Pirates Earn Four Titles at Siena Invitational

Friday, September 10

Loudonville, N.Y.

All Day

Seton Hall University

Siena Invitational

9/12/2021 12:07:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Schenectady, N.Y. - The Seton Hall women's tennis team got the 2021-22 season off to a great start with a very strong performance at the Siena Invitational this weekend. Two Pirates won their individual flights and two doubles pairings won their flight as well. Seven out of the eight Pirates who competed in singles won at least one match.

Junior Arina Gumerova enjoyed an oustanding weekend, winning the A flight singles title. Her stiffest competition came in the first round as she defeated Siena's Laia Giralt, 8-5. She went on to win three more matches without losing more than four games. In the final on Saturday, she topped Lafayette's Olivia Boeckman, 8-3.

Gumerova also teamed with sophomore Anastasia Petrova to win the A doubles championship. The pair cruised into the finals before facing stiff competition from their own teammates in juniors Hiba El Khalifi and Aina Plana Ventosa, who won three doubles matches to get to the final. Ultimately, Gumerova and Petrova prevailed in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (6).

On her singles circuit, Plana Ventosa won three times to claim the B flight championship. She outlasted Colgate's Rebecca Wolf in the final, 8-7 (4).

Also capturing a title was the C doubles tandem of sophomores Emily O'Donovan and Oliwia Kempinski, who won their quarterfinals and semifinals to face Emma Shea and Jaida Borg of Niagara in the final. The Pirates pairing won with ease, 6-2.

Also showing strong performances were freshman Arabella Moen, who won three times in the C singles flight to advance to the final before losing, and O'Donovan, who just narrowly missed winning the D singles flight title; she cruised to the final but lost in a tiebreaker to Rider's Ally Garofoli, 8-7 (3).

The Pirates will resume fall season action on Friday, Oct. 1 with a trip to Philadelphia for the ITA Regionals.

RESULTS

A Singles First Round (Friday)
Arina Gumerova (SHU) def. Laia Giralt (Siena), 8-5
Anastasia Petrova (SHU) def. Emme Levenson (Colgate), 8-3

A Singles Quarterfinals (Friday)
Arina Gumerova (SHU) def. Coral Rodriguez (Niagara), 8-4
Meagan Brown (Siena) def. Anastasia Petrova (SHU), 8-2
Olivia Boeckman (Lafayette) def. Hiba El Khalifi (SHU), 8-5

A Singles Semifinals (Saturday)
Arina Gumerova (SHU) def. Maureen McCormack (Lafayette), 8-3

A Singles Final (Saturday)
Arina Gumerova (SHU) def. Olivia Boeckman (Lafayette), 8-3

B Singles First Round (Friday)
Emma Boggiali (Siena) def. Hili Kronzon (SHU), 8-5

B Singles Quarterfinals (Friday)
Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) def. Cecelia Lesnick (Lafayette), 8-5

B Singles Semifinals (Saturday)
Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) def. Jordan Ben-Shmuel (Colgate), 8-0

B Singles Final (Saturday)
Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) def. Rebecca Wolf (Colgate), 8-7 (4)

B Singles Consolation Quarterfinals (Friday)
Hili Kronzon (SHU) def. Katerina Atallah (Colgate), 8-3

B Singles Consolation Semifinals (Saturday)
Hili Kronzon (SHU) def. Gayathri Rajesh (St. Francis Brooklyn), 8-3

B Singles Consolation Final (Saturday)
Maanya Viswanath (Siena) def. Hili Kronzon (SHU), 5-1 (ret.)

C Singles First Round (Friday)
Oliwia Kempinski (SHU) def. Angelica Garcia (Rider), 8-5
Arabella Moen (SHU) def. Nicole Condas (Colgate), 8-1

C Singles Quarterfinals (Friday)
Megan Gamble (Niagara) def. Oliwia Kempinski (SHU), 8-6
Arabella Moen (SHU) def. Giovanna Castro (St. Francis Brooklyn), 8-2

C Singles Semifinals (Saturday)
Arabella Moen (SHU) def. Anastasia Koniaev (Siena), 8-7 (2)

C Singles Final (Saturday)
Jessica Siegel (Lafayette) def. Arabella Moen (SHU), 8-7 (0)

D Singles Quarterfinals (Friday)
Emily O'Donovan (SHU) def. Emma Shea (Niagara), 8-2

D Singles Semifinals (Saturday)
Emily O'Donovan (SHU) def. Shelby Madeiros (Siena), 8-0

D Singles Final (Saturday)
Ally Garofoli (Rider) def. Emily O'Donovan (SHU), 8-7 (3)

A Doubles First Round (Friday)
Hiba El Khalifi/Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) def. Elena Mayet/Megan Gamble (Niagara), 6-3

A Doubles Quarterfinals (Friday)
Hiba El Khalifi/Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) def. Laia Giralt/Nanea Perkins (Siena), 6-3
Arina Gumerova/Anastasia Petrova (SHU) def. Addie Eklund/Rebecca Wolf (Colgate), 6-3

A Doubles Semifinals (Saturday)
Hiba El Khalifi/Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) def. Maureen McCormack/Eleanor Campbell (Lafayette), 7-5
Arina Gumerova/Anastasia Petrova (SHU) def. Angelica Karlsson Hantzis/Julia Varvarigos (St. Francis Brooklyn), 6-1

A Doubles Final (Saturday)
Arina Gumerova/Anastasia Petrova (SHU) def. Hiba El Khalifi/Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU), 7-6 (6)

B Doubles Quarterfinals (Friday)
Hili Kronzon/Arabella Moen (SHU) def. Yeva Baziv/Valentine Mudry (St. Francis Brooklyn), 6-3

B Doubles Semifinals (Saturday)
Anastasia Koniaev/Maanya Viswanath (Siena) def. Hili Kronzon/Arabella Moen (SHU), 6-3

C Doubles Quarterfinals (Friday)
Oliwia Kempinski/Emily O'Donovan (SHU) def. Emma Menkowitz/Jessica Siegel (Lafayette), 6-2

C Doubles Semifinals (Saturday)
Oliwia Kempinski/Emily O'Donovan (SHU) def. Coral Rodriguez/Madigan Humiston (Niagara), 7-5

C Doubles Final (Saturday)
Oliwia Kempinski/Emily O'Donovan (SHU) def. Emma Shea/Jaida Borg (Niagara), 6-2