Troy University Athletics
Saturday, November 7
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USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational
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Troy Men Conclude Play at USTA Clay Court Invite
11/7/2015 8:39:00 PM | Tennis (M)
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Troy men's and women's tennis teams continued play at the USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational on Saturday. The Troy women will have a doubles team playing in the semifinals on Sunday.
Efriliya Herlina and Jiayuan Xue defeated Louisiana Tech's Manoela Chiacchio and Taly Meker in garnet doubles quarterfinals, 8-5. The Troy duo will take on Clemson's Tristen Dewar and Ally Muller-Krasilnikov in Sunday's semifinals. With a win they would play in the finals, also on Sunday.
Luisa Ferrauti and Tereza Melicharkova picked up singles wins for the Trojans over players from Old Dominion and Stetson, respectively. Melicharkova was down 4-0 in the first set, but came back to win 12 straight games and beat Alexe Viaud, 6-4, 6-0.
"This is our fifth tournament in the last five weekends and I'm proud of the way we competed," Troy women's tennis head coach Rawia Elsisi said.
The Troy men saw Pablo Moreno pick up a win over South Alabama's Gerhard Gruindelingh, 6-2, 6-2. Giovani Samaha saw his run in the top singles flight come to an end in the quarterfinals as he lost Daniel Friedrich of South Carolina.
Complete results from all of Troy's matches are listed below.
USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational – Men's
Gold Singles – Quarterfinals
(7) Daniel Friedrich (USC) def. Giovani Samaha (TROY) 6-3, 6-2
Garnet Singles - Consolation
Pablo Moreno (TROY) def. Gerhard Gruindelingh (USA) 6-2, 6-2
Reece Acree (UCF) def. Andre Baldo (TROY) 3-2, ret.
USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational – Women's
Gold Singles – Consolation
Breana Stampfli (FGCU) def. Sanae Ohta (TROY) 6-3, 6-2
Baptista (UCF) def. Jiayuan Xue (TROY) 6-1, 7-6 (5)
Garnet Singles – Consolation
Monica Matias (UCF) def. Efriliya Herlina (TROY) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (11)
Tereza Melicharkova (TROY) def. Alexe Viaud (STET) 6-4, 6-0
White Singles – Quarterfinals
(1) Tristen Dewar (CLEM) def. Nancy Karaky (TROY) 6-3, 7-6
Luisa Ferrauti (TROY) def. Marijana Novakovic (ODU) 7-5, 6-4
Garnet Doubles – Quarterfinals
(4) Efriliya Herlina/Jiayuan Xue (TROY) def. Manoela Chiacchio/Taly Meker (LT) 8-5
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