Indiana men's tennis made it to the final round of doubles matches, while Magdalena Swierczynska championed in singles for the women.
Men’s tennis travels to South Bend
Indiana men's tennis competed in the University of Notre Dame's Irish Mini Duels from Nov. 1-3 in South Bend, Indiana.
The Hoosiers competed with 10 other teams, including the Fighting Irish. Indiana sent sophomore Nikola Kolyachev, freshman Matteo Antonescu, freshman Karan Raghavendra and freshman Braeden Gelletich to the competition.
In the singles matches, Gelletich was the only Hoosier to secure a win in all four rounds, winning his final match in three sets over Michigan sophomore Alex Cairo 7-5, 5-7, 1-0(7).
Raghavendra also made it to the final round of singles matches along with Gelletich, but he fell to Michigan senior Will Cooksey 6-1, 6-0.
Gelletich and Raghavendra were a dominant team in doubles, making it to the final round before ultimately falling to Cairo and Cooksey 7-6(2).
Antonescu and Kolyachev defeated Notre Dame seniors Yu Zhang and Jameson Corsillo in a close match, securing a 7-6(5) victory in the first round. However, the duo's first round success did not carry over into the second, as they lost to senior Max Bengtsson and sophomore Owen Megargee from Northwestern 7-6(4).
Indiana men's tennis will compete in two events this weekend. Sophomore Facundo Yunis and junior Jip van Assendelft will go to Tallahassee, Florida to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Sectionals Championship.
Meanwhile, Braeden Gelletich, Nikola Kolyachev, Karan Raghavendra and Matteo Antonescu will join graduate student Michael Andre, junior Deacon Thomas, sophomore Ben Pomeranets and junior Luc Boulier in Madison, Wisconsin for the Big 10 Individual Championships.
Women’s tennis competes at University of Florida invite
Indiana women's tennis team traveled to Jacksonville, Florida, to compete with 10 other teams at the University of Florida Fall Invite over the weekend. Indiana sent freshman Nicole Sifuentes, freshman Marina Fuduric, sophomore Magdalena Swierczynska and sophomore Elisabeth Dunac to compete.
Swiercynska dominated on day three of the invite, beating graduate student Amira Badawi of the University of North Carolina Charlotte 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3.
Fuduric put up a hard fight against her opponents but ultimately fell to University of South Florida freshman Josefine Falster 3-6, 1-6 and University of North Florida freshman Nicole Alfaro with a score of 3-6, 2-6.
However, Fuduric was able to pick herself back up in a 7-6 (7-0), 6-1 win against UNF freshman Aryana Bartlett.
In their doubles match, Swiercynska and Fuduric defeated South Florida opponents junior Dharani Niroshan and freshman Margherita Marcon 7-6 (7-3) in the quarterfinals. However, the pair fell to juniors Cade Cricchio and Tina Li of Florida State University in the semifinals, 4-6.
The women's next matchup will be Thursday in Athens, Georgia, for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sectionals Championship.
