Oct 28, 2024

KWU Women's Tennis Fall Season Recap

Posted Oct 28, 2024 10:48 PM

It was a busy fall season for Kansas Wesleyan Women's Tennis. The Coyotes played in seven tournament events around the area.

A total of 74 singles and 35 doubles matches were played over the course of the schedule for the fall season.

BETHANY FALL INVITATIONAL - SEPTEMBER 6-7

In the A-Draw - Corina Salas lost to Maria Purizaca of Doane 8-1, then lost to Shree Vangala of Fort Hays State 8-2, then lost to Liz Calderon Chen of Doane 8-5.

In the C-Draw - Eliza Camp lost to Ines Latorre of Fort Hays State 8-2, then lost to Isabella Castillero of Doane 8-6. Danielle Slack lost to Grace Unruh of Fort Hays State 8-1, then lost to Ana Sofia Castillo 8-1.

In the D-Draw - Kira McGrown lost to Greta Fankhauser of Sterling 8-5, then lost to Ines Steeman of Fort Hays State 8-0. McGrown then beat Grace Schroller of Doane 8-4.

In the F-Draw - Kaitlyn Wrye lost to Kat Johnson of Doane 8-5, then lost to Kelsee Adam of Bethany 8-2. Ania Bonner beat Kelsee Adam 8-3, then lost to Camila Castro of Sterling 8-2, then beat Kat Johnson of Doane 8-3.

In doubles in the A-Draw - McKinnley Evans and Corina Salas lost to Maria Purizaca and Liz Calderon Chen of Doane 8-1, then lost to Shree Vangala and Janae Montoya of Fort Hays State 8-5, then lost to Maria Mistereck and Ana Sofia Castillo of Bethany 8-6.

In the B-Draw - Eliza Camp and Danielle Slack beat Ine Latorre and Ines Steeman 8-6, then lost to Sienna Glazbrook and Yamile Mendoza of Pratt CC 8-3, then lost to Kelsee Adam and Kyla Metro of Bethany 8-2.

In the C-Draw - Lauren Higgins and Isabella Gutierrez-Myers lost to Bethany Gill and Hope Lubbers of Fort Hays State 8-1, then lost to Helen Harbit and Karee Adam of Bethany 8-2, then lost to Hailey Petersville and Imara Achala of Pratt CC 8-3.

KCAC INDIVIDUAL FLIGHTED TOURNAMENT - SEPTEMBER 13-14

In the No. 1 flight - Corina Salas beat Giovana Gaboardi of Sterling 8-6, then lost to Silva Avakian of Friends 8-5.

In the No. 2 flight - Hayden Bellamy beat Avila's Kylee Bragaw 8-3, then lost to Daniela Casique of Bethel 8-4.

In the No. 3 flight - Kristi Henderson beat Hannah Giordanelli of Sterling 8-3, then lost to Jewel Henderson of Oklahoma Wesleyan 8-2.

In the No. 4 flight - Danielle Slack lost to Alexia Phipps of Evangel 8-4.

In the No. 5 flight - Eliza Camp beat Ava Healy by default, the lost to Lareen van Drun of McPherson 8-2, then lost to Nikoleta Aleksic of Oklahoma Wesleyan 8-3.

In the No. 6 flight - Kira McGrown beat Skyy Washington of Bethany 8-1, then lost to Kate Rowland of Bethany 8-2, then lost to Greta Fankhauser of Sterling 8-5.

In doubles in the No. 1 flight - McKinnley Evans and Kristi Henderson beat Rachel Chaney and Lauren Hendrickson of Evangel 8-5, then lost to Daniela Casique and Daniela Herrera of Bethel 8-0.

In the No. 2 flight - Corina Salas and Hayden Bellamy beat Kyla Metro and Karee Adam of Bethany 8-6, then lost to Alexandria Gacia and Vanessa Hoffer of McPherson 8-2, then lost to Patty Huerta and Grace Dawes of Bethel 8-6.

In the No. 3 flight - Eliza Camp and Danielle Slack beat Nikoleta Aleksic and Kylie White 8-4, then lost to Adin Bruna and Alexis Kersten of Southwestern 9-7, then lost to Isabella Ellerbee and Madison Dobson of McPherson 8-0.

ITA CENTRAL WEST REGIONAL - SEPTEMBER 20-22

In the Round of 64, Corina Salas beat Grace Dawes of Bethel 6-2, 7-6; McKinnley Evans lost to Tracy Llamas of Saint Mary 6-0, 6-2; and Hayden Bellamy lost to Rocio Espinal of Oklahoma Wesleyan 6-2, 6-0.

In the Round of 32, Corima Salas lost to Mariana Molano-Canon of Concordia 6-0, 6-1.

In the Consolation Round of 32, McKinnley Evans lost to Josline Carter of Hastings 8-1, and Hayden Bellamy beat Stefany Simplicio of Morningside 8-2.

