Women's Tennis wrapped up fall season at Stetson Invite

Thursday, November 4

DeLand, Fla.

Middle Tennessee

Stetson Invite

11/7/2021 10:02:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Jonathan Caudle, MT Athletic Communications

DELAND, Fla. – The Middle Tennessee women's tennis team closed out its fall season this weekend, competing in the Stetson Invite on Thursday, November 4 through Sunday, November 7.

The Blue Raiders were initially scheduled to start play on Friday, November 5, but due to inclement weather heading into the DeLand area, Stetson moved some of the matches a day earlier to avoid the rainy weather. On the opening day, the Blue Raiders won four doubles matches. Lilly-Sophie Schmidt and Muskan Gupta teamed up for a pair of wins, defeating FAMU's Harden and Porter, 6-1, and then following it up with their second win of the day as they downed FAMU's Salina and Clayton, 6-4. Love-Star Alexis and Zani Barnard also tallied a pair of doubles wins, defeating Salina and Clayton, 6-2, before defeating the Rattlers' Hubeaut and Sumaia, 7-6 (4). In singles, Lee Barnard picked up her first win of the day, securing a win over Gabriel of Stetson, 6-3, 6-4. Love-Star Alexis tallied the Blue Raiders second singles win of the day as she defeated Stetson's Cohen, 6-1, 6-4.

On Saturday, Alexis and L. Barnard started the day with a doubles win over Stetson's Pasini and Rizk, 6-4. The Blue Raiders then posted three singles wins with Schmidt leading the way with a dominant 4-0, 4-0 win over FAMU's Salinas. Alexis and L. Barnard were able to notch their second wins of the day as they both picked up singles victories against FAMU. Alexis downed the Ratters' Clayton, 4-1, 4-0, while L. Barnard recorded a 4-1, 4-1 win over Hubeaut of FAMU.

L. Barnard and Schmidt posted singles wins on the final day of the Stetson Invite. L. Barnard earned a 4-3, 4-0 win against Stetson's Talbert. Schmidt closed out the day with a victory against Hammoud of Stetson, 4-2, 4-2.

HEAD COACH TAYO BAILEY-DUVALL
"The Stetson Invite was a good ending to our fall season. We took this fall to work on our mental game and this past weekend we were able to see some clear improvements. Though we had to be very flexible due to inclement weather, we were able to get some quality matches in, allowing us to go into this off season motivated and optimistic about the upcoming spring season. I look forward to getting our freshman Eloise Swarbrick on the court and seeing some new doubles pairings compete in dual matches. It will be a good spring for us."

Up Next
The Blue Raiders will open the spring season on Saturday, January 15 as they travel to Fort Meyers, Florida to play the Florida Atlantic Owls. First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT.

STETSON INVITE – RESULTS
DeLand, Fla. | Mandy Stoll Tennis Center | Nov. 4-7

Thursday, November 4
Doubles
Lilly-Sophie Schmidt/Muskan Gupta (MT) def. Rachel Harden/Hailey Porter (FAMU) 6-1
Lilly-Sophie Schmidt/Muskan Gupta (MTSU) def. Susan Salina/Adrienne Clayton (FAMU) 6-4
Love-Star Alexis/Zani Barnard (MT) def. Susan Salina/Adrienne Clayton (FAMU) 6-2
Love-Star Alexis/Zani Barnard (MTSU) def. Aylen Hubeaut/Claudia Sumaia (FAMU) 7-6(4)
Aylen Hubeaut/Claudia Sumaia (FAMU) def. Lee Barnard/Noelle Mauro (MTSU) 6-2
Rachel Harden/Haleigh Porter (FAMU) def. Lee Barnard/Noelle Mauro (MTSU) 6-4

Singles
Lee Barnard (MT) def. Anais Gabriel (SU) 6-3, 6-4
Noa Cohen (SU) def. Muskan Gupta (MTSU) 6-1, 6-4
Love-Star Alexis (MT) def. Elodie Foster (SU) 5-7, 6-3 (10-7)
Tess Menten (unattached) def. Lilly-Sophie Schmidt (MTSU) 6-1, 6-2

Saturday, November 6
Doubles
Anais Gabriel/Noa Cohen (SU) def. Lilly-Sophie Schmidt/Muskan Gupta (MT) 6-3
Elodie Foster/Alanna Di Francesco (SU) def. Lilly-Sophie Schmidt/Muskan Gupta (MT) 7-5
Anais Gabriel/Noa Cohen (SU) def. Love-Star Alexis/Lee Barnard (MTSU) 6-0
Love-Star Alexis/Lee Barnard (MTSU) def. Laia Pasini/Latetia Rizk (SU) 6-4

Singles
Lee Barnard (MTSU) def. Aylean Hubeaut (FAMU) 4-1, 4-1
Rachel Harden (FAMU) def. Muskan Gupta (MT) 1-4, 4-0 (7-3)
Love-Star Alexis (MT) def. Adrienne Clayton (FAMU) 4-1, 4-0
Lilly-Sophie Schmidt (MT) def. Susan Salinas (FAMU) 4-0, 4-0

Sunday, November 7
Singles
Lee Barnard (MT) def. Olivia Talbert (SU) 4-3, 4-0
Alanna Di Francesco (SU) def. Love-Star Alexis (MT) 2-4, 4-2 (7-1)
Lilly-Sophie Schmidt def. Daliyah Hammoud (SU) 4-2, 4-2

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