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Tennis
Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
Iowa State University Athletics
Thursday, September 22
Minneapolis, Minn.
All Day
Iowa State University
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Gopher Invitational
Bonadonna, Budai Earn Top-3 Finishes At Gopher Invite
09.25.2016 | Tennis
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Iowa State tennis team concluded action at the Gopher Invitational with a pair of Cyclones earning top-three finishes in their respective brackets.
Senior Sami Budai dropped a hard-fought three-set championship match to San Jose State's Marie Klocker. Budai took the first set but ultimately fell, 6-2, 3-6, 7-10, to Klocker to finish second in the tournament's top flight.
In Flight C, Annabella Bonadonna beat Eastern Michigan's Andrea Martinovska in a thriller. Bonadonna dropped the first set before rebounding to win 6-7, 7-5, 14-12.
Freshman Rita Timakova won the consolation bracket in Flight C, finishing the weekend 2-1 in singles action. On Sunday, Timakova defeated Northern Iowa's Astrid Santos, 6-4, 6-3.
The Cyclones return to action Oct. 7-9 at the Florida Gulf Coast Fall Invite.
Singles Results
Flight A
Championship Match
Marie Klocker (San Jose State) Sami Budai, 2-6, 6-3, 10-7
Flight B
Third-Place Match
Annemarie Emme (Minnesota) def. Espindola, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
Flight C
Third-Place Match
Annabella Bonadonna def. Andrea Martinovska (Eastern Michigan), 6-7, 7-5, 14-12
Consolation Finals
Rita Timakova def. Astrid Santos (Northern Iowa), 6-4, 6-3
Flight D
Consolation
Alysa Straub (Milwaukee) def. Liera Bender, 6-3, 6-2
Rylee Tucker (Omaha) def. Erin Freeman, 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (4)
Flight E
Consolation
Karen Alvarez def. Laura Romero (South Dakota State), 6-1, 6-0
Carin Renefelt (Iowa) def. Natalie Phippen, 6-1, 6-0
Doubles Results
Miyo Kobayashi/Tamara Culibrk (San Jose State) def. Budai/Cancini, 4-1, inj.
Bonadonna/Espindola def. Kenzie Hill/Rebecca Stafford (Omaha), 6-0
Preethi Kasilingam/Mimi Yunker (North Dakota) def. Bender/Freeman, 6-1
Tucker/Hannah Hills (Omaha) def. Timakova/Alvarez, 6-4
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