Oct. 1, 2017
By Joanne Norell
EVANSTON, Ill. – The University of Notre Dame women’s tennis team wrapped a strong weekend of competition Saturday, with three Irish players winning their respective singles draws at the Wildcat Invitational at Northwestern’s Vandy Christie Tennis Center.
Freshmen Cameron Corse and Ally Bojczuk and junior Rachel Chong turned in undefeated weekends, winning the Black, Orange and Yellow flights, respectively. Corse defeated Lewis’ Dora Andrejski; Bojczuk downed DePaul’s Alina Kuzmenkova; and Chong upended Michigan State’s Lexi Baylis.
Also victorious in singles Sunday were freshman Caroline Dunleavy (defeating Alexia Petrovic of Utah) and sophomore Zoe Spence (over Aspasia Avgeri of DePaul).
The Irish also went 4-0 in doubles, with 56th-ranked Brooke Broda and Allison Miller defeating Habiba Shaker and Sara Kuutila of Michigan State; Corse and Spence downing Utah’s Brianna Turley and Margo Pletcher; Chong and Dunleavy defeating Lesley Foe and Isabella Franks of Marquette; and Hayden Siegfried and Bojczuk besting Pitt’s Claudia Bartolome and Camila Moreno.
The Irish will be back in action beginning Oct. 12 when they commence the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, hosted by Michigan in Ann Arbor. The tournament will run through Oct. 17.
Wildcat Invite
Evanston, Ill.
Vandy Christie Tennis Center
Sept. 29-Oct. 1
Sunday
SINGLES
Red Flight
Caroline Dunleavy (ND) def. Alexia Petrovic (UTAH) 7-5, 6-3
Black Flight
Cameron Corse (ND) def. Dora Andrejski (LEWIS) 6-1, 7-6(4)*
Blue Flight
Chiarra Lommer (UM) def. Allison Miller (ND) 6-4, 6-3
Gray Flight
Zoe Spence (ND) def. Aspasia Avgeri (DEP) 6-1, 6-2
Orange Flight
Ally Bojczuk (ND) def. Alina Kuzmenkova (DEP) 7-5, 6-3*
Yellow Flight
Rachel Chong (ND) def. Lexi Baylis (MSU) 6-0, 6-4*
Round Robin
Stefani Vasic (UIC) def. Hayden Siegfried (ND) 6-2, 6-0
DOUBLES
Maroon Flight
No. 56 Brooke Broda / Allison Miller (ND) def. Habiba Shaker / Sara Kuutila (MSU) 6-2
Cameron Corse / Zoe Spence (ND) def. Brianna Turley / Margo Pletcher (UTAH) 7-5
Garnet Flight
Rachel Chong / Caroline Dunleavy (ND) def. Lesley Foe / Isabella Franks (MARQ) 7-5
Hayden Siegfried / Ally Bojczuk (ND) def. Claudia Bartolome / Camila Moreno (PITT) 6-3
Saturday
SINGLES
Red Flight
Caroline Dunleavy (ND) def. Gabriela Rezende (PITT) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Blue Flight
Allison Miller (ND) def. Sara Kuutila (MSU) 6-4, 6-1
Gray Flight
Inci Ogut (NU) def. Zoe Spence (ND) 6-3, 6-1
Black Flight
Cameron Corse (ND) def. Ariana Rahmanparast (FSU) 6-4, 6-2
Green Flight
Evangeline Shannon (ND) def. Oana Carmen Trus (LEWIS) 6-4, 6-2
Yellow Flight
Rachel Chong (ND) def. Victoria Robertson (UTAH) 7-6(4), 7-5
Orange Flight
Ally Bojczuk (ND) def. Milica Novakovic (MARQ) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1
Round Robin
Hayden Siegfried (ND) def. Julia Fenn (MSU), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
DOUBLES
Maroon Flight
No. 56 Brooke Broda / Allison Miller (ND) def. Bianca Zuzu / Amelia Guevremont (UIC) 6-1
Cameron Corse / Zoe Spence (ND) def. Nandini Das / Ariana Rahmanparast (FSU) 6-1
Garnet Flight
Rachel Le Comber / Miranda Rodriguez Diaz de Leon (UIC) def. Ally Bojczuk / Rachel Chong (ND) 6-4
Evangeline Shannon / Rachel Chong (ND) def. Catherine Orfanos / Nathalie Joanlanne (MON) 7-5
Friday
SINGLES
Red Flight
Lera Patiuk (UM) def. Caroline Dunleavy (ND) 6-3, 6-4
Blue Flight
Allison Miller (ND) def. Petra Hule (FSU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
Gray Flight
Zoe Spence (ND) def. Luisa Varon (PITT) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
Black Flight
Cameron Corse (ND) def. Bella Lorenzini (UM) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Green Flight
Leslie Foe (MARQ) def. Evangeline Shannon (ND) 6-2, 6-3
Yellow Flight
Rachel Chong (ND) def. Bianca Bostrom (MON) 6-2, 6-2
Orange Flight
Ally Bojczuk (ND) def. Bianca Zuzu (UIC) 6-0, 6-1
Round Robin
Milica Tesic (DPU) def. Hayden Siegfried (ND) 7-6, 7-6
DOUBLES
Maroon Flight
Fleur Eggink / Natalija Popovic (MARQ) def. Caroline Dunleavy / Allison Miller (ND) 6-1
Brianna Turley / Margo Pletcher (UTAH) def. Caroline Dunleavy / Allison Miller (ND) 6-2
Mariya Kostyuk / Iesha Shepherd (CSU) def. Cameron Corse / Zoe Spence (ND) 6-2
Cameron Corse / Zoe Spence (ND) def. Aspasia Avgeri / Alina Kuzmenkova (DEP) 6-1
Garnet Flight
Dora Andrejszki / Nora Mindiyarova (LEW) def. Evangeline Shannon / Hayden Siegfried (ND) 6-1
Alexia Petrovic / Victoria Robertson (UT) def. Evangeline Shannon / Hayden Siegfried (ND) 6-4
Ava Thielman / Aslina Chua (MSU) def. Ally Bojczuk / Rachel Chong (ND) 6-4
Ally Bojczuk / Rachel Chong (ND) def. Bianca Bostrom / Milica Panic (MON) 6-2
–ND–
Joanne Norell, athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since 2014 and coordinates communications efforts for the Notre Dame men’s tennis, women’s tennis and fencing programs, in addition to overseeing production of the football Gameday Magazine. Norell is a 2011 graduate of Purdue University and earned her master’s degree from Georgetown University in 2013.