GREENSBORO, N.C. – Longwood women's tennis posted 19 wins between singles and doubles over the weekend at the UNCG Invitational.
 
Sophia Marchetta led the way in singles with three of the team's 1 wins. Meanwhile, Feline van Eijkelenburg and Nina Hederich each had four doubles wins as the team tried out different doubles combinations.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
The weekend began with singles matches on Friday. Marchetta picked up her first singles win with a comeback effort against Appalachian State's Brook Gruber. Marchetta lost the first set 4-6 but rallied to win the second set 6-3 and force a tiebreak.
 
Wiktoria Czerny and Phoebe Mitchell added singles wins as well. Mitchell also stormed back after dropping the opening set for the first of her two singles wins on the weekend. Czerny cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win in her first match, which was the first of her two singles wins.
 
Saturday featured plenty of doubles action. Van Eijkelenburg didn't lose any of her three doubles matches, and she added a doubles win on Sunday as well. Hederich also won all three doubles matches she played on Saturday, and she picked up a win on Sunday as well. All in all, the Lancers won six of their 10 doubles matches.
 
Sunday, Longwood split four doubles matches and then closed the invitational with singles play. Over the course of 16 matches, the Lancers picked up eight wins.
 
Marchetta again led the way with two singles wins. In her first match of the day, she rallied from first set loss to take out UNCG's Raegan Mitchell 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7-4) in a tiebreaker. She used that same resiliency in her final match, rallying back against ECU's Noelle Talarek. She won the second set 7-5 after falling 2-6 in the first set before winning the tiebreaker.
 
Czerny and Mitchell added wins of their own in their final singles matches. Czeryny won against Brooke LaFrenz in a nailbiter. She dropped a close first set 5-7 before coming back to win set two 6-4 and then a close tiebreaker. Mitchell won her first set 6-3 against ECU's Anne Low Champion, but Champion took the second set. Mitchell nipped her in the tiebreaker though.
 
Oriana Izarra, Hederich, Alexis Broderick and van Eijkelenburg all added singles wins as well on Sunday.

WHAT THEY SAID:

"I was really impressed with teh performance of the team this weekend," said Longwood Director of Tennis Carlos Lora. "The grit and determination that they all showed through tough matches and situations, and, for the most part, coming out on top in the end showcases that the habits that we are building as a team both on and off the court are certainly paying dividends. I am certainly looking forward to continuing to build with this team towards our last competition of the fall in a couple of weeks at UNCW."
 
FULL RESULTS:
 
Friday Singles
App St. Ollie Ryan-Bovey over LWU Oriana Izarra 6-1, 6-2
App St. Naledi Manyube over LWU Feline van Eijkelenburg 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (8-6)
LWU Phoebe Mitchell over App St. Maggie Pate 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)
App St. Ellie Murphy over LWU Karina Rizvanova 6-0, 6-2
App St. Riley Collins over LWU Kashmira Manohar 6-3, 6-2
LWU Sophia Marchetta over App St. Brook Gruber 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8-6)
LWU Wiktoria Czerny over App St. Peri Jippins 6-1, 6-1
App St. Sydney Bly over LWU Alexis Broderick 6-3, 6-1
App St. Isabella Romanichen over LWU Nina Hederich 6-2, 6-0
 
Saturday Doubles
UNCG Gallagher/Mitchell over LWU Izarra/Mitchell 6-3
LWU van Eijkelenburg/Marchetta over UNCG Giddings/Craft 6-3
LWU Hederich/Manohar over UNCG Dodashev/Thomson 6-3
UNCG Urso/Olexa over LWU Czerny/Broderick 6-3
HU Manolescu/Kozaki over LWU Mitchell/Manohar 6-2
LWU Izarra/Hederich over HU Okrwaki/Mitic 6-4
LWU van Eijkelenburg/Czerny over UNCG Sokolova/Jorrin Fernandez 7-6 (8)
ECU Auerswald/Champion over LWU Izarra/Mitchell 6-4
LWU Manohar/van Eijkelenburg over ECU Madi/Rivera 6-4
LWU Hederich/Czerny over ECU LaFrenz/Talarek 6-4
 
Sunday
Doubles
UNCG Gallagher/Mitchell over LWU Izarra/Mitchell 6-3
LWU van Eijkelenburg/Marchetta over UNCG Giddings/Craft 6-3
LWU Hederich/Manohar over UNCG Dodashev/Thomson 6-3
UNCG Urso/Olexa over LWU Czerny/Broderick 6-3
 
Singles
LWU Oriana Izarra over UNCG Arina Babkova 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 (12-10)
UNCG Alexandra Dodashev over LWU Feline van Eijkelenburg 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (9-7)
UNCG Olivia Gallagher over LWU Phoebe Mitchell 6-4, 6-1
LWU Sophia Marchetta over UNCG Raegan Mitchell 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7-4)
UNCG Juliana Craft over LWU Wiktoria Czarny 6-1, 6-3
UNCG Lauren Thomson over LWU Kashmira Manohar 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (7-4)
LWU Nina Hederich over App St. Peri Jippins 6-0, 6-1
LWU Alexis Broderick over UNCG Ella Olexa 6-4, 2-1 (retired)
UNCG Alexandra Dodashev over LWU Oriana Izarra 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (9-7)
LWU Feline van Eijkelenburg over ECU Joan Madi 6-1, 6-2
LWU Phoebe Mitchell over ECU Anne Low Champion over 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (8-6)
LWU Sophia Marchetta over ECU Noelle Talarek 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)
LWU Wiktoria Czerny over ECU Brooke LaFrenz 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (13-11)
WCU Jade Groen over LWU Kashmira Manohar 7-6, 7-5
WCU Isabella Sambola over LWU Nina Hederich 6-4, 6-3
WCU Angela Perez over LWU Alexis Broderick 6-2, 6-1
 
UP NEXT:
 
Longwood has one more fall tournament when the team heads to the UNCW Seahawk Classic. The classic runs from Friday, November 3 to Sunday, November 5.
 
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