Women’s Tennis Concludes Fall Opener
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's tennis team concluded its fall opening weekend at the Tribe Invitational on Sunday at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center in Williamsburg, Virginia.
The Spartans competed against William & Mary, Cincinnati and Richmond across the two-day event.
Olivia Gallagher, Elisabeth Birkevold and Ella Olexa each collected one singles win apiece on the weekend.
Doubles
Gallagher and Raegan Mitchell (UNCG) lost to Ine Stange and Sia Chaudry (William & Mary), 6-3
Alexandra Dodashev and Sydney Bly (UNCG) lost to Elizabeth Novak and Lara Bakhaya (Richmond), 6-2
Dodashev and Bly (UNCG) lost to Morgan Pyrz and Sakuraka Wantanbe (Cinncinnati), 6-2
Olexa and Birkevold (UNCG) lost to Parker Debnam and Mira Kernagis (William & Mary), 6-1
Olexa and Birkevold (UNCG) lost to Abby Lee and Lucy Webber (Richmond), 6-2
Singles
Gallagher (UNCG) lost to Sofia Barbulescu (Richmond), 6-1, 6-0
Dodashev (UNCG) lost to Alessandra Anghel (William & Mary), 6-2, 7-5
Dodashev (UNCG) lost to Callie Flanagan (Cincinnati), 6-4, 6-4
Gallagher (UNCG) defeated Flanagan (Cincinnati), 6-0, 2-6 (11-9)
Mitchell (UNCG) lost to Stange (William & Mary), 3-6, 6-1 (10-3)
Mitchell (UNCG) lost to Webber (Richmond), 6-0, 6-4
Luna Urso (UNCG) lost to Kernagis (William & Mary), 6-1, 6-0
Urso (UNCG) lost to Emma Fernald (William & Mary), 6-3, 6-4
Birkevold (UNCG) defeated Fernald (William & Mary), 2-6, 6-2 (10-5)
Birkevold (UNCG) lost to Lainey O'Neil (Richmond) 6-2, 6-3
Olexa (UNCG) lost to Isabel Pacheco (Cincinnati), 6-0, 6-2
Olexa (UNCG) defeated Amy Walsh (Richmond), 7-5, 4-6 (10-2)
Gallagher (UNCG) lost to Webber (Richmond), 6-3, 7-5
Up Next
The Spartans will continue their fall state at the Georgia Southern Fall Shootout hosted by Georgia Southern from Sept. 27-29 at Wallis Tennis Center in Statesboro, Georgia.
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