SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. – The Fresno Pacific women's tennis team competed in their second competition of the fall season at the Slug Invitational. FPU came out of the invite with two titles as they won the singles and doubles.
Ioanna Lathouri won the singles championship and the duo of
Léa Falentin and Lathouri won the doubles bracket.
"This is our second year participating at the UCSC Slugs Invitational and this year we brought home the singles and doubles titles. On top of that, we had to play each other in the semifinals and finals," said head coach
Priscilla Jensen.
It was a great way to see what they have practiced on the FPU courts every day and then see how ready we are in a competition. We have a lot to work on, but we are going in the right direction and are showing a lot of grit, team spirit and carry a united front, just how I envisioned it," continued Jensen.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Singles
- - Junior Ioanna Lathouri started out with a big win over Symone Jacques (6-1, 6-0) and moved quickly onto the semi-finals after defeating teammate Alice Marques. Lathouri also had to square off with teammate Alice Di Matteo in the semi-finals. Ioanna defeated Di Matteo (6-1, 4-6, 6-0) before taking down Léa Falentin in the finals (7-6, 6-3).
- - Léa Falentin opened up the round of 16 singles play with a win over Taylor Lim (6-1, 6-2) and moved into the quarter finals taking down Ashley Isaac (6-4, 1-6, 6-1). In the semi-finals Lea had to go up against teammate Sanne Brull to then square off with Lathouri in the finals.
- - Sanne Brull fought hard in her first match defeating Jahan Bayramova (6-3, 6-7, 6-2) and then knocked off teammate Hardija Vidnere in the quarterfinals (4-6, 6-3, 6-4). Brull then squared off with teammate Lea Falentin in the semi-finals.
Doubles
- - Partners Léa Falentin and Ioanna Lathouri won their opening match over Isaac and Nguyem (8-2) and then squared off with teammates Alice Marques and Hardija Vidnere in the semi-finals and defeated them (8-3) to move on to the finals. In the finals the Falentin and Lathouri secured the win after the took down teammates Alice and Sanne.
- - The duo of Sanne Brull and Alice Di Matteo took down Brown and Recidoro in their opening match and then defeated Bolton and Hagerty in the semi-finals (8-3). Bruil and Di Matteo fell in the finals to teammates Falentin and Lathouri.
