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Big Green Invitational
Tennis Finishes 2014 Fall Season At The Big Green Invite
November 02, 2014 | Tennis
HANOVER, N.H. - The UMass tennis team finished its 2014 fall season with strong efforts at the Big Green Invitational over the weekend of Oct. 31-Nov. 2. Dartmouth College hosted the tournament at the Alexis Boss Tennis Center in Hanover, New Hampshire where the Minutewomen competed against Boston University, Minnesota and host Dartmouth in the three-day tournament.
Doubles pairs of Carol Benito and Ana Yrazusta Acosta, and Anna Woosley and Chanel Glasper went undefeated in No. 1 and 3 doubles, respectively. Benito and Acosta were the champions of the doubles tournament and the team went 7-3 in doubles overall. Glasper also went undefeated in singles at 3-0 over the weekend and Griffin posted a 2-0 singles record as well with a pair of come-from-behind wins.
The Minutewomen opened the weekend against Dartmouth on Friday. UMass' pairs of Benito and Acosta, and Glasper and Woosley clinched doubles victories to scores of 8-5, and 8-2, respectively. Aarzoo Malik and Arielle Griffin also competed in the No. 2 spot where the tandem fell 3-8 to Mathis and Schroeder.
UMass continued the battle against Dartmouth in singles play where the Big Green swept the Minutewomen in all matches. Acosta competed in No. 1 singles while Malik and Woosley represented the maroon and white in the No. 2 and 3 spots, respectively. Glasper finished the day with a 6-0, 6-3 No. 6 win over Minnesota's Alex Bergman.
UMass entered the second day of competition facing off against Boston University. Benito and Acosta recorded an 8-4 doubles win, while Glasper and Woosley contributed an 8-3 victory in the No. 2 spot. Brittany Collens and Julia Larson rounded out the winning in No. 4 doubles with a score of 8-4. UMass' winning style continued into singles play where the team took home four of five matches faced against BU including come-from-behind wins from Griffin and Collens.
On the last day of competition, the Minutewomen faced Minnesota and tallied two doubles wins. Benito and Acosta again clinched the No. 1 doubles match to a score of 8-4, while the pair of Woosley and Glasper stayed undefeated for the third straight day at 8-5. In singles, UMass won four matches in the No. 1, 2, 5 and 7 spots thanks to Acosta, Malik, Griffin and Glasper. Freshman Acosta won in No. 1 singles with a score of 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 over Minnesota's #1 player.
The tournament proved to be a solid weekend for the Minutewomen to close their fall season. UMass tennis will be back in action on Jan. 30, 2015 to face Brown in Providence, Rhode Island.
DAY 1
Doubles
1. Yrazusta-Benito (UMass) def. Ng-Kiven (Dartmouth) 8-5
2. Mathis-Schroeder (Dartmouth) def. Malik-Griffin (UMass) 8-3
3. Glasper-Woosley (UMass) def. Vujic-Bergman (Minnesota) 8-2
Singles
1. Ng (Dartmouth) def. Yrazusta (UMass), 7-5, 6-4
2. Mathis (Dartmouth) def. Malk (UMass), 6-4, 6-3
3. Okuda (Dartmouth) def. Woosley (UMass), 6-4, 7-5
4. Schroeder (Dartmouth) def. Benito (UMass), 6-4, 6-0
5. Vujic (Minnesota) def. Collens (UMass), 6-4 6-3
6. Glasper (UMass) def. Bergman (Minnesota), 6-0 6-3
DAY 2
Doubles
1. Yrazusta-Benito (UMass) def. Hyoty-Kostirko (Boston University) 8-4
2. McCallum-Rodriguez (Boston University) def. Malik-Griffin (UMass) 8-4
3. Glasper-Woosley (UMass) def. Davis-Craft (Boston University) 8-3
4. Collens-Larson (UMass) def. Lin-Wyman (Boston University) 8-4
Singles
1. Hyoty (Boston University) def. Benito (UMass) 6-1 6-2
2. Woosley (UMass) def. Kostirko (Boston University) 6-2 6-1
3. Griffin (UMass) def. Rodriguez (Boston University) 3-6 7-6 7-5
4. Collens (UMass) def. McCallum (Boston University) 3-6 7-6 6-4
5. Glasper (UMass) def. Lin (Boston University) 7-6 6-0
DAY 3
Doubles
1. Yrazusta-Benito (UMass) def. Mozia-Courter (Minnesota) 8-4
2. Woosley-Glasper (UMass) def. Rincon Otero-Mozia (Minnesota) 8-5
3. Heitzner-Ryba (Minnesota) def. Collens-Larson (UMass) 8-1
Singles
1. Yrazusta (UMass) def. Ryba (Minnesota) 7-6 2-6 6-4
2. Malik (UMass) def. Lambert (Minnesota) 6-3 6-3
3. Rincon Otero (Minnesota) def. Woosley (UMass) 0-6 6-1 6-2
4. Vujic (Minnesota) def. Benito (UMass) 7-6 7-5
5. Griffin (UMass) def. Vujic (Minnesota) 3-6 6-4 6-0
6. Courter (Minnesota) def. Collens (UMass) 6-0 6-2
7. Glasper (UMass) def. Safdar (Minnesota) 2-6 7-6 7-5
8. Heitzner (Minnesota) def. Larson (UMass) 6-1 6-1
