Ducks Finish Strong at Watanabe Classic

LAS VEGAS – The Oregon women’s tennis team concluded its fall campaign on a high note Sunday, picking up three singles wins to go with a pair of doubles victories on the final day of the Watanabe Classic at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
 
Myah Petchey earned a third-place finish, as she defeated Long Beach State’s Mathilde Tranberg in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Petchey finished the three-day tournament with a 2-1 singles record.
 
Lillian Mould and Karin Young each won the consolation finals in their respective singles brackets in straight sets. Mould ousted Peppi Ramstedt of LBSU, 6-2, 6-2, while Young also defeated an LBSU player in Hana Becirovic Novak, 6-2, 6-2.
 
In her singles match, Ares Teixido Garcia dropped a 7-6, 6-3 decision in her seventh-place contest.
 
On the doubles side, the duo of Young and Teixido Garcia earned a 6-2 victory in the consolation final against Utah’s Samantha Horwood and Katya Hersh. Mould and Petchy collected a 6-2 win over LBSU’s Rhona Cook Justine Dondonay to take home a seventh-place finish.
 
 
DOUBLES FINALS (FLIGHT 1)
Anastasia Goncharova/Marcela Lopez (Utah) def. Molly Helgesson/Zita Kovacs (UNLV), 6-1
Sheena Masuda/Penni Ramstedt (LBSU) def. Daianne Hayashida/Vipasha Mehra (Iowa), 6-2
 
Consolation Final
Andjela Skrobonja/Dariya Detkovskaya (SDSU) def. Samantha Mannix/Marisa Schmidt (Iowa) 6-2
Myah Petchey/Lillian Mould (UO) def. Rhona Cook/Justine Dondonay (LBSU) 6-2
 
DOUBLES FINALS (FLIGHT 2)
Alicia Melosch/Andreea Velcea (SDSU) def. Cindy Hu/Coco Zhao (UNLV)  6-3
Nina Zdravkovic/Salsa Ather (UNLV) def. Anya Lamoreaux/Pia Kranholdt (Iowa) 7-5
 
Consolation Final
Karin Young/Ares Teixido Garcia (UO) def. Samantha Horwood/Katya Hersh (Utah) 6-2
 
SINGLES FINAL (FLIGHT 1)
Andjela Skrobonja (SDSU) def. Anastasia Goncharova (Utah)  6-4, 6-1
Myah Petchey (UO) def. Mathilde Tranberg (LBSU) 6-1, 6-2
 
Consolation Final
Marisa Schmidt (Iowa) def. Sarah Medik (LBSU) 6-7, 6-1, 7-6
 
SINGLES FINAL (FLIGHT 2)
Marcela Lopez (Utah) def. Alicia Melosch (SDSU) 6-3, 6-4
Dariya Detkovskaya (SDSU) def. Vipasha Mehra (Iowa) 6-4, 6-3
 
Consolation Final
Zita Kovacs (UNLV) def. Sammantha Mannix (Iowa) 6-3, 6-4
Rhona Cook (LBSU) def. Ares Teixido (UO) 7-6, 6-3
 
SINGLES FINAL (FLIGHT 3)
Salsa Aher (UNLV) def. Andreea Velcea (SDSU) 6-2, 6-4
Cindy Hu (UNLV) def Justine Dondonay (LBSU) 6-3, 6-2
 
Consolation Final
Lillian Mould (UO) def. Peppi Ramstedt (LBSU)…