SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The last fall event before the NCAA Individual Championships took place inside the comfort confines of the Eck Tennis Pavilion over this past weekend. Notre Dame competed against student-athletes from Princeton, Northwestern, Iowa and Holy Cross over Nov. 14-16.
Three Irish posted winning records in singles play, including Bojana Pozder, who went unblemished at 2-0. No. 44 Akari Matsuno earned the most singles wins at 3-1 and was also followed by Sophia Holod at 2-1. Pozder, along with Bianca Molnar, currently lead the Irish with seven singles victories this fall.
Speaking of Matsuno racking up wins, she and Kovalcik went an unblemished 3-0 in doubles action. Pozder and Molnar, who are now in Orlando in prep for the NCAA Doubles Championships, went 1-1 over the weekend. Their record as a doubles tandem this fall is now 11-3.
The full results of the weekend can be found below.
FRIDAY, NOV. 14 – DOUBLES
- Vishwase/Bex (IOWA) def. Driscoll/Fedotova (PRIN), 6-2
- Elbaz/Urata (PRIN) def. Tothova/Kranholdt (IOWA), 6-1
- Zhang/Nguyen (PRIN) def. Gonzales-Edwards/Martinez (HC), 6-2
- #84 Molnar/Pozder (ND) def. Jessel/Phanthala (NW), 6-4
- Matsuno/Kovalcik (ND) def. Loureiro/Raath (NW), 6-4
- Dagan Fruchtman/Rabjohns (NW) def. Vyrlan/Holod (ND), 6-3
FRIDAY, NOV. 14 – SINGLES
- Eva Elbaz (PRIN) def. #44 Akari Matsuno (ND), 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
- Pearlie Zhang (PRIN) def. Esther Vyrlan (ND), 6-0, 6-3
- Emma Tothova (IOWA) def. Anna Maria Fedotova (PRIN), 6-3, 7-5
- Tsehay Driscoll (PRIN) def. Nikita Vishwase (IOWA), 7-6, 2-6, 6-1
- Pia Kranholdt (IOWA) def. Maren Urata (PRIN), 6-0, 6-3
- Anna Nguyen (PRIN) def. Eline Bex (IOWA), 6-1, 7-5
- Margot Phanthala (NW) def. Bianca Molnar (ND), 6-2, 7-5
- Bojana Pozder (ND) def. Mika Dagan Fuchtman (NW), 6-2, 6-3
- #44 Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Autumn Rabjohns (NW), 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Maia Loureiro (NW) def. Sophia Holod (ND), 6-1, 7-6
- Erica Jessel (NW) def. Jessica Kovalcik (ND), 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Maralie Raath (NW) def. Esther Vyrlan (ND), 6-0, 7-6(4)
- Katya Shepherd Johnson (NW) def. Leah Gonzalez-Edwards (HC), 6-1, 6-0
SATURDAY, NOV. 15 – DOUBLES
- Driscoll/Zhang (PRIN) def. 84 Molnar/Pozder (ND), 6-4
- Matsuno/Kovalcik (ND) def. Elbaz/Fedotova (PRIN), 6-2
- Vyrlan/Holod (ND) def. Urata/Nguyen (PRIN), 6-2
- Vishwase/Bex (IOWA) def. Dagan Fruchtman/Phanthala (NW), 6-4
- Raath/Jessel (NW) def. Kranholdt/Tothova (IOWA), 6-2
- Loureiro/Rabjohns (NW) def. Gonzales-Edwards/Martinez (HC), 6-1
SATURDAY, NOV. 15 – SINGLES
- Bojana Pozder (ND) def. Eva Elbaz (PRIN), 7-5, 6-3
- Bianca Molnar (ND) def. Pearlie Zhang (PRIN), 6-2, 6-4
- #44 Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Anna Maria Fedotova (PRIN), 6-3, 6-2
- Sophia Holod (ND) def. Tsehay Driscoll (PRIN), 6-4, 6-4
- Jessica Kovalcik (ND) def. Anna Nguyen (PRIN), 6-0, 6-1
- Maren Urata (PRIN) def. Esther Vyrlan (ND), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Margot Phanthala (NW) def. Emma Tothova (IOWA), 6-3, 6-3
- Autumn Rabjohns (NW) def. Sophia Holod (ND), 6-4, 6-2
- Maralie Raath (NW) def. Jessica Kovalcik (ND), 7-5, 6-2
- Maia Loureiro (NW) def. Pia Kranholdt (IOWA), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Nikita Vishwase (IOWA) def. Mika Dagan Fruchtman (NW), 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
- Eline Bex (IOWA) def. Katya Shepherd Johnson (NW), 6-2, 6-7, 7-5
- Erica Jessel (NW) def. Nicole Martinez (HC), 6-3, 6-3
SUNDAY, NOV. 16 – DOUBLES
- Matsuno/Kovalcik (ND) def. Vishwase/Bex (IOWA), 6-3
- Kranholdt/Tothova (IOWA) def. Vyrlan/Holod (ND), 6-4
- Driscoll/Zhang (PRIN) def. Shepherd/Raath (NW), 6-2
- Phanthala/Lourerio (NW) def. Fedotova/Chhiv (PRIN), 6-3
- Dagan Fruchtman/Rabjohns (NW) def. Elbaz/Nguyen (PRIN), 6-2
SUNDAY, NOV. 16 – SINGLES
- #44 Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Nikita Vishwase (IOWA), 7-5, 6-1
- Sophia Holod (ND) def. Pia Kranholdt (IOWA), 6-3, 6-2
- Jessica Kovalcik (ND) def. Emma Tothova (IOWA), 4-6, 6-3, 10-4
- Esther Vyrlan (ND) def. Eline Bex (IOWA), 6-4, 6-2
- Margot Phanthala (NW) def. Bella Chhiv (PRIN), 7-5, 2-6, 15-13
- Eva Elbaz (PRIN) def. Autumn Rabjohns (NW), 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
- Maia Lourerio (NW) def. Pearlie Zhang (PRIN), 6-2, 3-6, 10-7
- Maralie Raath (NW) def. Anna Maria Fedotova (PRIN), 6-0, 6-3
- Tsehay Driscoll (PRIN) def. Erica Jessel (NW), 6-4, 7-6
- Mika Dagan Fruchtman (NW) def. Anna Nguyen (PRIN), 7-6, 6-4