Women's Tennis Advances 3 to Finals of Bronco Invite
(Hastings, NE) – The women's tennis team finished up their fall portion of their schedule on Friday and Saturday with their home Bronco Invite, competing against Baker, Doane, and Saint Mary.
In the event, the Broncos saw sophomores Josline Carter and Victoria Harris advance to the open doubles finals and freshmen Cara Ansbach and Lexi Benson advance to the finals in separate singles draws.
Carter and Harris opened their run with a dominant 8-0 win over Baker in the quarterfinals and an 8-2 win over their freshman teammates Reese Beyrouty and Kayleigh Cetak in the semifinals. They would eventually lose to Doane 2-6, 3-6 in a best-of-three set final.
Elsewhere in open doubles, junior Paige Willcoxon and freshman Cara Ansbach won their opening quarterfinal doubles match in a come-from-behind 9-8(4) tiebreak win, before falling 1-8 to Doane in the semifinals.
Freshman Lexi Benson and sophomore Abby Harveson also came from behind to win their play-in match 8-6 over Doane, then lost 0-8 to a different Doane pair. Beyrouty and Cetak won their quarterfinal match 8-5 over Doane before they were matched up against Carter and Harris.
Ansbach won her opening singles match in the 3-4 singles draw over Baker, 8-3, then defeated Saint Mary 8-3 in the semifinals. In the best-of-three set final, she fell 2-6, 4-6 to Doane. In the same singles draw, Willcoxon beat Baker 8-0 in the quarterfinals before losing a tight 7-9 match to Doane in the semifinals.
Benson started her open singles run in the quarterfinals with an 8-2 win over Saint Mary, then won 8-5 over a different Saint Mary player in the semifinals. In the best-of-three set final, she lost 4-6, 1-6 to Doane. In the same draw, Beyrouty lost 6-8 to Doane and Cetak lost 5-8 to Saint Mary in quarterfinals. Freshman Mia Short also competed in the open singles draw, falling 0-8 to Doane in a play-in match.
In the 1-2 singles draw, Harris won her opening quarterfinal match over Saint Mary, 3-8, before falling 4-8 in the semifinals to Doane. Carter lost her quarterfinal match 1-8 to Baker.
Hastings is scheduled to resume their season on Friday, January 31 at 4pm in Kearney, NE against McPherson.
Open Doubles
Play-In
Lexi Benson / Abby Harveson (HASTINGS) def. Kat Johnson / Cierra Schwarzkopf (DOANE), 8-6
Quarterfinals
Paige Willcoxon / Cara Ansbach (HASTINGS) def. Dayna Steadman / Abbie Linn (BAKER), 9-8(4)
Liz Calderon / Maria Purizaca (DOANE) def. Lexi Benson / Abby Harveson (HASTINGS), 8-0
Reese Beyrouty / Kayleigh Cetak (HASTINGS) def. Grace Schroller / Isabella Castillero (DOANE), 8-5
Josline Carter / Victoria Harris (HASTINGS) def. Clare Langfoss / Jordan Grabast (BAKER), 8-0
Semifinals
Liz Calderon / Maria Purizaca (DOANE) def. Paige Willcoxon / Cara Ansbach (HASTINGS), 8-1
Josline Carter / Victoria Harris (HASTINGS) def. Reese Beyrouty / Kayleigh Cetak (HASTINGS), 8-2
Finals
Liz Calderon / Maria Purizaca (DOANE) def. Josline Carter / Victoria Harris (HASTINGS), 6-2, 6-3
1-2 Singles
Quarterfinals
Victoria Harris (HASTINGS) def. Yana Gupta (SAINT MARY), 8-3
Dayna Steadman (BAKER) def. Josline Carter (HASTINGS), 8-1
Semifinals
Maria Purizaca (DOANE) def. Victoria Harris (HASTINGS), 8-4
3-4 Singles
Quarterfinals
Paige Willcoxon (HASTINGS) def. Jordan Grabast (BAKER), 8-0
Cara Ansbach (HASTINGS) def. Clare Langfoss (BAKER), 8-3
Semifinals
Grace Schroller (DOANE) def. Paige WIllcoxon (HASTINGS), 9-7
Cara Ansbach (HASTINGS) def. Lyna Pardiwalla (SAINT MARY), 8-3
Finals
Grace Schroller (DOANE) def. Cara Ansbach (HASTINGS), 6-2, 6-4
Open Singles
Play-In
Kat Johnson (DOANE) def. Mia Short (HASTINGS), 8-0
Quarterfinals
Kat Johnson (DOANE) def. Reese Beyrouty (HASTINGS), 8-6
Kayleigh Cetak (HASTINGS) def. Miranda Swanson (SAINT MARY), 8-5
Lexi Benson (HASTINGS) def. Cierra Schwarzkopf (DOANE), 8-2
Semifinals
Lexi Benson (HASTINGS) def. Darece Van Auken (SAINT MARY), 8-5
Finals
Kat Johnson (DOANE) def. Lexi Benson (HASTINGS), 6-4, 6-1
