (NEB) 6-2

-Marina Cozac/Elizabeth Gould (NEB) def. Cepelyte/Rice (ARK) 7-6

-Cancini/Bonnadonna (ISU) def. Marina Cozac/Elizabeth Gould (NEB) 6-3