CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Rhode Island competed at the Harvard Fall Classic over the weekend, playing individual matches against Boston College, Harvard and Boston University over the course of three days. There were no team results.
On Friday the Rams competed against Boston College. Rhody got a doubles win from the tandem of
Nikki Fernando and
Kajsa Helgesen. Fernando and Helgesen won 7-5 for their third doubles victory of the Fall.
Ava Grnja added a 6-4, 6-2 win over BC's Alexandra Torre in singles action. Grnja improved to 3-0 this year.
Both Harvard and Boston University swept the matches with Rhode Island. Full individual results for each day are below.
"We learned a lot about ourselves this weekend and developed greatly from all these high-quality matches," Rhode Island head coach
Jonas Brobeck said. "When you play great teams, the smallest details make a large impact, and you cannot drift away from the game-plan or process without being penalized. Further, this was a great weekend leading into ITA New England Regionals where we will compete against the best in our region."
Rhode Island will compete at the ITA New England Regionals later this week. The Rams had five individuals qualify.
Nikki Fernando made the made draw, while
Grace Darcy,
Sophie Herrman,
Kajsa Helgesen and
Anastasia Pettersson are all in the qualification draw.
The teams of Fernando/Helgesen and Darcy/Pettersson both qualified for the main draw in doubles.
Friday
Rhode Island vs. Boston College
Doubles
1.
Nikki Fernando/
Kajsa Helgesen (URI) def. Leyden Games/Tola Glowacka, 7-5
2. Oliva Cutone/Olivia Benton (BC) def.
Grace Darcy/
Anastasia Pettersson, 6-4
3. Seren Agar/Alexandra Torre (BC) def.
Sophie Herrman/
Ava Grnja 6-2
4. Nadia Barteck/Bella Camacho (BC) def.
Stephanie Hylton/
Blake Rothchild, 6-1
Singles
1. Olivia Benton (BC) def.
Nikki Fernando, 6-4, 6-2
2. Tola Glowacka (BC) def.
Grace Darcy, 6-2, 6-4
3. Nadia Barteck (BC) def.
Sophie Herrman, 6-1, 6-0
4. Leyden Games (BC) def.
Anastasia Pettersson, 6-1, 6-3
5.
Ava Grnja (URI) def. Alexandra Torre, 6-4, 6-2
6. Bella Camacho (BC) def.
Stephanie Hylton, 6-1, 6-2
7. Olivia Cutone (BC) def.
Blake Rothchild, 6-0, 6-1
Saturday
Rhode Island vs. Harvard
Doubles
1. Kavya Karra/Claire Shao (HARV) def.
Nikki Fernando/
Kajsa Helgesen, 6-3
2. Stephanie Yakoff/Polina Krumkachev (HARV) def.
Grace Darcy/Anastasia Petterson, 6-3
3. Kate Kim/Charlotte Owensby (Harvard) def.
Stephanie Hylton/
Blake Rothchild, 6-1
Singles
1. Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard) def.
Nikki Fernando, 6-2, 6-0
2. Kavya Karra (Harvard) def.
Grace Darcy, 6-3, 6-1
3. Charlotte Owensby (Harvard) def.
Sophie Herrman, 6-1, 6-1
4. Polina Krumkachev (Harvard) def.
Kajsa Helgesen, 6-1, 6-3
5. Kate Kim (Harvard) def. Anastasia Petterson, 6-3, 6-2
6. Claire Shao (Harvard) def.
Stephanie Hylton, 6-0, 6-1
7. Natasha Rajaram (Harvard) def.
Blake Rothchild, 6-2, 6-3
Sunday
Rhode Island vs. Boston University
Doubles
1. Gabriella Mikaul/Nancy Liu (BU) def.
Nikki Fernando/
Kajsa Helgesen (URI), 6-2
2. Blanka DeMicheli/Rhea Rai (BU) def.
Grace Darcy/Anastasia Petterson (URI), 6-4
3. Emily Zhao/Lauren Kettlewell (BU) def.
Sophie Herrman/
Stephanie Hylton (URI), 6-4
Singles
1. Nancy Liu (BU) def.
Nikki Fernando (URI), 6-2, 6-4
2. Blanka DeMicheli (BU) def.
Grace Darcy (URI), 6-7 (1), 6-4, 10-1
3. Ellie Gyuro (BU) def.
Sophie Herrman (URI), 6-3, 6-1
4. Emily Zhao (BU) def.
Kajsa Helgesen (URI), 7-6 (5), 6-1
5. Rhea Rai (BU) def. Anastasia Petterson (URI), 6-4, 2-6, 10-5
6. Vasilisa Borisova (BU) def.
Stephanie Hylton (URI), 6-4, 7-5
7. Lauren Kettlewell (BU) def.
Blake Rothchild (URI)
