Chicago State Women’s Tennis Compete at Bronco Super Challenge

The Chicago State women's tennis team complete their fall season at the Bronco Super Challenge hosted by Western Michigan at the Sorensen Courts/West Hills Athletic Club in Kalamazoo, Michigan over the past two days with competition wrapping up Saturday afternoon.

The Cougars came away with victories in nine of 12 doubles matches with the duos of Katarina Dukic and Manuella Eloundou and Ethel Li and Sofiya Sedovich earning three wins in as many matches. In singles, CSU finished 12-12 during the two days but finished strong, winning off their last eight pairings with freshmen Helin Alvarez and Nia Cooper each going 3-0 in their three matches.

"This was a great way to end the fall season for the ladies," head coach Jack Barton said. "We really play well against some tough competition this weekend. I feel we could have been further along with individual development but that's not the ladies fault so we will get that fixed.  

"All in all they showed a lot of progress from August through November. Our sports medicine and sports performance teams kept the ladies healthy and active so I'm very appreciative of their efforts. Most of all, they all took ownership of their play and were 100% coachable throughout the season."  

Complete Chicago State results listed below. 

Bronco Super Challenge
Hosted by Western Michigan
Sorensen Courts
West Hills Athletic Club
Kalamazoo, Michigan
November 10-11

Day One Doubles
Amina Taibi/Helin Alvarez (Chicago State) def. Julia Frazier/Audrey Smitek (Western Michigan), 6-2
Katarina Dukic/Manuella Eloundou (Chicago State) def. Edie Hammond/Emilia Jarvinen (Oakland), 6-1
Ethel Li/Sofiya Sedovich (Chicago State) def. Filippa Frogner/Selma Tounsi (Cleveland State), 6-1
Nia Cooper/Danina Hughes (Chicago State) def. Tereze Vevere/Ella Franz (Cleveland State), 6-1

Day One Singles
Lindsey Ziegler (Western Michigan) def. Katarina Dukic (Chicago State), 6-3, 6-2
Valeriya Monko (Western Michigan) def. Sofiya Sedovich (Chicago State), 6-3, 6-4
Manuella Eloundor (Chicago State) def. Edie Hammond (Oakland), 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 10-7
Emilia Jarvinen (Oakland) def. Amina Taibi (Chicago State), 6-2, 7-6 (7-0)
Nia Cooper (Chicago State) def. Wendy Zhang (Eastern Michigan), 6-2, 6-2
Balsera (Western Michigan) def. Danina Hughes (Chicago State), 6-2, 6-3
Ella Franz (Cleveland State) def. Ethel Li (Chicago State), 6-4, 6-2
Helin Alvarez (Chicago State) def. Selma Tounsi (Cleveland State), 6-3, 6-2

Katarina Dukic (Chicago State) def. Beth Yauch (Cleveland State), 6-3, 6-3
Nia Cooper (Chicago State) def. Regina Mendez (Eastern Michigan), 6-1, 6-1
Sofiya Sedovich (Chicago State) def. Sima Heren (Cleveland State), 6-4, 6-4
Edie Hammond (Oakland) def. Amina Taibi (Chicago State), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
Helin Alvarez (Chicago State) def. Ariane Souligny (Western Michigan), 6-4, 6-1
Polina Khotko (Western Michigan) def. Ethel Li (Chicago State), 6-2, 6-2
Karin Hamilton (Western Michigan) def. Manuella Eloundor (Chicago State), 7-5, 6-4
Alma Orenstain (Oakland) def. Danina Hughes (Chicago State), 6-2, 6-2

Day Two Doubles
Teresa Vevere/Ella Franz (Cleveland State) def. Amina Taibi/Helin Alvarez (Chicago State), 6-3
Katarina Dukic/Manuella Eloundou (Chicago State) def. Kyushu Saenko/Linda Eloundou (Eastern Michigan), 7-5
Ethel Li/Sofiya Sedovich (Chicago State) def. Beth Yauch/Sima Heren (Cleveland State), 6-1
Oihane Vicario/Mikaela Konstantinova (Cleveland State) def. Nia Cooper/Danina Hughes (Chicago State), 6-4
Nia Cooper/Danina Hughes (Chicago State) def. Aya Orenstain/Alma Orenstain (Oakland), 7-6 (8-6)
Wendy Zhang/Daniella Shved (Eastern Michigan) def. Amina Taibi/Helin Alvarez (Chicago State), 6-1
Katarina Dukic/Manuella Eloundou (Chicago State) def. Prerna Vichare/Andrea Quiroz (Eastern Michigan), 6-4
Ethel Li/Sofiya Sedovich (Chicago State) def. Isabelle Popma/Tara Montreuil (Oakland), 6-2

Day Two Singles
Isabelle Popma (Oakland) def. Katarina Dukic (Chicago State), 6-2, 6-3
Sofiya Sedovich (Chicago State) def. Andrea Quiroz (Eastern Michigan), 7-5, 6-4
Sima Heren (Cleveland State) def. Manuella Eloundor (Chicago State), 6-1, 6-3
Amina Taibi (Chicago State) def. Audrey Smitek (Western Michigan), 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 12-10
Nia Cooper (Chicago State) def. Tata Montreuil (Oakland), 6-1, 6-0
Mikaela Konstantivona (Cleveland State) def. Danina Hughes (Chicago State), 6-1, 6-2
Ethel Li (Chicago State) def Wendy Zhang (Eastern Michigan), 6-4, 6-3
Helin Alvarez (Chicago State) def. Alma Orenstain (Oakland), 6-1, 6-1