Saiontz Advances to Semifinals of Singles Draw at Cissie Leary Invitational

Princeton freshman Melissa Saiontz advanced to the semifinals of her first collegiate tournament after two impressive wins Saturday at Penn's Cissie Leary Invitational.

Saiontz lost a total of six games in two straight-set wins. In the Round of 16, she knocked off Arizona's Natalia Toporowska by scores of 6-2 and 6-1. Later in the day in the quarterfinals, Saiontz dispensed Temple's Radka Ferancova by scores of 6-1 and 6-2.

The semifinals and championship match take place on Sunday.

Princeton's two other singles players in the round of 16 both lost tough matches on Saturday. Freshman Blakely Ashley dropped a 7-5, 6-3 decision to Arizona's Juliette Mavroleon, while Ivana King played a strong second set against Penn's Yulia Rivelis but ended up on the wrong end of a 6-0, 7-5 score.

Both of Princeton's doubles teams that reached the quarterfinals of the 32-team draw fell on Saturday. Both King and Sarah Huah and Ashley and Saiontz lost to teams from host Penn in the final eight.

Day Two Results

Main Draw Singles
Round of 16
Juliette Mavroleon (Arizona) def. Blakely Ashley (Princeton) 7-5, 6-3
Melissa Saiontz (Princeton) def. Natalia Toporowska (Arizona) 6-2, 6-1
Yulia Rivelis (Penn) def. Ivana King (Princeton) 6-0, 7-5

Quarterfinals
Melissa Saiontz (Princeton) def. Radka Ferancova (Temple) 6-1, 6-2

Consolation Singles
Nisha Suda (Cornell) def. Laura Trimble (Princeton) 6-3, 6-1
Caitlin O'Keefe (Ohio St) def. Sarah Huah (Princeton) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)
Darcy Robertson (Princeton) def. Lauren Shearer (Columbia) 6-3, 6-4

Main Draw Doubles
Quarterfinals
Rivelis/Koulbitskaya (Penn) def. Ashley/Saiontz (Princeton) 8-2
Wong/Tansil (Penn) def. Huah/King (Princeton) 9-8(4)

Consolation Doubles
Chiarelli/Rogers (Minnesota) def. Robertson/Roth (Princeton) 9-7

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Darcy Robertson

Melissa Saiontz

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