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Minnesota Concludes Fall Schedule at San Diego State University Fall Classic II

11/13/2022 9:40:00 PM | Tennis

Minnesota went 9-5 in singles play and 3-6 in doubles competition throughout the weekend to finish its 2022 fall season.

SAN DIEGO–The University of Minnesota tennis program concluded play at the San Diego State University (SDSU) Fall Classic II, Sunday afternoon. The Maroon and Gold went 9-5 in singles matches and 3-6 in doubles play throughout the event in San Diego, Calif.

Vasia Karvouni, Zeyneb Sarioglan, Lucy Lu, Aiva Schmitz and Sofia Pizzoni represented Minnesota at the fall classic hosted by the Aztecs. The five student-athletes participated in singles and doubles competition from Nov. 11-13. 

The three-day event closes out the Golden Gophers 2022 fall schedule. The 2023 spring schedule will jump start in January.  

Results:

Day 1–

Doubles: 

Vasia Karvouni/Lucy Lu loss to Scout Mathews/Taylor Andersen (Eastern Washington) 2-6
Sofia Pizzoni/Zeyneb Sarioglan loss to Anastasia Luneva/Wiem Boubaker (Nevada) 5-7
Aiva Schmitz/Mathilde Sarcelet(Nevada) loss to Grace Gamal/Katelyn Vu (UC, San Diego) 5-7

Singles:

Vasia Karvouni loss to Kelly Leung (UC, San Diego) 3-6, 6-4, 3-6
Lucy Lu def. Fatima Gutierrez (UTSA) 6-4, 6-3
Sofia Pizzoni def. Sophie Pearson (UC, San Diego) 6-2, 6-2
Zeyneb Sarioglan loss to Wiem Boubaker (Nevada) 1-6, 3-6
Aiva Schmitz def. Grace Gamal (UC, San Diego) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2


Day 2–

Doubles:

Vasia Karvouni/Lucy Lu def. Mariana Campino/Audrey Moutama (Nevada) 6-3
Sofia Pizzoni/Zeyneb Sarioglan def. Sara Vasic/Isabella Foshee (Eastern Washington) 6-3
Aiva Schmitz/Mathilde Sarcelet (Nevada) loss to Magda Tuells/Eva Beyebach (UTSA) 3-6 

Singles:

Vasia Karvouni def. Marian Campino (Nevada) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Lucy Lu def. Anastasia Luneva (Nevada) 6-2, 6-4
Sofia Pizzoni loss to Magda Tuells (UTSA) 4-6, 6-3, 1-6
Zeyneb Sarioglan def. Katelyn Vu (UC, San Diego) 6-2, 6-2
Aiva Schmitz loss to Cecile Morin (SDSU) 6(4)-7(7), 3-6

Day 3– 

Doubles:

Vasia Karvouni/Lucy Lu def. Renata Gabuzyan/Kenzington Mann (Eastern Washington) 6-3
Sofia Pizzoni/Zeyneb Sarioglan loss to Magda Tuells/Eva Beyebach (UTSA) 2-6
Aiva Schmitz/Mathilde Sarcelet loss to Sara Vasic/Isabella Foshee (Eastern Washington) 2-6

Singles:

Vasia Karvouni def. Gabriella Pachl (UC, San Diego) 6-3, 6-2
Lucy Lu def. Cecile Morin (SDSU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Zeyneb Sarioglan loss to Rachel Wagner (UC, San Diego) 3-6, 3-6
Aiva Schmitz def. Anastasia Luneva (Nevada) 7-5, 6-2

On the Docket:

The Minnesota tennis program will begin its 2023 regular spring season at the end of January. Further spring schedule details will be released at a later date. 

 
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