NIU Wins Singles Flight at Marquette Invite, Runner-up in Two - RAW CHILI

Women’s Tennis | October 18

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Northern Illinois University women’s tennis team wrapped up another successful fall invitation, taking part in the Marquette Invitational. NIU won Flight 5 in singles competition and finished as the runner-up in both Flight 1 and 2.

The Huskies combined for a total of 22 wins over the weekend, including a 7-1 record in doubles on Saturday.

Paulina Masherava (Vernon Hills, Ill. / Vernon Hills) won the singles Flight 5, going 3-0. Rebeca Garcia Miralles (Castellón, Spain / IES Sos Baynat) finished as the runner-up in Flight 1 and Iben Storkaas (Asker, Norway / NTG-Norwegian College of Elite Sport) placed as the runner-up in Flight 2.

Masherava began Flight 5 with a three-set win, downing Marquette’s Aiyana Abbott, 4-6, 7-5, 10-6. The freshman won her next two matches in convincing fashion, recording a 6-3, 6-3 win over Western Illinois and a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Marquette to win the group.

Lucia Yecora / Natalia Varela Herrera combined for a 3-0 record in doubles. Yecora’s three wins upped her combined career wins to 102, becoming 20th member of the 100-Win Club in program history.

Full NIU Results:

Doubles

Friday – R1

Lucia Yecora / Natalia Varela Herrera (NIU) def. Grace Greenwald / Corinne Barber (Omaha), 6-4

Theodora Kousiou / Iben Storkaas (NIU) def. Lexie Hankel / Nikola Nikolajeva (Milwaukee), 7-5

Jessica Hess / Mana Fawsett (Western Illinois) def. Sophia Shlyakhta / Rebeca Garcia Miralles (NIU), 6-3

Kerrigan Spiers / Catherine Rhegness (Omaha) def. Malika Kabdesh / Paulina Masherava (NIU), 6-0

Friday – R2

Sophia Shlyakhta / Rebeca Garcia Miralles (NIU) def. Kerrigan Spiers / Catherine Rhegness (Omaha),

6-4

Lucia Yecora / Natalia Varela Herrera (NIU) def. Emmerson White / Elizabeth Stuckslager (Marquette),

7-5

Malika Kabdesh / Paulina Masherava (NIU) def. Elisa Rubio / Honoka Yamashita (Milwaukee), 6-3

Saturday – R1

Malika Kabdesh / Paulina Masherava (NIU) def. Grace Greenwald / Corinne Barber (Omaha), 6-4

Sophia Shlyakhta / Rebeca Garcia Miralles (NIU) def. Shelby Smith / Kaelyn Le (Omaha) 6-0

Lucia Yecora / Natalia Varela Herrera (NIU) def. Nikola Nikolajeva / Elisa Rubio (Milwaukee) 7-5

Natalia Castenada / Valentina Vallova (Milwaukee) def. Iben Storkaas / Lucia Yecora (NIU) 6-2

Saturday – R2

Malika Kabdesh / Paulina Masherava (NIU) def. Aiyana Abbott / Kate Thorne (Marquette) 6-1

Sophia Shlyakhta / Rebeca Garcia Miralles (NIU) def. Khayli Buckels / Katelynn Kock (Omaha) 6-4

Theodora Kousiou / Natalia Varela Herrera (NIU) def. Lea Holmlund / Maria Poon (Marquette) 7-5

Iben Storkaas / Lucia Yecora (NIU) def. Kerrigan Spiers / Catherin Rhegness(Omaha) 6-2

Singles

Flight 1

Katelynn Kock (Omaha) def. Natalia Varela Herrera (NIU) 6-3, 6-3

Rebeca Garcia Miralles (NIU) def. Khayli Buckels (Omaha) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 10-4

Rebeca Garcia Miralles (NIU) def. Emmerson White (Marquette) 1-6, 6-2, 10-8

Elise Barnstedt (Marquette) def. Natalia Varela Herrera (NIU) 2-6, 6-3, 10-6

Khayli Buckels(Omaha) def. Natalia Varela Herrera (NIU) 2-6, 7-5, 10-4

F1 Finals

Katelynn Kock (Omaha) def. Rebeca Garcia Miralles (NIU) 6-4, 6-4

Flight 2

Chloe Routier (WIU) def. Sophia Shlyakhta (NIU) 7-6 (8),6-3

Iben Storkaas (NIU) def. Nikola Nikolajeva (Milwaukee) 6-2, 6-4

Iben Storkaas (NIU) def. Shelby Smith (Omaha) 3-6, 7-5, 10-7

Shelby Smith (Omaha) def. Sophia Shlyakhta (NIU) 5-7, 6-1, 10-7

Sophia Shlyakhta (NIU) def. Grace Greenwald(Omaha) 3-6,6-2,10-8

F2 Finals

Elizabeth Stuckslager (Marquette) def. Iben Storkaas (NIU) 7-6 (4), 6-4

Flight 3

Malika Kabdesh (NIU) def. Emma Dell (WIU) 6-1, 6-3

Valentina Vallova (Milwaukee) def. Malika Kabdesh (NIU) 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)

Malika Kabdesh (NIU) def. Lexie Hankel (Milwaukee) 6-0, 3-6, 11-9

Flight 5

Paulina Masherava (NIU) def. Aiyana Abbott (Marquette) 4-6, 7-5, 10-6

Paulina Masherava (NIU) def. Ananya Dhankhar (Western Illinois) 6-3, 6-3

F5 Finals

Paulina Masherava (NIU) def. Kate Thorne (Marquette) 6-3, 6-2