NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Kentucky women’s tennis completed the fall match slate over the weekend at the June Stewart Invitational hosted by Vanderbilt at the Lummis Family Tennis Center.
“I’m really pleased with the way we competed overall this weekend,” head coach Shelley Jaudon said. “We have seen a lot of growth throughout the fall season, especially in our doubles play, which showed this weekend with strong play from both of our teams highlighted by Tess (Bucher) and Asuncion (Jadue) going unbeaten in their first time playing together. It was also fun having Ellie Eades and Lizzy Stevens back on the court to finish the fall strong.”
Throughout the weekend, the Cats saw 12 victories across singles and doubles. Stevens swept singles play defeating opponents from Lipscomb and Northwestern. The Kentucky tandem of Bucher and Jadue went three-for-three in doubles competition overcoming opponents from Southeastern Conference opponent Ole Miss, Lipscomb and Tennessee State.
Friday, Oct. 25
Singles
Eades (Kentucky) def. Tara Katarina Milic (Purdue) 6-1, 6-2
Kathryn Wilson (Purdue) def. Ellie Myers (Kentucky) 7-5, 5-7, 10-5
Jadue (Kentucky) def. Calissa Dellabarca (Purdue) 4-2, ret. [INJ]
Bucher (Kentucky) def. Ashlie Wilson (Purdue) 6-4, 6-0
Stevens (Kentucky) def. Mariia Dolzhenko 1-6, 6-0, 10-7
Doubles
Macavei/Vijayakumar (Vanderbilt) def. Eades/ Myers (Kentucky) 6-0
Bucher/Jadue (Kentucky) def. Nova/Olson (Ole Miss) 6-4
Saturday, Oct. 26
Singles
Bucher (Kentucky) def. Serafima Bobrovnikova (Lipscomb) 6-1, 6-3
Stevens (Kentucky) def. Autumn Rabjohns (Northwestern) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 10-6
Romana Cisovska (Clemson) def. Myers (Kentucky) 6-1, 6-1
Candela Yecora (Clemson) def. Eades (Kentucky) 6-1, 6-4
Annabelle Davis (Clemson) def. Jadue (Kentucky) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
Eades/ Myers (Kentucky) def. Schwartz/Wilson (Purdue) 7-5
Bucher/Jadue (Kentucky) def. Bobrovnikova/Paladi (Lipscomb) 6-3
Sunday, Oct. 27
Doubles
Bucher/Jadue (Kentucky) def. Cooksey/Nikolic (TSU alternates) 6-1
Eades/ Myers (Kentucky) def. Feldman/Rabjohns (Northwestern) 6-2
Singles
Trinetra Vijayakumar (Vanderbilt) def. Myers (Kentucky) 7-5, 6-2
Bucher (Kentucky) def. Jayden Jagolinzer (Vanderbilt) 6-1, 6-1
Amy Stevens (Vanderbilt) def. Eades (Kentucky) 7-5, 6-1
Sofiia Paladi (Lipscomb) def. Jadue (Kentucky) 6-0, 6-1
Stevens (Kentucky) def. Sonya Zhylchuk (Lipscomb) 6-3, 5-7, 11-9
“We’ve gained invaluable match experience this fall,” stated Jaudon. “Now it’s time to keep building on what we’ve learned, clean a few things up and continue to gain confidence in the offseason in order to be ready in January.”
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