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UDC Women's Tennis Opens Season with Strong Showing at the ITA Tournament

UDC Women's Tennis Opens Season with Strong Showing at the ITA Tournament

FLUSHING, N.Y.- The University of the District of Columbia women's tennis team delivered strong performances at the ITA East Regional Tournament, with several standout results in both singles and doubles play.

Claudia Bahamon Lopez and Celia Bastin advanced past Bergmann/Taszymowicz (Queens) 8-5 in the RD32 and continued their winning form by defeating the sixth-seeded duo Umekuni/Togores (New Haven) 8-5 in the RD16. They went on to fall to Knispel/Mader (Assumption), 8-2 in the Quarterfinals.

The duo of Desire Parn and Polina Zelentsova also impressed, securing an 8-4 victory over ECC foes Fawzy/Saito (Queens) in the RD32 and following up with another win against Khandoji Santosh/Kushi (Wilmington) 8-3 in the RD16. Their run came to an end in the quarterfinals after falling to the third-seeded pair Carreras/Ferrarini (New Haven), by a score of 8-2.

In singles, Desire Parn continued her dominance, battling through a tight RD32 match to defeat Molly Carlberg (Wilmington) 7-6(4), 2-6, 1-0(9). Parn advanced to the RD16 and easily defeated Ming Fu Chen (Wilmington) 6-1, 6-3. Parn's impressive run came to an end in the quarterfinals, where she was defeated by Karim Carreras (New Haven), 6-1, 6-3.

Day 1

Women's Singles
RD128 Laurence Bosemans (Assumption) def. Claudia Bahamon Lopez 6-0, 6-2
RD128 Gloria Barcaro (Wilmington) def. Célia Bastin 6-3, 6-2
RD128 Lois Tsui (SNHU) def. Lina Benjelloun 6-2, 6-3
RD128 Elena Baughman-Saunders (Molloy) def. Nadja Zmukic 7-5, 6-3
RD64 (9) Polina Zelentsova def. Ana Isabel Munoz Hernandez (Franklin Pierce) 7-5, 6-1
RD64 (15) Desire Parn def. Alice Fartushynska (Molloy) 6-1, 6-0
 
Women's Doubles
RD64 Meirovich/Arenas Guisasola (Chestnut Hill) def. Benjelloun/Zmukic 8-4
 
Day 2
Women's Doubles
RD32 (16) Bahamon Lopez/Bastin def. Bergmann/Taszymowicz (Queens) 8-5
RD32 (7) Parn/Zelentsova def. Fawzy/Saito (Queens) 8-4
RD16 (16) Bahamon Lopez/Bastin def. (6) Umekuni/Togores (New Haven) 8-5
RD16 (7) Parn/Zelentsova def. (9) Khandoji Santosh/Kushi (Wilmington) 8-3
 
Women's Singles
RD32 (24) Victoria Togores (New Haven) def. (9) Polina Zelentsova 6-4, 6-3
RD32 (15) Desire Parn def. (19) Molly Carlberg (Wilmington) 7-6(4), 2-6, 1-0(9)
RD16 (15) Desire Parn def. (31) Ming Fu Chen (Wilmington) 6-1, 6-3
 
Day 3
 
Women's Doubles
QF (14) Knispel/Mader (Assumption) def (16) Bahamon Lopez/Bastin 8-2
QF (3) Carreras/Ferrarini (New Haven) def.  (7) Parn/Zelentsova 8-2
 
 
Women's Singles
QF (11) Karim Carreras (New Haven) def. (15) Desire Parn 6-1, 6-3
 

UDC will head to Upstate N.Y. next weekend for a pair of Conference match ups against Daemen University and D'Youville University.