Tennis Closes Out Yale Invitational

Sunday, September 24

New Haven, Conn.

Rutgers University

Yale

Sep 24 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Rutgers women's tennis team closed out its Yale Invitational run on Sunday against Boston University. The Scarlet Knights earned two doubles and three singles victories over the Terriers.

RU concludes its time in New Haven with 17 total victories, nine singles and eight doubles. Mai Nguyen and Amira Badawi led the charge in the event, going a perfect 3-for-3 in doubles play with a combined three singles wins.

Naomi Karki and Yana Gurevich both recorded their first victories for Rutgers in singles and doubles play.

"I'm pleased with how the group competed this weekend," said head coach Hilary Ritchie. "We showed a lot of improvement in doubles, implementing more aggressive play. It was great to see our newcomers get regional wins, as well."

Doubles

Rutgers and BU split the doubles courts on the day, with each team recording two wins.

Badawi and Nguyen teamed up for the third time in the tournament, downing the Terriers, 7-5, to complete their unbeaten weekend as a duo.

Minchae Kim and Naomi Karki also picked up a victory in doubles play, 6-2.

Singles

Badawi, Kim, and Karki all also recorded wins in singles play.

Badawi fought back from down one set to take down BU's Michelle Kleynerman, 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3), for her first singles win of the fall.

After a tiebreaker was needed to claim the first set, Kim cruised to her second singles win on the weekend over Emily Zhao, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1

Karki recorded her first singles victory of her collegiate career, completing a comeback to win, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3), over BU.

Results

Doubles
Amira Badawi/Mai Nguyen (Rutgers) def. Michelle Kleynerman/Uma Bakaityte (BU) 7-5
Emily Zhao/Kaitlin Tan (BU) def. Yana Gurevich/Tara Chilton (Rutgers) 6-3
Minchae Kim/Naomi Karki (Rutgers) def. Victoria Carlsten/Blanka DeMicheli (BU) 6-2
Sydney Sharma/Nina Gulbransen (BU) def. Jackeline Lopez/Daira Cardenas (Rutgers) 6-4

Singles
Amira Badawi (Rutgers) def. Michelle Kleynerman (BU) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3)
Victoria Carlsten (BU) def. Mai Nguyen (Rutgers) 6-4, 6-1
Kaitlin Tan (BU) def. Jackeline Lopez (Rutgers) 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-5)
Uma Bakaityte (BU) def. Yana Gurevich (Rutgers) 6-4, 6-3
Minchae Kim (Rutgers) def. Emily Zhao (BU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
Rhea Rai (BU) def. Arina Valitova (Rutgers) 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (10-5)
Naomi Karki (Rutgers) def. Nina Gulbransen (BU) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)

Up Next

The Scarlet Knights shift their focus to ITA Regional, hosted by Columbia University in New York City, N.Y. The three-day event takes place from October 6-8.