CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – WKU Tennis returners Lisa Friess, Laura Bernardos and Lucia Diaz Saez opened the 2019 fall season with success, advancing through their respective brackets at the two-day APSU Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
In Flight 2 of singles, senior Friess fell to her Belmont opponent in a second set tiebreaker in her first match. The Austria-native was able to prompt an impressive comeback, winning her next three matches, to win the consolation side of the bracket. Friess defeated singles opponents from Southeastern Missouri and host Austin Peay.
Doubles pair Bernardos and Diaz Saez started their weekend with a bye. They were then quick to defeat a doubles pair from Murray State in the second round of the Flight 2 doubles bracket.
The Spanish duo won a tight matchup against a Belmont tandem in 7-6 fashion to advance to the final round. In the championship match, the Lady Toppers fell to Southeastern Missouri 6-1.
Every WKU newcomer picked up at least two victories on their trip to Clarksville. Redshirt sophomore Lauren Joch won two single matches, one against Belmont and another against Chattanooga. Joch teamed up with Tristen Bryant-Otake for doubles and the pair also won two matches.
As a singles competitor in the third flight, Bryant-Otake defeated her Belmont opponent in straight sets.
Sophomore Zoe Wende won two singles matches while junior Cora-Lynn Freiin Von Dungern picked up one singles victory and one doubles win as she competed alongside Friess.
WKU Tennis will be back in action on Friday and Saturday at the North Alabama Invite in Florence, Ala.
Final Results
Singles
Laura Bernardos (WKU) def. Kzeniya Zonova (SEMO) 6-4, 6-3
Fabienne Schmidt (APSU) def. Laura Bernardos (WKU) 6-4, 6-4
Laura Bernardos (WKU) def. Vivian Lai (SEMO) 6-1, 6-3
Lauren Joch (WKU) def. Bogdana Zaparozhets (UTC) 6-2, 6-2
Romana Tarajova (SEMO) def. Lauren Joch (WKU) 7-5, 6-4
Lauren Joch (WKU) def. Erin Allen (BEL) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
Drew Hawkins (BEL) def. Lisa Friess (WKU) 6-4, 7-5 (5)
Lisa Friess (WKU) def. Sarah Heckel (APSU) 6-4, 6-1
Lisa Friess (WKU) def. Manuela Bariga (SEMO) 6-2, 6-3
Lisa Friess (WKU) def. Sneha Sinha (SEMO) 7-5, 6-3
Teona Velkoska (SEMO) def. Cora-Lynn Freiin Von Dungern (WKU) 6-3, 7-5
Cora-Lynn Freiin Von Dungern (WKU) def. Maria Plaksina (BEL) 6-2, 7-6 (4)
Sneha Singa (SEMO) def. Cora-Lynn Freiin Von Dungern (WKU) 6-4, 7-5
Zoe Wende (WKU) def. Taylor Trondson (BEL) 7-5, 7-6 (6)
Ana Albertson (APSU) def. Zoe Wende (WKU) 6-2, 7-5
Zoe Wende (WKU) def. Grace Powderly (SEMO) 6-0, 6-2
Marit Kreugel (MUR) def. Tristen Bryant-Otake (WKU) 6-0, 6-1
Tristen Bryant-Otake (WKU) def. Nikki Christiansen (BEL) 6-0, 6-2
Samantha Muller (MUR) def. Lucia Diaz Saez (WKU) 6-4, 7-6(6), 10-8
Grace Powderly (SEMO) def. Lucia Diaz Saez (WKU) deferred
Doubles
Friess/Von Dungern (WKU) def. Tarajova/Barriga (SEMO) 6-1
Chang/A. Loncarevic (MUR) def. Friess/Von Dungern (WKU) 7-5
Bryant-Otake/Joch (WKU) def. Zonova/Sinha (SEMO) 6-4
Schmidt/Morris (APSU) def. Bryant-Otake/Joch (WKU) w/o
Bryant-Otake/Joch (WKU) def. Sakurai/Aubin (UTM) 7-5
Bernardos/Diaz Saez (WKU) def. Muller/Bjark (MUR) 6-2
Bernardos/Diaz Saez (WKU) def. Henry/Trondson (BEL) 7-6 (7)
Velkoska/Lai (SEMO) def. Bernardos/Diaz Saez (WKU) 6-1
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