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Sophia Hurrion
Herd Garners Seven Singles Wins on Day One at Thunder In The Mountains
9/24/2021 9:52:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Hurrion/Joseph triumph twice in doubles
KANAWHA CITY, W.Va. – Marshall's tennis team completed its first day of competition at the Thunder In the Mountains Tournament on Friday, a three-day event that is being held at Schoenbaum Tennis Courts in Kanawha City.
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The Herd got singles victories over Villanova from Madi Ballow, Emma Vanderheyden, Sophia Hurrion, Jutte Van Hansewyck, Rieke Gillar, Liz Stefancic and Kylie Fisher.
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The Herd received a pair of doubles victories over two separate Saint Francis doubles teams by Hurrion and Kara Joseph.
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"We basically have six newcomers this fall since the two we had last year didn't get to play a fall and then we had so much experience back last spring," said Marshall head coach John Mercer. "This is a good opportunity to stay close to home and compete against some good teams and play good matches. It's always fun to see different teams and different players."
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"Today, we played at a completely different level than our first tournament (at Liberty), so that's good to see. I expect that we'll continue to see more 'buy-in' from our players and this is a step forward in that process."
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Action will continue Saturday and Sunday with a 9 a.m. start scheduled for both days.
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Complete Thundering Herd results from Friday are below.
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Singles
Ballow (MAR) def. Emily Strande (Villanova) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
Vanderheyden (MAR) def. Emma Brogan (Villanova) 6-4, 6-4
Hurrion (MAR) def. Caitlin Fisher (Villanova) 6-4, 6-1
Bella Steffen (Villanova) def. Gabrielle Clairotte (MAR) 6-4, 6-4
Van Hansewyck (MAR) def. Olivia Kapp (Villanova) 6-3, 6-1
Gillar (MAR) def. Sabina Grigorian (Villanova) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 1-0
Stefancic (MAR) def. Taylor Gould (Villanova) 6-3, 6-3
Chloe Floyd (Villanova) def. Kara Joseph (MAR) 4-6, 6-3 (5)
Romina Cutipa (Saint Francis) def. Audrey Grigore (MAR), 6-4, 6-4
Kylie Fisher (MAR) def. Nagisa Miyake (Saint Francis) 6-0, 6-3
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Doubles
Ting-Pei Chang/Camilla Bossi (WVU) def. Ballow/Van Hansewyck (MAR) 6-4
Momoko Nagato/Anastasiia Bovolskaia (WVU) def. Clairotte/Vanderheyden (MAR) 7-5
Kendall Kovick/Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Stefancic/Gellar (MAR) 7-6 (7-4)
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Ballow/Van Hansewyck (MAR) def. Dominique Yeo/Anouk Ma-Ajong (Saint Francis) 6-1
Clairotte/Vanderheyden (MAR) def. Anoek Pruijmboom/Valeria Vinces (Saint Francis) 6-3
Stefancic/Gellar (MAR) def. Cutipa/Bente Vandeputte (Saint Francis), 6-2
Hurrion/Joseph (MAR) def. Cutipa/Bente Vandeputte (Saint Francis) 6-2
Hurrion/Joseph (MAR) def. Miyake/Marie Discini (Saint Francis) 6-3
Gould/Floyd (Villanova) def. Grigore/Fisher (MAR) 6-2
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The Herd got singles victories over Villanova from Madi Ballow, Emma Vanderheyden, Sophia Hurrion, Jutte Van Hansewyck, Rieke Gillar, Liz Stefancic and Kylie Fisher.
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The Herd received a pair of doubles victories over two separate Saint Francis doubles teams by Hurrion and Kara Joseph.
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"We basically have six newcomers this fall since the two we had last year didn't get to play a fall and then we had so much experience back last spring," said Marshall head coach John Mercer. "This is a good opportunity to stay close to home and compete against some good teams and play good matches. It's always fun to see different teams and different players."
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"Today, we played at a completely different level than our first tournament (at Liberty), so that's good to see. I expect that we'll continue to see more 'buy-in' from our players and this is a step forward in that process."
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Action will continue Saturday and Sunday with a 9 a.m. start scheduled for both days.
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Complete Thundering Herd results from Friday are below.
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Singles
Ballow (MAR) def. Emily Strande (Villanova) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
Vanderheyden (MAR) def. Emma Brogan (Villanova) 6-4, 6-4
Hurrion (MAR) def. Caitlin Fisher (Villanova) 6-4, 6-1
Bella Steffen (Villanova) def. Gabrielle Clairotte (MAR) 6-4, 6-4
Van Hansewyck (MAR) def. Olivia Kapp (Villanova) 6-3, 6-1
Gillar (MAR) def. Sabina Grigorian (Villanova) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 1-0
Stefancic (MAR) def. Taylor Gould (Villanova) 6-3, 6-3
Chloe Floyd (Villanova) def. Kara Joseph (MAR) 4-6, 6-3 (5)
Romina Cutipa (Saint Francis) def. Audrey Grigore (MAR), 6-4, 6-4
Kylie Fisher (MAR) def. Nagisa Miyake (Saint Francis) 6-0, 6-3
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Doubles
Ting-Pei Chang/Camilla Bossi (WVU) def. Ballow/Van Hansewyck (MAR) 6-4
Momoko Nagato/Anastasiia Bovolskaia (WVU) def. Clairotte/Vanderheyden (MAR) 7-5
Kendall Kovick/Michaela Kucharova (WVU) def. Stefancic/Gellar (MAR) 7-6 (7-4)
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Ballow/Van Hansewyck (MAR) def. Dominique Yeo/Anouk Ma-Ajong (Saint Francis) 6-1
Clairotte/Vanderheyden (MAR) def. Anoek Pruijmboom/Valeria Vinces (Saint Francis) 6-3
Stefancic/Gellar (MAR) def. Cutipa/Bente Vandeputte (Saint Francis), 6-2
Hurrion/Joseph (MAR) def. Cutipa/Bente Vandeputte (Saint Francis) 6-2
Hurrion/Joseph (MAR) def. Miyake/Marie Discini (Saint Francis) 6-3
Gould/Floyd (Villanova) def. Grigore/Fisher (MAR) 6-2
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