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Karoub and Mukherjee from Women’s Tennis Win the Wildcat Invite
10/10/2021 11:15:00 PM | Women's Tennis
EVANSTON, Ill. – The Michigan State women's tennis team wrapped up its time at the Wildcat Invite on Sunday afternoon, with juniors Monique Karoub and Tia Mukherjee claiming the tournament championship at the Northwestern-hosted event in Evanston, Illinois.
Mukherjee led the way with a perfect 6-0 mark on the weekend, while Karoub went 5-1, with her only loss coming in Friday singles action.
Playing in a tournament style that featured three compass draws of eight teams (each duo competing in singles and doubles matches), the event saw each team compete three times over the weekend. The teams that won moved forward in the draw, while the teams that lost moved backward, but all eight teams competed over all three days regardless.
The match format was 'Dynamic Duos,' with scoring resembling a mini-dual. Each team competed in a doubles match, and then both participants competed individually in two singles matches. The team that won two out of those three contests advanced as a team.
The first MSU pairing to take the court Friday was senior Nicole Stephens and sophomore Ayshe Can, who took on the Duke duo of Ellie Coleman and Emma Jackson. The Blue Devils swept the morning matchup, winning the doubles portion, 6-4, while Jackson beat Stephens (6-4, 6-2) and Coleman downed Can later on (6-3, 6-3).
MSU sent out two more pairings in the afternoon, as senior Lauren Lemonds and freshman Charlotte Gisclon linked up for the third-straight week, while Karoub and Mukherjee made their season debuts together. Lemonds and Can faced the Chicago State combo of Katarina Dukic and Cali Fuller, as the Spartans took all three parts of the match with a 6-4 doubles victory, followed by a Lemonds win over Fuller (6-3, 6-2) and Gisclon edging Dukic (6-4, 6-4). Karoub and Mukherjee also advanced forward against the Lea Forste-Dinell/Tamara Malazonia duo from UIC, taking the doubles competition by a 6-3 score. Mukherjee then defeated Forste-Dinell (6-2, 6-2), but Karoub fell to Malazonia (6-2, 2-6, 6-4).
Saturday began with Stephens and Can battling back to advance past Notre Dame's Meghan Coleman/Nibedita Ghosh/Maeve Koscielski after a 6-3 defeat in the doubles match to Coleman and Ghosh, as Stephens picked up a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Ghosh before Can defeated Kosielski (6-4, 6-4).
Lemonds and Gisclon drew UIC's Agnes Gustafsson and Ana Jover on Saturday, but the Spartan duo could not prevail despite Gisclon beating Jover (4-6, 6-4, 6-2), as the doubles match went 6-1 in favor of UIC while Gustafsson edged Lemonds (6-3, 6-2).
Karoub and Mukherjee returned to action later Saturday, taking on the Chicago State pair of Lizi Morgoshia and Sofiya Sedovich. In that showdown, the MSU duo continued to roll, taking the doubles match, 6-1, before Mukherjee handed Sedovich a 6-4, 6-2 loss and Karoub earned the 7-5, 6-0 win over Morgoshia.
Sunday featured Stephens and Can opening against the UND combo of Carrie Beckman and Yshna Yellayi, where MSU took a 7-6 winning decision in doubles action. Yellayi then defeated Stephens (7-5, 6-2), but Can won a 6-3, 6-4 singles match against Beckman to give the Spartan duo a series win.
Lemonds and Gisclon did not have much success on the final day, as they dropped a 6-4 doubles match to Northwestern's Hannah McColgan and Kiley Rabjohns. McColgan then beat Lemonds (6-3, 6-2) and Rabjohns did the same to Gisclon (6-1 ret. Inj) to close the pairing's weekend.
Marquette's Sarah Badawi and Andie Weise were the final opponent for Karoub and Mukherjee, but the MSU combo got the 6-4 doubles win before Mukherjee edged Weise (6-1, 6-3) and Karoub defeated Badawi (6-2, 6-1).
The Spartans return to the courts on Oct. 22 at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Super Regionals in Columbus, Ohio.
Mukherjee led the way with a perfect 6-0 mark on the weekend, while Karoub went 5-1, with her only loss coming in Friday singles action.
Playing in a tournament style that featured three compass draws of eight teams (each duo competing in singles and doubles matches), the event saw each team compete three times over the weekend. The teams that won moved forward in the draw, while the teams that lost moved backward, but all eight teams competed over all three days regardless.
The match format was 'Dynamic Duos,' with scoring resembling a mini-dual. Each team competed in a doubles match, and then both participants competed individually in two singles matches. The team that won two out of those three contests advanced as a team.
The first MSU pairing to take the court Friday was senior Nicole Stephens and sophomore Ayshe Can, who took on the Duke duo of Ellie Coleman and Emma Jackson. The Blue Devils swept the morning matchup, winning the doubles portion, 6-4, while Jackson beat Stephens (6-4, 6-2) and Coleman downed Can later on (6-3, 6-3).
MSU sent out two more pairings in the afternoon, as senior Lauren Lemonds and freshman Charlotte Gisclon linked up for the third-straight week, while Karoub and Mukherjee made their season debuts together. Lemonds and Can faced the Chicago State combo of Katarina Dukic and Cali Fuller, as the Spartans took all three parts of the match with a 6-4 doubles victory, followed by a Lemonds win over Fuller (6-3, 6-2) and Gisclon edging Dukic (6-4, 6-4). Karoub and Mukherjee also advanced forward against the Lea Forste-Dinell/Tamara Malazonia duo from UIC, taking the doubles competition by a 6-3 score. Mukherjee then defeated Forste-Dinell (6-2, 6-2), but Karoub fell to Malazonia (6-2, 2-6, 6-4).
Saturday began with Stephens and Can battling back to advance past Notre Dame's Meghan Coleman/Nibedita Ghosh/Maeve Koscielski after a 6-3 defeat in the doubles match to Coleman and Ghosh, as Stephens picked up a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Ghosh before Can defeated Kosielski (6-4, 6-4).
Lemonds and Gisclon drew UIC's Agnes Gustafsson and Ana Jover on Saturday, but the Spartan duo could not prevail despite Gisclon beating Jover (4-6, 6-4, 6-2), as the doubles match went 6-1 in favor of UIC while Gustafsson edged Lemonds (6-3, 6-2).
Karoub and Mukherjee returned to action later Saturday, taking on the Chicago State pair of Lizi Morgoshia and Sofiya Sedovich. In that showdown, the MSU duo continued to roll, taking the doubles match, 6-1, before Mukherjee handed Sedovich a 6-4, 6-2 loss and Karoub earned the 7-5, 6-0 win over Morgoshia.
Sunday featured Stephens and Can opening against the UND combo of Carrie Beckman and Yshna Yellayi, where MSU took a 7-6 winning decision in doubles action. Yellayi then defeated Stephens (7-5, 6-2), but Can won a 6-3, 6-4 singles match against Beckman to give the Spartan duo a series win.
Lemonds and Gisclon did not have much success on the final day, as they dropped a 6-4 doubles match to Northwestern's Hannah McColgan and Kiley Rabjohns. McColgan then beat Lemonds (6-3, 6-2) and Rabjohns did the same to Gisclon (6-1 ret. Inj) to close the pairing's weekend.
Marquette's Sarah Badawi and Andie Weise were the final opponent for Karoub and Mukherjee, but the MSU combo got the 6-4 doubles win before Mukherjee edged Weise (6-1, 6-3) and Karoub defeated Badawi (6-2, 6-1).
The Spartans return to the courts on Oct. 22 at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Super Regionals in Columbus, Ohio.
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