Cyclones Dominate Singles On Day One

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Iowa State tennis team went an impressive 7-0 in singles on the first day of the Jon Messick Invitational in Fort Collins, Colorado. Julia Camblor and Cristina Ramos Sierra also claimed the Friday Flight C doubles championship by going 2-0 in the flight.

Camblor and Ramos took home the title after winning both matches in the four-team bracket. In round one, they defeated Wyoming's Elena Trencheva and Ruby Young, 6-4 to advance to the title match where they then took down Oregon's Olivia Symons and Julia Visaya, 7-6 (3).

Valeska San Martin Ramirez and Suzanie Pretorius picked up their third doubles win of the year as a pair after beating Air Force's Carissa Holguin and Charisse Tigrado, 6-0. They fell short in the Flight F championship though, falling to Wyoming's Adel Ismagulova and Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia, 6-4.

Anna Supapitch Kuearum and Ashlee Narker dropped their first match of the day in Flight A against Colorado State's Viktoryia Zhadzinskaya and Paisha Douglas, 7-5. But rebounded in dominant fashion with a win over Utah State's Cielo Tapia-Cruz and Magdalena Nunez Pureco, 6-0.

Mari Paz Alberto Vilar was paired with Oregon's Candela Aparisi for doubles and ended up dropping both matches, 6-3, to pairs from Wyoming and South Dakota.

In singles, both Kuearum and Narker were placed in Flight A, both earning first round victories. Kuearum defeated Utah State's Indya Nespor, 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the semifinals where she'll play South Dakota's Beata Havlickova. Narker did the same by taking down Colorado State's Sarah Weekley, 6-4, 6-3. She'll face Wyoming's Violetta Borodina in the semis.

In Flight B, Ramos continued her hot start to her collegiate career by knocking off South Dakota's Amanda de Oliveira, 6-2, 6-2. Ramos now owns a 9-0 overall record to start the fall season and will look to stay unbeaten against Patsy Daughters from Oregon in the semifinals.

In Flight C, Alberto Vilar and Camblor were both victorious and earned trips to Saturday's semifinals. Alberto Vilar defeated Colorado State's Mariya Dobreva, 6-2, 6-1, while Camblor took down Utah State's Ana Sabikova, 6-4, 6-3. Alberto and Camblor will face Symons from Oregon and Sorcha Caves from South Dakota, respectively.

In Flight D, San Martin and Pretorius also won their matches in two sets each. San Martin won her match by beating Utah State's Niyati Kukreti, 6-3, 6-2 and will play Wyoming's Trencheva on Saturday. Pretorius defeated Weber State's Yangpingan Li, 7-6 (3), 6-0, and will face Colorado State's Douglas in the semis.

Results
Doubles
Round 1
Viktoryia Zhadzinskaya/Paisha Douglas (CSU) def. Anna Supapitch Kuearum/Ashlee Narker (ISU), 7-5 (Flight A)
Julia Camblor/Cristina Ramos Sierra (ISU) def. Elena Trencheva/Ruby Young (Wyo), 6-4 (Flight C)
Serina Abriola/Eugenia Ceinos (Wyo) def. Mari Paz Alberto Vilar (ISU)/Candela Aparisi (Ore), 6-3 (Flight D)
Valeska San Martin Ramirez/Suzanie Pretorius (ISU) def. Carissa Holguin/Charisse Tigrado (AF), 6-0 (Flight F)

Round 2
Kuearum/Narker (ISU) def. Cielo Tapia-Cruz/Magdalena Nunez Pureco (USU), 6-0 (Flight A)
Camblor/Ramos (ISU) def. Olivia Symons/Julia Visaya (Ore), 7-6 (3) (Flight C)
Anna Medvyedyeva/Selena Bird (USD) def. Alberto (ISU)/Aparisi (Ore), 6-3 (Flight D)
Adel Ismagulova/Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia (Wyo) def. San Martin/Pretorius (ISU), 6-4 (Flight F)

Singles
Kuearum (ISU) def. Indya Nespor (USU), 6-2, 7-5 (Flight A)
Narker (ISU) def. Sarah Weekley (CSU), 6-4, 6-3 (Flight A)
Ramos (ISU) def. Amanda de Oliveira (USD), 6-2, 6-2 (Flight B)
Alberto (ISU) def. Mariya Dobreva (CSU), 6-2, 6-1 (Flight C)
Camblor (ISU) def. Ana Sabikova (USU), 6-4, 6-3 (Flight C)
Pretorius (ISU) def. Yangpingan Li (WSU), 7-6 (3), 6-0 (Flight D)
San Martin (ISU) def. Niyati Kukreti (USU), 6-3, 6-2 (Flight D)

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Players Mentioned

Mari Paz Alberto Vilar

Julia Camblor

Anna Supapitch Kuearum

Ashlee Narker

Suzanie Pretorius

Cristina Ramos Sierra

Valeska San Martin Ramirez

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