Racers Wrap Up Play At Austin Peay Fall Tournament

Friday, September 13

Clarksville, Tenn.

Murray State

Austin Peay

Photo by: Drew Parsley/Murray State Athletics

9/15/2024 7:22:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Murray State was the only team in the tournament to feature multiple freshmen.

By: Drew Parsley

The Racers completed their first tournament of the Fall 2024 season at the Austin Peay Invitational. Friday's and Saturday's matches were played at the Michael O. Buchanon Tennis Facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the final matches on Sunday were played at the Governors Tennis Courts in Clarksville, Tennessee.

"It was a great first tournament overall," head coach Jorge Caetano said. "We played our style of tennis and the girls did a fantastic job taking control of the points during their matches."

As a team, the Racers went 4-8 in all doubles matches and 15-10 in all singles matches. On the event's opening day on Friday, MSU saw a 4-0 sweep in doubles and an 7-0 sweep in singles against Cumberland. All eight Racers competing earned at least one doubles victory and one singles victory.

Due to Cumberland having one less player than Murray State, freshman Molly Null faced and defeated Austin Peay's Alice Bolton 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Sophomore Valeria Chaikovskaia saw a perfect 3-0 weekend at the No. 1 spot for the Racers. Newcomers Yuna Kadowaki, Bruna Melato, Yu Kikawa and sophomore Varya Alexeyeva each won at least two of their three singles matches in the tournament.

Murray State was just one of the four teams to feature multiple freshmen competing. The Racers saw four freshmen play compared to Cumberland's and Austin Peay's one freshman, and Western Kentucky carried no freshmen on their team.

"Being this early in the season we know that comes with a price which means we will make more mistakes and lose more matches early on," Caetano added. "But everyone has bought in and understands that it is part of the journey. We have a lot of work to do in doubles where we played a little tentatively but the talent is there so if we continue to work hard, the sky's the limit for this young group."

The Racers return to play when they travel to Conway, Arkansas for the Central Arkansas Invitational on Friday, September 20 and Saturday, September 21.

Full results from the Austin Peay tournament are listed below.

Doubles:

vs Cumberland
Yuna Kadowaki/Yu Kikawa def. Valentina Mendez/Kaede Hatano 6-2
Valeria Chaikovskaia/Paola Campigotto def. Lara Zugasti/Ame Van Eijk 6-4
Varya Alexeyeva/Barbora Hermanova def. Madeleine Darud/Emilia Nowak 7-6
Bruna Melato/Molly Null def. Valeriia Grianna/Grace Deckert 6-4

vs Austin Peay
Denise Torrealba/Sophia Baranov def. Yuna Kadowaki/Yu Kikawa 6-3
Pauline Bruns/Luca Bohlen def. Valeria Chaikovskaia/Paola Campigotto 6-1
Asia Fontana/Elena Thiel def. Varya Alexeyeva/Barbora Hermanova 6-0
Ayden Kujawa/Yu-Hua Cheng def. Bruna Melato/Molly Null 7-6 (8)

vs Western Kentucky
Sofia Blanco/Rachel Hermanova def. Yuna Kadowaki/Yu Kikawa 7-6
Mia Miranda/Emily Schut def. Bruna Melato/Varya Alexeyeva 6-1
Carolina Chiatti/Elizabeth Sobieski def. Paola Campigotto/Valeria Chaikovskaia 6-3
Mariana Zegada/Sunskrithi Damera def. Molly Null/Barbora Hermanova 6-3

Singles:

vs Cumberland
Valeria Chaikovskaia def. Emilia Nowak 6-3, 6-2
Paola Campigotto def. Grace Deckert 6-0, 6-0
Varya Alexeyeva def. Madeleine Darud 6-2, 6-2
Bruna Melato def. Lara Zugasti 6-2, 6-3
Yuna Kadowaki def. Ame Van Eijk 6-1, 6-1
Yu Kikawa def. Kaede Hatano 6-2, 6-0
Barbora Hermanova def. Valeria Grianna 6-1, 6-2

vs Austin Peay
Valeria Chaikovskaia def. Denise Torrealba 6-3, 6-4
Sophia Baranov def. Bruna Melato, 6-4, 6-1
Varya Alexeygva def. Asia Fontana, 6-2, 6-4
Luca Bohlen def. Yu Kikawa, 6-4, 6-2
Yuna Kadowaki def. Yu-Hua Cheng 6-2, 6-1
Pauline Bruns def. Paola Campigotto, 6-4, 2-6, 10-3
Elena Theil def. Barbora Hermanova, 5-7, 6-2, 10-2
Ayden Kujawa def. Molly Null, 7-5, 6-3
Molly Null def. Alice Bolton 7-5, 7-6 (3) [played on Friday, September 13]

vs Western Kentucky
Valeria Chaikovskaia def. Rachel Hermanova 6-2, 6-4
Sofia Blanco def. Varya Alexeyeva 4-6, 6-4, 10-5
Bruna Melato def. Emily Schut 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-8
Yu Kikawa def. Carolina Chiatti 6-4, 4-6, 10-3
Sunskrithi Damera def. Yuna Kadowaki 6-1, 6-3
Elizabeth Sobieski def. Paola Campigotto 7-6 (5), 2-6, 10-7
Mia Miranda def. Barbora Hermanova 3-6, 6-4, 10-7
Mariana Zegada def. Molly Null 6-0, 6-0

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