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NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 Opening its fall tournament schedule, the Belmont University women’s tennis team returned to competition for the first time since April Friday afternoon at the Beaman Family Tennis Complex with day one of the Belmont\/Lipscomb Invitational. Co-hosting the three-day hidden dual format tournament with nearby rival Lipscomb, the Bruins picked up a pair singles victories to start the weekend. #ItsBruinTime
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\nFacing players from both East Tennessee State University and Middle Tennessee, Belmont played eight singles matches as both junior Hana Sokolovic<\/a> and senior Libbie Hamilton<\/a> came away with straight-set wins.
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\nSokolovic defeated the Blue Raiders’ Cara Szilasi 6-2, 6-3, while Hamilton handled Middle Tennessee’s Karen Yibirin 6-1, 6-1.
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\nGraduate Cielo Tapia-Cruz<\/a> took the second set off the Buccaneers’ Audelie Lesauvage but fell 10-4 in a third-set super tiebreaker.
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\nAll of the Bruins’ match scores from Friday afternoon can be found below.
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\nBelmont returns to action Saturday morning with doubles versus ETSU at 10 a.m., followed by singles against Lipscomb at the Bisons’ Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center at 11 a.m. Another round of doubles versus Eastern Kentucky at the Beaman Family Tennis Complex at 3 p.m. will conclude day two.
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\nBelmont\/Lipscomb Invitational
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\nSingles
\nAlessandra Caceres (ETSU) def. Savannah Webster<\/a> (Belmont), 6-4, 6-4
\nKsenija Rage (ETSU) def. Jessica Popiol<\/a> (Belmont), 6-1, 6-0
\nNiyati Kukreti (ETSU) def. Mia Jones<\/a> (Belmont), 6-4, 6-3
\nAudelie Lesauvage (ETSU) def. Cielo Tapia-Cruz<\/a> (Belmont), 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-4)
\nMariangel Estrella (ETSU) def. Ketevan Jeladze<\/a> (Belmont), 6-3, 6-0
\nHana Sokolovic<\/a> (Belmont) def. Cara Szilasi (MTSU), 6-2, 6-3
\nLibbie Hamilton<\/a> (Belmont) def. Karen Yibirin (MTSU), 6-1, 6-1
\nSadbaroy Kholdarova (MTSU) def. Emma Grant<\/a> (Belmont), 6-3, 6-1
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