University of Houston Athletics
Cougars Wrap Big Weekend at All-American Tournament, Baylor
10/7/2019 1:06:00 PM | Tennis
Houston collected six doubles wins on the weekend
HOUSTON - Houston Tennis finished out the fourth tournament of its 2019 fall season, reaching doubles finals at the H-E-B Invitational hosted by Baylor.
QUOTES FROM COACH
"I'm extremely pleased with the way everyone competed this weekend. I felt like we were one of the best teams at the Baylor Invite and Mimi Kendall-Woseley fought very hard on the court to represent UH in the best possible light at the All-American Tournament in Tulsa. This group has a lot of heart and desire to do well. I'm looking forward to the regional tournament in a couple of weeks." said Head Coach Helena Besovic.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- On the doubles court, pair Phonexay Chitdara/Sophie Gerits made it to doubles finals finishing the weekend off 4-1, and pair Ndindi Ndunda/Azul Pedemonti tally an overall record of 2-1.
- For singles play, Ndunda topped off the weekend 4-0, Chitdara came in at 1-1, Pedemonti finished 3-2 and Gerits went 1-2.
- Mimi Kendall-Woseley represented Houston at the All-American Tournament hosted by Tulsa, and went 0-1 in the Pre-Qualifying Draw.
2019 H-E-B INVITATIONAL RESULTS
Green and Gold - Doubles
McCain/Starr (UTSA) def. Ndunda/Pedemonti
Chitdara/Gerits def. Cusano/Perez-Mur (Texas)
Chitdara/Gerits def. No. 2 Duong/Frazier (Illinois)
Chitdara/Gerits def. Guevara/Polk (TCU)
Chitdara/Gerits def. No. 3 Ryngler/Spasojevic (Texas)
No. 1 Jacobs/Paražinskaitė (Kentucky) def. Chitdara/Gerits
Ad-Hoc - Doubles
Ndunda/Pedemonti def. Casati/Yeah (SMU)
Ndunda/Pedemonti def. Aziz/Timakova (Iowa State)
Gold Consolation - Singles
Gerits def. No. 3 Spasojevic (Texas)
No. 6 Kharitonova (Baylor) def. Gerits
Pedemonti def. No. 5 Aziz (Iowa State)
Pedemonti def. Vasilyuk (LSU)
Pedemonti def. No. 6 Kharitonova (Baylor)
No. 4 Sorokolet (Baylor) def. Pedemonti
Gold Elimination - Singles
Chitdara def. Keller (Alabama)
No. 4 Paražinskaitė (Kentucky) def. Gerits
Axon (Alabama) def. Pedemonti
Green Elimination - Singles
Ndunda def. Gandawidjaja (Illinois)
Ndunda def. Baroja (UTSA)
Ndunda def. Cusano (Texas)
Ndunda def. Ingle (Illinois)
Ad-Hoc - Singles
Chitdara def. Rijkers (Texas A&M)
UP NEXT
Houston will head to College Station, Texas to compete in the ITA Regional Championships across Oct. 17-21. Match times will be announced shortly, continue to follow the official Twitter account of Houston Tennis, @UHCougarTennis for updates.
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