ANNAPOLIS, MD. -- The FDU Knights women's tennis team won one of eight flights in the Navy-hosted 2021 Bill and Sandra Moore Invitational. Smriti Singh and Gauri Bhagia won their final two matches by walkover, but ultimately won the 'C Doubles' flight. Two other Knights made finals, as Namie Isago started her Knights career with a bang, making it to the 'C Singles' flight final as well as the 'B Doubles' flight final, with graduate student Marta Bettinelli as her partner.
The Knights also saw Alena Kubanova take home the consolation bracket win in the 'B Singles' final. Kubanova also teamed with Aleksandra Vorozheikina in the 'A Doubles' flight, where the pair of them would ultimately fall just barely short of winning the consolation bracket in that flight, as well.
The Knights would start the Invitational 9-3 on day one, and built off their first day's successes with an 11-8 mark on day two. In total, FDU finished with 22 matches won over the weekend.
The Burgundy and Blue return to action on Friday, October 1, for the ITA Regional Championships hosted by the University of Pennsylvania.
DAY THREE BOX SCORE
A DOUBLES FLIGHT
Consolation Final: Junmoke James/Ella Imhof (Lehigh) def. Alena Kubanova/Aleksandra Vorozheikina (FDU), 8-7 (6)
B DOUBLES FLIGHT
Final: Kacey Moore/Samantha Johns (Navy) def. Namie Isago/Marta Bettinelli (FDU), 8-5
C DOUBLES FLIGHT
Final: Smriti Singh/Gauri Bhagia (FDU) def. Parvathi Shanker/Casey Accola (Navy) by walkover
B SINGLES FLIGHT
Consolation Final: Alena Kubanova (FDU) def. Lauren Quinn (Mary Washington), 6-2 (retired)
C SINGLES FLIGHT
Final: Anna Lajos (Bucknell) def. Namie Isago (FDU), 6-1, 6-2
E SINGLES FLIGHT
Consolation Final: Chloe Zilkha (Bucknell) def. Aishwarya Gandotra (FDU), 6-1, 6-0
DAY TWO BOX SCORE
A DOUBLES FLIGHT
Alena Kubanova/Aleksandra Vorozheikina (FDU) def. Nicole Gasser/Ann Spurka (Monmouth), 8-5
B DOUBLES FLIGHT
Namie Isago/Marta Bettinelli (FDU) def. Rachel Buchinsky/Hamsa Javagal (Lehigh), 8-4
C DOUBLES FLIGHT
Parvathi Shanker/Casey Accola (Navy) def. Amina Lasheen/Shreya Gulia (FDU), 8-4
Smriti Singh/Gauri Bhagia (FDU) def. Sylvia Eklund/Kate Lee (Navy) by walkover
A SINGLES FLIGHT
Daniela Bellini (Bucknell) def. Gauri Bhagia (FDU), 6-3, 6-0
Shreya Gulia (FDU) def. Kacey Moore (Navy), 2-6, 6-4, 11-9
Emily Tannenbaum (Navy) def. Gulia, 6-2, 6-0
B SINGLES FLIGHT
Aleksandra Vorozheikina (FDU) def. Junmoke James (Lehigh), 6-1, 6-1
Whiteny King (Bucknell) def. Vorozheikina, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
Alena Kubanova (FDU) def. Caterina Casadei (Binghamton) by walkover
Kubanova (FDU) def. Amanda Hagino (Mary Washington), 6-3, 6-2
C SINGLES FLIGHT
Parvathi Shanker (Navy) def. Marta Bettinelli (FDU), 6-3, 6-4
Naemi Isago (FDU) def. Kate Lee (Navy) by walkover
Isago (FDU) def. Hana Kimmey (Mary Washington), 6-2, 7-5
D SINGLES FLIGHT
Carolina Marcus (Bucknell) def. Smriti Singh (FDU), 4-6, 6-1, 10-8
Amina Lasheen (FDU) def. Megha Dania (Lehigh), 6-1, 6-1
Sylvia Eklund (Navy) def. Lasheen, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 10-5
E SINGLES FLIGHT
Anushka Dania (Lehigh) def. Aishwarya Gandotra (FDU), 6-0, 6-0
Gandotra (FDU) def. Madison Sebulsky (Bucknell), 6-0, 6-4
DAY ONE BOX SCORE
A DOUBLES FLIGHT
Jillian Taggart/Emily Tannenbaum (Navy) def. Alena Kubanova/Aleksandra Vorozheikina (FDU), 8-3
B DOUBLES FLIGHT
Namie Isago/Marta Bettinelli (FDU) def. Laurel Utterback/Anna Lajos (Bucknell), 8-4
C DOUBLES FLIGHT
Amina Lasheen/Shreya Gulia (FDU) def. Sydney DeNardo/Lauren Landstrom (Monmouth), 8-2
Smriti Singh/Gauri Bhagia (FDU) def. Jordyn Pax/Zoe Klapman (Monmouth), 8-5
A SINGLES FLIGHT
Gauri Bhagia (FDU) def. Lara Kaplan (Binghamton), 6-3, 7-5
Shreya Gulia (FDU) def. Abigail Moghtader (Mary Washington), 6-1, 6-2
B SINGLES FLIGHT
Aleksandra Vorozheikina (FDU) def. Lauren Quinn (Mary Washington), 6-3, 6-0
Tyne Miller (Bucknell) def. Alena Kubanova (FDU), 2-6, 7-5, 10-1
C SINGLES FLIGHT
Lenien Jamir (Monmouth) def. Marta Bettinelli (FDU), 3-6, 6-3, 10-6
Namie Isago (FDU) def. Anshika Singh (Lehigh) by walkover
D SINGLES FLIGHT
Smriti Singh (FDU) def. Julia Gumieniak (Binghamton), 6-1, 6-2
Amina Lasheen (FDU) def. Kelly Chen (Binghamton), 6-2, 6-0