{"id":159810,"date":"2025-09-21T23:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/159810\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T23:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:30:07","slug":"womens-tennis-opens-fall-season-with-three-day-showing-at-villanova-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/159810\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Tennis Opens Fall Season with Three-Day Showing at Villanova Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8211;\u00a0The Temple women&#8217;s tennis team opened its fall season, competing in the Villanova Invitational from Sept. 19 to Sept. 21. Over the weekend, the Owls faced opponents from Villanova, Delaware, NJIT, and Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>How It Happened<\/p>\n<p>Results<\/p>\n<p>Day One (vs. NJIT)<\/p>\n<p>Doubles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/thamara-kawaratani\/17326\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17326\" target=\"_blank\">Thamara Kawaratani<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/marianthi-christoforidou\/17325\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17325\" target=\"_blank\">Marianthi Christoforidou<\/a>\u00a0D. Laura Wipfli, Irene Cocero 1-0 (6-4)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/irmak-ozturk\/17607\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17607\" target=\"_blank\">Irmak Ozturk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/tianni-zhou\/18405\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18405\" target=\"_blank\">Tianni Zhou<\/a> L. Paula Menendez, Feyza Aydin 1-0 (6-1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/nina-andreoni\/17608\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17608\" target=\"_blank\">Nina Andreoni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/maria-martinez\/17610\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17610\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Martinez<\/a> D. Petra Koszo, Lusia Hepcal 1-0 (6-2)<\/p>\n<p>Singles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/marianthi-christoforidou\/17325\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17325\" target=\"_blank\">Marianthi Christoforidou<\/a>\u00a0D. Laura Wipfli 2-0 (6-3, 6-4)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/irmak-ozturk\/17607\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17607\" target=\"_blank\">Irmak Ozturk<\/a>\u00a0L. Paula Menendez 2-0 (7-5, 7-6)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/tianni-zhou\/18405\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18405\" target=\"_blank\">Tianni Zhou<\/a>\u00a0D. Irene Cocero 2-1 (4-6, 6-0, 11-9)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/thamara-kawaratani\/17326\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17326\" target=\"_blank\">Thamara Kawaratani<\/a>\u00a0D. Asima Sazan 2-0 (6-4, 6-1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/nina-andreoni\/17608\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17608\" target=\"_blank\">Nina Andreoni<\/a>\u00a0D. Feyza Aydin 2-0 (6-3, 6-0)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/aditi-vaidya\/17601\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17601\" target=\"_blank\">Aditi Vaidya<\/a>\u00a0L. Diana Fernandes 2-1 (5-7, 7-6, 2-10)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/maria-martinez\/17610\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17610\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Martinez<\/a> D. Lusia Hepcal 2-1 (3-6, 6-4, 10-7)<\/p>\n<p>Day Two (vs. Delaware, Syracuse)<\/p>\n<p>Doubles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/thamara-kawaratani\/17326\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17326\" target=\"_blank\">Thamara Kawaratani<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/marianthi-christoforidou\/17325\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17325\" target=\"_blank\">Marianthi Christoforidou<\/a> L. Anastasia Sysoeva (SYR), Constance Levivier (SYR)1-0 (6-2)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/tianni-zhou\/18405\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18405\" target=\"_blank\">Tianni Zhou<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/irmak-ozturk\/17607\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17607\" target=\"_blank\">Irmak Ozturk<\/a> L. Amelia Gorman (DEL), Navya Vadlamudi (DEL) 1-0 (6-0)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/nina-andreoni\/17608\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17608\" target=\"_blank\">Nina Andreoni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/maria-martinez\/17610\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17610\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Martinez<\/a> L. Payton Tomichek (DEL), Katie Dollens (DEL) 1-0 (7-5)<\/p>\n<p>Singles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/marianthi-christoforidou\/17325\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17325\" target=\"_blank\">Marianthi