Sept. 30, 2017
By Joanne Norell
EVANSTON, Ill. — University of Notre Dame women’s tennis head coach Jay Louderback could have hardly asked for a better result Saturday as his team settles into its fall competition slate. His young Fighting Irish squad posted another day of winning tennis at Northwestern’s Wildcat Invitational, going 7-1 in singles and 3-1 in doubles at the Vandy Christie Tennis Center.
In singles, senior Allison Miller, junior Rachel Chong and freshmen Cameron Corse and Ally Bojczuk all remained perfect on the season. Miller defeated Michigan State’s Sara Kuutila in straight sets in the Blue Flight; Chong upended Utah’s Victoria Robertson in a tight 7-6(4), 7-5 decision in the Yellow Flight; Corse beat Atlantic Coast Conference foe Ariana Rahmanparast of Florida State in two sets in the Black Flight; and Bojczuk downed Marquette’s Milica Novakovic in three sets in the Orange Flight.
Freshmen Caroline Dunleavy and Evangeline Shannon recorded their first collegiate singles victories, with Dunleavy downing Pittsburgh’s Gabriela Rezende in three sets in the Red Flight and Shannon besting Lewis’ Oana Carmen Trus in straight stanzas in the Green Flight. Sophomore Hayden Siegfried also was victorious against Michigan State’s Julia Fenn in three sets in round robin play.
In doubles, senior Brooke Broda saw her first action of the year with Miller, and the pair were winners over Illinois-Chicago’s Bianca Zuzu and Amelia Guevremont, 6-1. In the same Maroon Flight, Corse and Spence defeated FSU’s Nandini Das and Rahmanparast, 6-1. In the Garnet Flight, Shannon and Chong combined to defeat Catherine Orfanos and Nathalie Joanlanne, 7-5.
The Wildcat Invitational will conclude play on Sunday with one round each of singles and doubles, beginning at 10 a.m. ET.
Wildcat Invite
Evanston, Ill.
Vandy Christie Tennis Center
Sept. 29-Oct. 1
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.