Seton Hall Competes at West Point Invitational

Friday, September 27

West Point, N.Y.

Seton Hall University

West Point Invitational

9/30/2019 10:41:00 AM | Women's Tennis

RESULTS (PDF)

West Point, N.Y. - The Seton Hall women's tennis team commenced its 2019-20 season this past weekend at the West Point Invitational against some strong competition with some encouraging results. Senior Melody Taal (Ede, Netherlands) and sophomore Regina Pitts (Los Angeles, Calif.) advanced the furthest in singles competition, each reaching the quarterfinals of the A singles level.

Taal was a straight-sets winner in both her first-round match against Fairleigh Dickinson's Shreya Gulia and her second-round match against Drexel's Ghita Benhadi. She lost her quarterfinal match to sixth-seeded Sydney Jones of Rutgers. Pitts also cruised to straight-set victories over Stephanie Dolehide of Army West Point in the first round and fifth-seeded Alena Kubanova of Fairleigh Dickinson in the second round. She fell to Syracuse's Sofya Trescheva in the quarters.

Elsewhere, seniors Minja Gligic (Belgrade, Serbia) and Mekeila Erpsamer (Long Beach, Calif.) and freshmen Aina Plana Ventosa (Barcelona, Spain) and Hiba El Khalifi (Morocco) competed in B singles but did not advance in the championship bracket. Gligic did win a B singles consolation round against Katka Majorova of Drexel. Senior Michal Matson (Christchurch, New Zealand) competed in C singles and rebounded from a first-round loss to reach the C Singles Consolation semifinals. In E singles, senior Anniek Jansen (Naarden, Netherlands) won her first round match.

The Pirates return to action this weekend at the Navy Invitational, Oct. 4-6.

A Singles
First Round: Regina Pitts (HALL) def Stephanie Dolehide (ARMY) - 6-3, 6-3
Second Round: Regina Pitts def Alena Kubanova (FDU) - 6-4, 6-2
Third Round : Sofya Trescheva (CUSE) def Regina Pitts - 6-4, 3-6, 17-15

First Round: Melody Taal (HALL) def Shreya Gulia (FDU) - 6-2, 6-3
Second Round: Melody Taal def Ghita Benhadi (DREXEL) - 6-2, 7-5
Third Round: Sydney Jones (RU) def Melody Taal - 1-6, 6-4, 13-11

B Singles
First Round: Hannah Boubel (ARMY) def Minja Gligic (HALL) - 6-2, 4-6, 10-3
First Round: Penelope Abreu (SBON) def Aina Plana Ventosa (HALL) - 6-4, 6-4
First Round: Marta Martinez (DREXEL) def Hiba El Khalifa (HALL) - 7-5, 6-3
First Round: Sibel Can (LEH) def Mekeila Erspamer (HALL) - 6-4, 6-2

C Singles
First Round: Maia Balce (FORD) def Michal Matson (HALL) - 4-6, 6-2, 10-4

E Singles
First Round: Anniek Jansen (HALL) def Maggie Glynn (SHRT) - 6-2, 6-2
Second Round: Katerina Atallah (GATE) def Anniek Jansen - 6-3, 6-3

A Doubles
First Round: Deminova/Aude (FORD) def Pitts/Gligic (HALL) - 6-3

First Round: Matson/Bouzgarrou (NJIT) def Erspamer/Taal (HALL) - 6-1

B Doubles
First Round: Warner/Fitch (AFA) def Plana Ventosa/El Khalifi (HALL) - 6-1

First Round: Kendall/Estrada (BRY) def Matson/Jansen - 7-6 (6)