Christoforidou<\/a>\u00a0L. Anastasia Sysoeva (SYR) 2-1 (6-0, 5-7, 10-4)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/irmak-ozturk\/17607\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17607\" target=\"_blank\">Irmak Ozturk<\/a>\u00a0D. Amelia Gorman (DEL) 2-1 (4-6, 6-3, 10-4)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/tianni-zhou\/18405\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18405\" target=\"_blank\">Tianni Zhou<\/a>\u00a0L. Paulina Jurkowska (DEL) 2-0 ( 6-3, 6-3)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/thamara-kawaratani\/17326\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17326\" target=\"_blank\">Thamara Kawaratani<\/a>\u00a0D. Payton Tomichek (DEL) 2-0 (6-2, 6-2)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/nina-andreoni\/17608\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17608\" target=\"_blank\">Nina Andreoni<\/a>\u00a0D. Haram Kim (SYR) 1-0 (6-0)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/maria-martinez\/17610\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17610\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Martinez<\/a> L. Hanna Vinahradava (DEL) 2-0 (6-2, 6-2)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/aditi-vaidya\/17601\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17601\" target=\"_blank\">Aditi Vaidya<\/a> L. Emma Akselrod (DEL) 2-0 (6-1, 6-3)<\/p>\n<p>Day Three (vs. Villanova)<\/p>\n<p>Doubles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/thamara-kawaratani\/17326\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17326\" target=\"_blank\">Thamara Kawaratani<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/marianthi-christoforidou\/17325\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17325\" target=\"_blank\">Marianthi Christoforidou<\/a>\u00a0D. Miriam Gondrova, Jenna Stevens 1-0 (6-2)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/irmak-ozturk\/17607\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17607\" target=\"_blank\">Irmak Ozturk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/tianni-zhou\/18405\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18405\" target=\"_blank\">Tianni Zhou<\/a> D. Alina Kornieva, Madie Hills 1-0 (6-1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/nina-andreoni\/17608\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17608\" target=\"_blank\">Nina Andreoni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/maria-martinez\/17610\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17610\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Martinez<\/a> D. Savie Seeblad, Olivia Kutlova 1-0 (6-1)<\/p>\n<p>Singles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/marianthi-christoforidou\/17325\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17325\" target=\"_blank\">Marianthi Christoforidou<\/a>\u00a0D. Madie Hills 2-0 (6-1, 6-1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/irmak-ozturk\/17607\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17607\" target=\"_blank\">Irmak Ozturk<\/a>\u00a0L. Jenna Stevens 1-0 (3-0) RET<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/tianni-zhou\/18405\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18405\" target=\"_blank\">Tianni Zhou<\/a>\u00a0L. Alyna Kornieva 2-0 (7-6, 6-1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/nina-andreoni\/17608\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17608\" target=\"_blank\">Nina Andreoni<\/a>\u00a0L. Riley Cicero 2-1 (6-2, 3-6, 10-4)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/aditi-vaidya\/17601\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17601\" target=\"_blank\">Aditi Vaidya<\/a>\u00a0D. Olivia Kutlova 2-0 (6-2, 6-2)<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<\/p>\n<p>The Temple women&#8217;s tennis team will next compete in the Cissie Leary Invitational, hosted by the Penn Quakers. The three-day invitational will start on Friday, Oct. 8, and end on Sunday, Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<p>For complete coverage of Temple Women&#8217;s Tennis, follow the Owls on social media @TempleWTennis (Twitter), facebook.com\/TempleWomensTennis (Facebook), @templewtennis (Instagram), or visit the official home of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owlsports.com\/staff-directory\/temple-university\/465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Temple University<\/a> Athletics at owlsports.com. Please consider supporting Temple Women&#8217;s Tennis with a donation by clicking here -&gt; https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZKNIRw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211;\u00a0The Temple women&#8217;s tennis team opened its fall season, competing in the Villanova Invitational from Sept. 19&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-159810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}