ABILENE – Sophomore
Ileana Mocciola won four of six matches between singles and doubles against competition from Colorado, Colorado State, Northern Colorado and Sacramento State at this past weekend's Colorado Invitational in Boulder.
A native of General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina, Mocciola reached the finals of the CU singles draw after coming back from a set down to defeat Priscilla Palermo of Colorado St., 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and beating Colorado's Monica Malinen, 6-2, 6-2. But in the finals, Mocciola was topped by CSU's Stella Cliffe, 6-2, 6-3.
Cliffe also bested Mocciola in doubles where the CSU team of Cliffe and Emily Kolbow picked up a first-round win over Mocciola and senior
Jordan Henry, 6-4; however, the Wildcats won twice through the back draw, collecting a 6-0 victory over Northern Colorado's Natalie Stanton and Madeline Doherty and 6-1 triumph vs. Sacramento State's Carolina Chernyetsky and Frana Ugarkovic, 6-1.
Elsewhere in doubles, Sarah Adams and
Allison Stewart defeated Sandra Keta and Anna Battersby Northern Colorado, 6-1, and freshman
Sylvia Viljoen teamed up with CSU's Emma Cortwin to blank UNC's Elisabeth Walsh and Mana Koitabashi, 6-0.
Viljoen also won three singles matches this weekend, beating two members of the Colorado State roster: Kolbow (6-4, 6-0) and Riley Reeves (6-4, 7-6) in addition to Frana Ugarkovic of Sacramento State, 6-1, 6-2.
Additional singles victories were scored by Adams [def. Carolina Chernyetsky (Sacramento St.) 6-3, 6-4 and Alyssa Grijalva (Colorado St.), 6-1, 6-4], Henry [def. Kati Kukaras (San Diego), 3-6, 6-1, 6-3], sophomore
Nini Memishishi [def. Jayden Nielsen (Sacramento St.) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 and Sonya Gulnova (Sacramento St.), 7-6 (3), 6-2] and Stewart [def. Mana Koitabashi (Northern Colo.) 6-1, 6-1].
Next up for the Wildcats is a trip to Dallas next weekend (Oct. 5-7) for the SMU Invitational.
Colorado Invitational Results
Ralphie Singles Draw
Emily Lustschwager (Colorado St.) def.
Allison Stewart (ACU), 6-2, 6-2
Jayden Nielsen (Sacramento St.) def.
Allison Stewart (ACU), 6-1, 6-1
Chip Singles Draw
Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Alyssa Grijalva (Colorado St.), 6-1, 6-4
Gemma Garcia (San Diego) def. Sarah Adams (ACU), 6-0, 6-7 (9), 6-4
Maria Tyrina (San Diego) def.
Nini Memishishi (ACU), 6-4, 6-4
Nini Memishishi (ACU) def. Sonya Gulnova (Sacramento St.), 7-6 (3), 6-2
CU Singles Draw
Ileana Mocciola (ACU) def. Priscilla Palermo (Colorado St.), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Ileana Mocciola (ACU) def. Monica Malinen (Colorado), 6-2, 6-2
Stella Cliffe (Colorado State) def. Illeana Mocciola (ACU), 6-2, 6-3
Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Kati Kukaras (San Diego), 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Stella Cliffe (Colorado State) def.
Jordan Henry (ACU), 6-3, 6-3
Boulder Singles Draw
Sophia Chow (San Diego) def.
Stephanie Pitts (ACU), 6-1, 6-0
Christina Zordani (Wisconsin) def.
Stephanie Pitts (ACU), Walkover
Gold Singles Draw
Sylvia Viljoen (ACU) def. Emily Kolbow (Colorado St.), 6-4, 6-0
Sylvia Viljoen (ACU) def. Riley Reeves (Colorado St.), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Doubles A
Alyssa Grijalva / Emily Lustschwager (Colorado St.) def.
Nini Memishishi /
Stephanie Pitts (ACU), 6-4
Jayden Nielsen / Sonya Gulnova (Sacramento St.) def.
Nini Memishishi /
Stephanie Pitts (ACU), 6-2
Sandra Keta / Anna Battersby (Northern Colo.) def.
Nini Memishishi /
Stephanie Pitts (ACU), 7-6 (4)
Solymar Colling / Maria-Paula Torres (San Diego) def. Sarah Adams /
Allison Stewart (ACU), 6-4
Sarah Adams /
Allison Stewart (ACU) def. Sandra Keta / Anna Battersby (Northern Colo.), 6-1
Jayden Nielsen / Sonya Gulnova (Sacramento St.) def. Sarah Adams /
Allison Stewart (ACU), 6-1
Doubles B
Stella Cliffe / Emily Kolbow (Colorado St.) def. Illeana Mocciola /
Jordan Henry (ACU), 6-4
Illeana Mocciola /
Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Natalie Stanton / Madeline Doherty (Northern Colo.), 6-0
Illeana Mocciola /
Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Carolina Chernyetsky / Frana Ugarkovic (Sacramento St.), 6-1
Doubles C
Riley Reeves / Priscilla Palermo (CSU) def.
Sylvia Viljoen (ACU) / Emma Cortwin (Colorado St.), 6-4
Sylvia Viljoen (ACU) / Emma Cortwin (Colorado St.) def. Elisabeth Walsh / Mana Koitabashi (Northern Colo.), 6-0
Ilana Oleynik / Ky Ecton (Colorado) def.
Sylvia Viljoen (ACU) / Emma Cortwin (Colorado St.), 7-5
Extra Matches
Synclair Larson (Northern Colo.) def.
Jordan Henry (ACU) 6-1, 6-3
Allison Stewart (ACU) def Mana Koitabashi (Northern Colo.) 6-1, 6-1
Sylvia Viljoen (ACU) def. Frana Ugarkovic (Sacramento St.) 6-1, 6-2
Sarah Adams (ACU) def. Carolina Chernyetsky (Sacramento St.) 6-3, 6-4
Nini Memishishi (ACU) def. Jayden Nielsen (Sacramento St.) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
