ANNAPOLIS, Md.- The Villanova women’s tennis team competed in their second invitational of the fall season, competing in the Navy Blue and Gold Invite.
Olivia Corcoran, Miriam Gondorova, and Maggie Gehrig competed in the singles competition this weekend. Corcoran and Gehrig were both able to pick up victories in the round of 16. Corcoran won 6-3, 6-3 over Victoria Sasinka from Geroge Washington. Gehrig won a close contest securing a 6-7, 4-6, 12-10 victory against Arli Eda to move onto the next round. Gehrig picked up another great win though, however, 7-6, 4-6, 11-9, to move onto the semifinals. Gehrig fell to Maria Glowacka in the semifinals 6-4, 6-3. Lauren Monti play excellent tennis, making it all the way to the finals in the B Flight category. There she came up short falling in straight sets. Jenna Stevens also made a run, making it to the semifinals in the same group before getting eliminated in straight sets.
The ‘Cats found success in the doubles matches as well. In the B Flight doubles group, the pairing of Olivia Corcoran and Jenna Stevens made their way all the round to finals. There they fells 6-2, but put together a great show over the weekend. The duo won 6-3 in the first round, a dominant 6-0 win in the quarterfinals, and nice 6-4 win to get to the finals.
Up next: Women’s Tennis will compete in the Villanova/Delaware Invite next weekend starting Friday, October 3rd and going through Sunday, October 5th at the Villanova Tennis Complex.