BALTIMORE - This past weekend the Dickinson women's tennis team ventured to Goucher College to take part in the Goucher College Fall Invitational at the Evelyn Dyke Schroedl Tennis Center.
Singles "A" Flight
The day began with
Safiya Zhelombayeva posting an 8-6 victory over Gettysburg College's Ellie Smith, while also in the first round
Taylor Lopez held off Shelby Carter from Stevenson University 8-4. Lopez then advanced to play Ella Troxell out of Frostburg State University where the Devil collected an 8-5 win. After Zhelombayeva advanced through the semifinal via a walkover, she was pitted against her teammate in the final of the draw. The two individuals went back-and-forth, but ultimately it was Lopez who claimed the top spot thanks to an 8-4 triumph.
Singles "B" Flight
Madison Gerecke started her day by downing Stevenson's Kara Chwang 8-2, before besting Gettysburg's Lindsay Paulin 8-3 to earn a slot in the final. She would claim the title with an 8-3 victory against Eden Levkov (Gettysburg). In that same draw,
Sara Jaklitsch dropped her first match to Goucher's Alexa Benedict and then fell just short of Atlee Hilliard (Frostburg State) 8-6.
Singles "C" Flight
Brenna Bussinger was the only member of the Red and White to be a part of the draw and she opened up with an 8-4 victory over Megan Strohecker from Penn State-Harrisburg. She then suffered an 8-3 defeat to Meaghan Dougherty out of Gettysburg.
Doubles "A" Flight
After being given a bye into the second round started their run with a 6-0 victory against the duo of Dougherty and Jackson from Gettysburg. That put them in the final versus Hilliard-Troxell (Frostburg State). Unfortunately, the Devil duo fell just shy of a win falling 6-4.Â
Doubles "B" Flight
Jaklitsch and Zhelombayeva took down Penn State-Harrisburg's Ko-Magbool combination by a score of 6-0, before dropping a 6-2 decision to Gettysburg's Carroccio-Levkov.Â