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Friday, September 22
Philadelphia, Pa.
All Day
Princeton University
vs
Cissie Leary Invitational
Senior Sara Goodwin won twice Friday to make the quarterfinals in her singles flight.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Women's Tennis Team Earns Eight Singles Wins on First Day at Penn
September 22, 2017 | Women's Tennis
All five Princeton players at Penn's Cissie Leary Invitational advanced out of the first round Friday, and three of those won again to gain a spot in Saturday's quarterfinals.
Sophomore Clare McKee is in the quarters in the A flight and senior Sara Goodwin and rookie Nathalie Rodilosso advanced to the B flight quarterfinals.
Play will start at 9 a.m. Saturday and include one round of singles and the completion of doubles. Princeton's results from Friday are below. Results from the B doubles flight were unavailable, but updated draws in all other flights are available here.
Singles
Flight A
First Round
Tiffany Chen (Princeton) def. Ghita Benhadi (Drexel), 6-1, 6-3
Clare McKee (Princeton) def. Rimpledeep Kaur (Temple), 3-6, 6-2, (10-7)
Second Round
McKee (Princeton) def. Ashley Zhu (Penn), 6-3, 6-2
Priyanka Shah (Cornell) def. Chen (Princeton), 6-4, 6-1
Flight B
First Round
Sara Goodwin (Princeton) def. Kiana Marshall (Richmond), 6-3, 6-4
Nathalie Rodilosso (Princeton) def. Liyin Xu (Penn State), 7-6(7), 6-0
Catalina Vives (Princeton) def. Ana Ramirez (Richmond), 6-7(6), 6-0, (10-5)
Second Round
Goodwin (Princeton) def. Mya Fuentes (Drexel), 7-5, 4-6, (10-3)
Rodilosso (Princeton) def. Yana Khon (Temple), 6-3, 6-4
Jennifer Richards (Penn) def. Vives (Princeton), 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
Flight A
First Round
Frederikke Svarre/Hanna Wikberg (Penn State) def. Clare McKee/Sara Goodwin (Princeton), 6-2
Sophomore Clare McKee is in the quarters in the A flight and senior Sara Goodwin and rookie Nathalie Rodilosso advanced to the B flight quarterfinals.
Play will start at 9 a.m. Saturday and include one round of singles and the completion of doubles. Princeton's results from Friday are below. Results from the B doubles flight were unavailable, but updated draws in all other flights are available here.
Singles
Flight A
First Round
Tiffany Chen (Princeton) def. Ghita Benhadi (Drexel), 6-1, 6-3
Clare McKee (Princeton) def. Rimpledeep Kaur (Temple), 3-6, 6-2, (10-7)
Second Round
McKee (Princeton) def. Ashley Zhu (Penn), 6-3, 6-2
Priyanka Shah (Cornell) def. Chen (Princeton), 6-4, 6-1
Flight B
First Round
Sara Goodwin (Princeton) def. Kiana Marshall (Richmond), 6-3, 6-4
Nathalie Rodilosso (Princeton) def. Liyin Xu (Penn State), 7-6(7), 6-0
Catalina Vives (Princeton) def. Ana Ramirez (Richmond), 6-7(6), 6-0, (10-5)
Second Round
Goodwin (Princeton) def. Mya Fuentes (Drexel), 7-5, 4-6, (10-3)
Rodilosso (Princeton) def. Yana Khon (Temple), 6-3, 6-4
Jennifer Richards (Penn) def. Vives (Princeton), 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
Flight A
First Round
Frederikke Svarre/Hanna Wikberg (Penn State) def. Clare McKee/Sara Goodwin (Princeton), 6-2
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