WEST POINT, New York – Marist Women's Tennis participated in the West Point Invite, hosted by Army, from Friday, September 27 to Sunday, September 29. Among the action, junior captain
Sam Galu advanced all the way to the finals of the E Singles flight on Sunday.
- In the C Singles Flight, junior captain Julia Gabay defeated Brianna Omar of NJIT 6-1, 7-6 (1) in the opening round.
- As the third seed in the D Singles, freshman Vanessa Ciano dropped Sacred Heart's Sinead Keane 6-4, 2-6, 10-8.
- Galu's first match in the E Singles position came against Emmie Lindholm of MAAC-foe Quinnipiac. The Red Fox handled her in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1.
- In the same bracket, senior Amy Galloway won her play-in match over Colgate's Elinor Simek 7-5, 6-3 before falling to No. 1 Anshika Singh of Lehigh 0-6, 3-6.
- Junior Sophia Chavarria dispatched St. Francis Brooklyn's Alisa Handrugan 6-4, 6-2 in the bottom half of the E Singles flight.
- In the B Doubles flight, Ciano and Chavarria were victorious over Davis and Loredo of Rhode Island, 6-4. However, they lost to Army's Gilbert and DiMaio of host Army in the next round.
- Senior Jada Tijani and sophomore Madison Price won their first match in same flight, beating Sacred Heart's Santarsiero and Crivei 7-6. They were stopped in the next round by Muzik and Da Silva of Rutgers in the next round.
- Galu racked up two wins to reach her final, defeating Binghamton's Regina Furer 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals and Keira Tobia of Sacred Heart 8-3 in the semifinals.
- Gabay was victorious over Air Force's Shailla Alda 6-2, 2-6, 10-6. She was denied by Army's Vincent in the quarterfinals.
- In the D Singles consolation, Price overwhelmed Dea Lako of St. Francis Brooklyn 8-4.
- Facing the sixth seed Katerina Atallah, Chavarria fell in her second match.
- In a back-and-forth match, Ciano was edged by Saint Bonaventure's Mia Wong in a narrow third-set tiebreak, 6-2, 1-6, 8-10.
- Galu was matched with No. 3 seed Sophia Prinos in the finals. Prinos was victorious 6-2, 6-4.
"The West Point Invite is a high-quality event with excellent play featuring more than 20 teams. The ladies got a lot of valuable experience and were able to record wins in B doubles as well as the C, D and E flights in singles. Our team captains performed admirable, as Julia made the quarters in the C flight and Sam was able to make the finals of her draw in the E flight. Both the Bucknell tourney last weekend and West Point this weekend have provided us with the quality of play we needed to get ready for our first MAAC match of the season this week at home against Monmouth." – Director of Tennis
Gary Sussman
The Red Foxes host their MAAC opener against Monmouth at Marist's Tennis Pavilion on Thursday, October 3 at 3 p.m.
