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10.5.25 | Women's Tennis

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple women's tennis team finished its second event of the fall campaign, competing in the Cissie Leary Invitational hosted by Penn from Oct. 3 to Oct. 5. Thamara Kawaratani was a notable standout from the weekend, winning each singles match she competed in.

How It Happened

  • Kawaratani and Marianthi Christoforidou held strong on the first day of competition, downing their opponents from Penn.
  • Freshman Yasmin Costa and Maria Martinez joined Kawaratani in the win column on Saturday, with all three victories ending in three sets.
  • Lastly, on Sunday, the aforementioned trio added to Temple's success with four total singles victories, including a straight-set win from Nina Andreoni, who also teamed up with Maria Martinez for a doubles win over Princeton.

Results

Day One

Doubles

Thamara KawarataniMarianthi Christoforidou D. Lorie Lemongo, Adva Dobah (DRX) 8-6

Irmak OzturkTianni Zhou D. Sofiya Snitko, Christine Mari Fourie (DRX) 8-5

Nina AndreoniMaria Martinez D. Elena Fleming, June Tronhus (SJU) 8-3

Yasmin Costa, Aditi Vaidya D. Amari O'Brien, Brooke Tackett (SJU) 8-2

Singles

Marianthi Christoforidou D. Lara Stojanovski (PENN) 6-4, 6-1

Irmak Ozturk L. Maya Urata (PENN) 7-5, 6-4

Tianni Zhou L. Joleen Saw (PENN) 6-4, 6-2

Thamara Kawaratani D. Sasha Motlagh (PENN) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Yasmin Costa L. Sarah Wang (PENN) 6-4, 6-1

Nina Andreoni L. Liza Tkachenko (PENN) 7-6, 6-2

Day Two

Doubles

Thamara KawarataniMarianthi Christoforidou L. Maya Urata, Joleen Saw (PENN) 8-7

Irmak OzturkTianni Zhou L. Liza Tkachenko, Sasha Motlagh (PENN) 8-6

Nina AndreoniMaria Martinez L. Sarah Wang, Esha Velaga (PENN) 8-3

Yasmin Costa, Aditi Vaidya L. Katherine Hung, Aida Eissa (MD) 8-0

Singles

Irmak Ozturk D. Dylan Gelber (COR) 6-4, 6-3

Thamara Kawaratani D. Andrea De Los Rios (COR)  6-4, 6-7(2), 6-4

Tianni Zhou L. Emma Baker (COR) 4-6,  7-5, 14-12

Yasmin Costa D. Martina Marica (COR) 5-7, 7-5, 6-4

Aditi Vaidya L. Maren Urata (PRN) 6-1, 6-2

Maria Martinez D. Alicia Cheng (PRN) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

Day Three

Doubles

Thamara KawarataniYasmin Costa L. Bella Chhiv, Anna Nguyen (PRN) 8-4

Nina AndreoniMaria Martinez D. Madeleine Jessup, Maren Urata (PRN) 82

Singles

Thamara Kawaratani D. Anna Nguyen (PRN) 6-7(2), 6-2, 7-5

Yasmin Costa D. Maren Urata (PRN) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Nina Andreoni D. Wiktoria Czerny (SJU) 6-3, 6-3

Aditi Vaidya L. June Tronhus (SJU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-7(2)

Maria Martinez D. Elena Fleming (SJU) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4

Up Next

The Temple women's tennis team will next compete in the ITA Regionals with the four day event opening on Oct. 16 and closing on Oct. 21.

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