University of South Florida
Michigan Invitational
Bulls Notch Four Wins at Michigan Invitational
January 19, 2015 | Women's Tennis
ANN ARBOR (Jan. 19, 2014)—The USF women's tennis team walked away with three wins in singles and one win in doubles over three days at the Michigan Invitational.
Sunday proved to be the best day for the Bulls as three players walked away with wins in singles. Sophomores Vera Bessonova and Hailey Grillo, along with freshman Jessica Cortes, each rebounded from Saturday losses to take down their opponents.
Bessonova defeated South Carolina's Hadley Berg in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Cortes bounced back from a first set defeat to top Natalie Looney, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4. Grillo rounded out the singles wins with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ali Mills.
Cortes also walked away with a win in doubles, partnering up with sophomore Olaya Garrido-Rivas. The duo defeated Texas Tech's Kenna Kilgo and Sarah Dvorak, 6-2, for the Bulls lone doubles win of the day.
The first day of the invite saw the Bulls facing No. 31 Texas Tech in singles and No. 16 Michigan in doubles. Though the team fought hard, all seven girls competing dropped their singles and doubles matches.
The final day of competition featured doubles matches against South Carolina and singles battles against Michigan. In doubles, Garrido-Rivas and sophomore Alicia Robinson came close to topping South Carolina's Ximena Siles and Alex Martin, but ultimately fell 7-5.
In singles, Robinson was the only Bull to force a third set, but she ultimately fell in the ten-point tiebreak.
The Bulls will be back in action Saturday, Jan. 24, for the ITA Kick-Off in Miami.
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Day One Results
Texas Tech vs. South Florida
No. 1 -- Kenna Kilgo (TTU) d. Olaya Garrido (USF), 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 -- No. 89 Sarah Dvorak (TTU) d. Olga Martinez (USF), 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 -- Gabriella Talaba (TTU) d. Vera Bessonova (USF), 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 -- Sabrina Federici (TTU) d. Juliana Cardoso (USF), 6-2, 6-2\
No. 5 -- Samantha Czarniak (TTU) d. Jessica Cortes (USF), 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 -- Katelyn Jackson (TTU) d. Alicia Robinson (USF), 6-1, 6-0
No. 7 -- Hortense Boscher (TTU) d. Hailey Grillo (USF), 6-2, 6-3
Michigan vs. South Florida
No. 1 -- No. 10 Emina Bektas/Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Olaya Garrido/Vera Bessonova (USF), 6-3
No. 2 -- No. 35 Ronit Yurovsky/Sarah Lee (U-M) d. Jessica Cortes/Olga Martinez (USF), 6-1
No. 3 -- Mira Ruder-Hook/Annie Wierda (U-M) d. Juliana Cardoso/Alicia Robinson (USF), 6-4
No. 4 -- Kara Hall/Kristen Dodge (U-M) d. Hailey Grillo/Laura Argente (USF), 6-1
Day Two Results
South Florida vs. South Carolina
No. 1 -- Caroline Dailey (SC) d. Olaya Garrido (USF), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 -- Vera Bessonova (USF) d. Hadley Berg (SC), 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 -- Brigit Folland (SC) d. Olga Martinez (USF), 6-0, 3-6, 6-2
No. 4 -- Ximena Siles (SC) d. Juliana Cardoso (USF), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Jessica Cortes (USF) d. Natalie Looney (SC), 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 -- Alex Martin (SC) d. Laura Argente (USF), 7-5, 6-4
No. 7 -- Hailey Grillo (USF) d. Ali Mills (SC), 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
Texas Tech vs. South Florida
No. 1 -- Olaya Garrido/Jessica Cortes (USF) d. Kenna Kilgo/Sarah Dvorak (TTU), 6-2
No. 2 -- Lynn Kiro/Sabrina Federici (TTU) d. Vera Bessonova/Juliana Cardoso (USF), 6-2
No. 3 -- Gabriela Talaba/Hortense Boscher (TTU) d. Olga Martinez /Alicia Robinson (USF), 7-6 (2)
Day Three Results
Michigan vs. South Florida
No. 1 -- No. 25 Ronit Yurovsky (U-M) d. Vera Bessonova (USF), 6-0, 6-3
No. 2 -- No. 38 Sarah Lee (U-M) d. Olaya Garrido (USF), 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 -- Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Olga Martinez (USF), 6-1, 7-5
No. 4 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Jessica Cortes (USF), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Kristen Dodge (U-M) d. Juliana Cardoso (USF), 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 -- Sara Remynse (U-M) d. Hailey Grillo (USF), 6-2, 6-4
No. 7 -- Annie Wierda (U-M) d. Laura Argente (USF), 6-1, 6-0
No. 8 -- Kara Hall (U-M) d. Alicia Robinson (USF), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10)
South Carolina vs. South Florida
No. 1 -- Hadley Berg/Caroline Dailey (SC) d. Jessica Cortes/Vera Bessonova (USF)
No. 2 -- Brigit Folland/Natalie Looney (SC) d. Olga Martinez/Juliana Cardosa (USF), 6-1
No. 3 -- Ximena Siles/Alex Martin (SC) d. Olaya Garrido/Alicia Robinson (USF), 7-5
