The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s tennis team kicked off the 2020-21 season at the University of Central Arkansas Fall Invite on Saturday. The Mocs went 11-3 in singles and 0-3 in doubles action to begin the two-day event.
Freshman Jessie Young went 2-0 at No. 1 singles, winning both matches in three sets. Junior Emma Van Hee, sophomore Polina Goloputova and junior Bogdana Zaporozhets gave the Mocs an 8-0 singles mark in the top four flight. Van Hee and Zaporozhets both win their matches in straight sets.
Freshman Callie Billman split her two in Flight six, while freshman Grace Anne Dunavant and sophomore Caroline Gibbens won in the extra flight.
UTC wraps up play tomorrow in Conway, Ark. Be sure to check back to GoMocs.com for complete results.
UTC Results
Flight 1 Singles
Jessie Young (UTC) def.
Hala Badwy (ULM) – 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (9)
Jessie Young (UTC) def. Anna Alons (MSU) – 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (4)
Flight 2 Singles
Emma Van Hee (UTC) def. Drousile Dzeubou (ULM) – 6-1, 6-1
Emma Van Hee (UTC) def. Ellie Burger (MSU) – 6-2, 6-0
Flight 3 Singles
Polina Goloputova (UTC) def. Jimena Paula Garbino (ULM) – 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (4)
Polina Goloputova (UTC) def. Taylor Shaw (MSU) – 7-5, 7-5
Flight 4 Singles
Bogdana Zaporozhets (UTC) def. Daniela Hernandez (ULM) – 6-3, 6-2
Bogdana Zaporozhets (UTC) def. Tiffani Nash (MSU) – 6-2, 6-0
Flight 5 Singles
Madalina Grigoriu (ULM) def. Lilly Holmes (UTC) – 6-4, 6-4
Alyson Piskukic (MSU) def. Lilly Holmes (UTC) – 6-2, 6-2
Flight Six Singles
Callie Billman (UTC) def. Jelena Lopicic (ULM) – 6-2, 6-2
Claire Martin (MSU) def. Callie Billman (UTC) – 6-2, 7-6
Extra Singles
Grace Anne Dunavant (UTC) def. Mary Houston (MSU) – 6-3, 6-2
Caroline Gibbens (UTC) def. Mara Prescott (MSU) – 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (11)
Flight 1 Doubles
Chunxi Xin/Fuka Nonoyama (UCA) def. Emma Van Hee/Jessie Young (UTC) – 8-6
Flight 2 Doubles
Mei Ishimura/Yada Vasupongchai (UCA) def. Polina Goloputova/Callie Billman (UTC) – 8-6
Flight 3 Doubles
Maja Gledic/Sumomo Hamanaga (UTC) def. Caroline Gibbens/Lilly Holmes (UTC) – 8-3