Women's Tennis finishes 1-1 after Day 1 of Transylvania (Ky.) Invite

Women's Tennis finishes 1-1 after Day 1 of Transylvania (Ky.) Invite
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February 19, 2022

By Andrew Loewe

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team traveled to the Transylvania (Ky.) Invite to open their spring season and defeated Greenville (Ill.) 6-3 in the morning match and fell 7-2 to Asbury (Ky.) in the afternoon session at Top Seed Tennis Center.

The Polar Bears are now 8-1 overall on the season.

Junior Jeorgia Templin (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) finished the day 2-0 at No. 2 doubles with partner Miranda Wills (Ada), who was 1-1 at No. 3 singles to go 3-1 overall on the day.

Junior Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) was 3-1 on the day as well with two wins at No. 4 singles and a win at No. 3 doubles.

Freshman Katie O'Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) and Marisa Petrunich (Brownsburg, Ind.) were both 1-1 on the day with a win at No. 5 singles and No. 3 doubles, respectively.

Ohio Northern will face Transylvania (Ky.) on Sunday at 9 a.m. to conclude the Transylvania Invite.

Match 1 Ohio Northern 6, Greenville (Ill.) 3

Singles

  1. Mireia Birosta (GVILLE) def. Victoria Santana (ONUW) 6-2, 6-1
  2. Olivia Kesner (ONUW) def. Addison Brannan (GVILLE) 6-3, 6-1
  3. Miranda Wills (ONUW) def. Shaling Reynolds (GVILLE) 6-4, 6-3
  4. Regan Landis (ONUW) def. Claudia Principal (GVILLE) 6-0, 6-0
  5. Katie O'Connell (ONUW) def. Stephanie Kamp (GVILLE) 6-0, 6-1
  6. Emily Buratovich (GVILLE) def. Julianne Sheldon (ONUW) 5-7, 6-4, 10-8

Doubles

  1. Mireia Birosta/Addison Brannan (GVILLE) def. Olivia Kesner/Victoria Santana (ONUW) 8-6
  2. Jeorgia Templin/Miranda Wills (ONUW) def. Claudia Principal/Emily Buratovich (GVILLE) 8-3
  3. Regan Landis/Marisa Petrunich (ONUW) def. Shaling Reynolds/Stephanie Kamp (GVILLE) 8-2

Match 2 Asbury (Ky.) 7, Ohio Northern 2

Singles 

  1. Giovanna Kelm (ASBURY) def. Victoria Santana (ONUW) 6-1, 6-1
  2. Grace Gorby (ASBURY) def. Olivia Kesner (ONUW) 6-3, 6-3
  3. Luciana Iriarte (ASBURY) def. Miranda Wills (ONUW) 6-0, 3-6, 10-3
  4. Regan Landis (ONUW) def. Isabella Gutierrez (ASBURY) 4-6, 1-2, retired
  5. Alexandra Lerma (ASBURY) def. Katie O'Connell (ONUW) 6-3, 6-4
  6. Kourtney Kawata (ASBURY) def. Julianne Sheldon (ONUW) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

  1. Giovanna Kelm/Grace Gorby (ASBURY) def. Olivia Kesner/Victoria Santana (ONUW) 8-2
  2. Jeorgia Templin/Miranda Wills (ONUW) def. Alexandra Lerma/Isabella Gutierrez (ASBURY) 8-5
  3. Kourtney Kawata/Luciana Iriarte (ASBURY) def. Regan Landis/Marisa Petrunich (ONUW) 8-6