In doubles, in the round of 32, Kristi Henderson and McKinnley Evans lost to Alexa Garcia and Vanessa Hofer of McPherson 9-7; Hayden Bellamy and Corina Salas defeated Kailee Bailey and Sophia Guntren of Morningside 9-8.

In doubles in the round of 16, Hayden Bellamy and Corina Salas lost to Hanna Lindebloom and Charlotte Ready of William Woods 8-2.

The rest of the ITA Tournament was rained out.

KANSAS WESLEYAN INVITATIONAL - SEPTEMBER 21

In the first round - Isabella Gutierrez-Myers beat Aleayah Cheborad of Avila 8-4, Kira McGrown beat Skyy Washington of Bethany 8-1, and Danielle Slack lost to Camryn Medina of Ottawa 8-6.

In the second round, Isabella Gutierrez-Myers lost to Helen Harbit of Bethany 8-3, and Kira McGrown lost to Alejandra Parra 8-1.

In the consolation round - Greta Fankhauser of Sterling beat Lauren Higgins 6-0, and Taylor Cole of Morningside beat Danielle Slack 6-3.

KCAC INVITATIONAL - SEPTEMBER 28

In the A-Draw - Camila Lopez of Bethel beat Eliza Camp 8-2; Eliza Camp beat Skyy Washington of Bethany on a retirement; Kaitlyn Mauck of Evangel beat Eliza Camp 8-6. Charis Yager of Bethel beat Ania Bonner 8-6; Kaitlyn Mauck beat Ania Bonner 8-5. Karee Adam of Bethany beat Danielle Slack 9-8, Danielle Slack beat Kayla Babcock of Bethel 8-0, Makenna Russom of Bethany beat Danielle Slack 9-8.

In the B-Draw - Reagan Askew of Evangel beat Lauren Higgins 8-2, and Higgins beat Scarlet Minix of Saint Mary 8-3. Karissa Wilson of Evangel beat Isabella Gutierrez-Myers 8-1. Gutierrez-Myers then beat Victoria Anderson of Saint Mary 8-0, and teammate Lauren Higgins 8-0.

PRATT CC DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

Eliza Camp and McKinnley Evans went 1-3 at the event, starting with an 8-4 loss to Bethany Gill and Ines Latorre from Fort Hays State. They then beat Queralt Carbo and Laura Moreno from Missouri Valley 8-0. The duo then lost to Pratt's Sienna Glazbrook and Yamile Mendoza 8-5, then lost to Nadia Margaritov and Hannah Giordanelli of Sterling 8-5.

Alivia Sherer and Isabella Gutierrez-Myers went 2-1 at the event. They beat Giovana Gaboardi and Greta Fankhauser of Sterling 8-6, then beat Molly Bender and Alana Ewert of Friends 8-1. They lost to Tristan Liebenberg and Deborah Mhizha of Missouri Valley 8-2.

Hayden Bellamy and Danielle Slack went 2-2 at the event. They defeated Hope Lubbers and Ines Steeman of Fort Hays State 8-6, then lost to Milene Mariniuk and Renata Olvera of Missouri Valley 8-4, and to Margaritov and Giordanelli of Sterling 8-1. They then beat Pratt's Glazbrook and Mendoza 8-6.

Kaitlyn Wrye and Mira McGrown went 2-2 at the event. They lost to Liebenberg and Mhizha of Missouri Valley 8-1, the beat Camila Castro and Cylie LaTourell of Sterling 8-5, and Hailey Petersville and Imara Achala of Pratt 9-7. They lost to Caboardi and Fankhauser of Sterling 8-0.

KANSAS WESLEYAN QUAD INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT

KWU concluded the fall season with an individual tournament with Bethany, Barton Community College and Sterling.

KWU vs Bethany

Hayden Bellamy beat Maria Mistereck of Bethany 3-6, 7-5, and in a marathon third set 22-20. McKinnley Evans beat Bethany's Kyla Metro 6-1, 3-6, 10-3. Kristi Henderson lost to Ana Sofia Castillo 6-1, 6-0. Eliza Camp lost to Karee Adam 6-4, 6-3. Danielle Slack beat Makenna Russom 7-5, 6-2. Bethany's Helen Harbit beat Kira McGrown 6-3, 6-2. Isabella Gutierrez-Myers beat Kelsee Adam 1-4, 5-3, 8-6. Lauren Higgins lost to Bethany's Riley Ahlstedt 3-5, 5-3, 10-3.

KWU vs Barton CC

Hayden Bellamy lost to Vitoria Campigotto 6-1, 6-2; Alivia Sherer lost to Vania Dotse 6-0, 6-1; Danielle Slack lost to Andjela Mrvalljevic 6-0, 6-0; Kira McGrown lost to Diana Sousa 6-2, 6-0; Kaitlyn Wrye lost to Salaee Seejong 6-3, 6-1.

KWU vs Sterling