Buckeyes Wrap Up Season-Opening Weekend – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/20/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Sept. 20, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s tennis team closed out its season-opening weekend Sunday at tournaments in Coral Gables, Fla., and Waco, Texas.
At the Miami Fall Invite, junior Miho Kowase ended the tournament with a win in the green singles third place match, coming back to defeat Miami’s Clara Tanielian in a super tiebreaker, 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (6). Kowase and classmate Gabriella De Santis posted a win in the doubles consolation, topping Ogungbesan and Washington from Pitt, 6-2. Both Kowase and De Santis reached the semifinals of their respective draws with two wins over the weekend.
At Baylor’s Under Armour H-E-B Invite, a hidden dual tournament, junior Ferny Angeles Paz, sophomore Olivia Sneed and redshirt senior Nicole Flower picked up singles wins Sunday, with Angles Paz winning in straight sets and Sneed and Flower both triumphing in three sets. Senior Grainne O’Neill and Angeles Paz also posted a doubles win. On the weekend, Anna Sanford, Angles Paz and Flower led the Buckeyes with 2-1 singles ledgers each.
Miami Fall Invite
Coral Gables, Fla.
Friday, Sept. 18
Orange Singles Round of 16
Gabriella De Santis (OSU) def. Audrey Ann Blakely (UP), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Green singles Round of 16
Miho Kowase def. Sofia Blanno (AUB), 6-1, 6-1
Orange Doubles Quarterfinals
Madcur/Riobueno (MIA) def. De Santis/Kowase (OSU), 6-3
Saturday, Sept. 19
Orange Singles Quarterfinals
No. 117 Gabriella De Santis (OSU) def. No. 73 Wendy Zhang (Miami), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Orange Singles Semifinals
No. 47 Pleun Burgmans (AUB) def. No. 117 Gabriella De Santis (OSU), 6-4, 6-3
Green Singles Quarterfinals
Miho Kowase (OSU) def. Amber Washington (Pitt), 7-5, 6-4
Green Singles Semifinals
Alexis Prokupuik (GT) def. Miho Kowase (OSU), 1-6, 7-6 (8), 6-1
Orange Doubles, Consolation Semifinals
Burgmans/Griffin (AUB) def. De Santis/Kowase (OSU), 6-3
Sunday, Sept. 20
Green Singles Third Place
Miho Kowase (OSU) def. Clara Tanielian (Miami), 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (6)
Orange Singles Third Place
No. 77 Alizee Michaud (Auburn) def. No. 117 Gabriella De Santis (OSU), 6-0, 7-6 (5)
Orange Doubles Consolation
De Santis/Kowase (OSU) def. Ogungbesan/Washington (Pitt), 6-2
Under Armour/H-E-B Invite
Waco, Texas
Sept. 18
Doubles
Daniell/Green (BAMA) def. Sanford/O’Neill (OSU), 8-4
Angeles Paz/Sneed (OSU) def. Savva/Maynetto (BAMA), 8-5
Andrews/Bagrabaseh (TJC) def. Ballinger/Flower (OSU), 8-5
Singles
Anna Sanford (OSU) def. Bhosale (TAMU), 6-2, 6-2
Ferny Angeles Paz (OSU) def. Paalma (TAMU), 2-6, 7-5, Ret.
Stefania Histrov (TAMU) def. Sneed (OSU), 6-1, 6-1
Anna Mamalat (TAMU) def. O’Neill (OSU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Nicole Flower (OSU) def. Rachel Sadiq (ICU), 6-4, 6-3
Andrea Ballinger (OSU) def. Victoria Kareh (ICU), 7-6 (1), 6-3
Sept. 19
Singles
Anna Sanford (OSU) def. Rhiann Newborn (Baylor), 6-3, 6-4
Kelley Anderson (Baylor) def. Ferny Angeles-Paz (OSU), 6-3, 6-3
Elizabeth Profit (Baylor) def. Grainne O’Neill (OSU), 6-0, 7-6 (2)
Theresa Van Zyl (Baylor) def. Olivia Sneed (OSU), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
Elizabeth Bagerbaseh (TJC) def. Nicole Flower (OSU), 6-2, 7-5
Rachel Sadig (IWU) def. Andrea Ballinger (OSU), 7-6, 6-3
Doubles
Hristorv/Paalma (TAMU) def. Sanford/Paz (OSU), 8-3
Bhosale/Mamalat (TAMU) def. O’Neill/Sneed (OSU), 8-5
Flower/Ballinger (OSU) def. Sadiq/Karech (UIW), 8-6
Sept. 20
Doubles
O’Neill/Angeles Paz (OSU) def. Newborn/Van Zyl (Baylor), 8-4
Profit/Anderson (Baylor) def. Sanford/Sneed (OSU), 8-4
Singles
Andie Daniell (Bama) def. Anna Sanford (OSU), 6-2, 7-5
Ferny Angeles-Paz (OSU) def. Natalia Maynetto (Bama), 6-1, 6-1
Joanna Nena Savva (Bama) def. Grainne O’Neill (OSU), 6-0, 6-2
Olivia Sneed (OSU) def. Rachel Sadiq (UIW), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Flower (OSU) def. Victoria Kareh (UIW), 6-0, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
Elizabeth Bagerbaseh (TJC) def. Ballinger (OSU), 6-4, 6-2


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