{"id":192707,"date":"2025-10-06T04:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/192707\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T04:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:19:16","slug":"womens-tennis-turns-in-strong-effort-at-cissie-leary-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/192707\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Tennis Turns in Strong Effort at Cissie Leary Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – William & Mary women’s tennis enjoyed an impressive showing over the weekend, competing at the Cissie Leary Invitational. Facing\u00a0players from Maryland, Princeton, Penn, St. Joseph’s, Drexel, and Cornell, the Tribe amassed a combined 19-9 singles record and a 10-2 doubles mark over the three-day event at the Hamlin and Hecht Tennis Centers.
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\nIn singles, senior Emma Pell<\/a> and junior Francesca Davis<\/a> went a perfect 3-0. Five Tribe players – seniors Sia Chaudry<\/a> and Yaelle Vaissaud<\/a>, sophomore Mira Kernagis<\/a>, and freshmen Alexia Gonzalez-Galino<\/a> and Julia Viesi<\/a> – put together 2-1 singles marks. In doubles, Davis teamed with freshman Tilda Larson to go a perfect 3-0, while two Tribe pairs – Chaudry and freshman Rebeka Svabikova<\/a> as well as the pair of Pell and Viesi – tallied undefeated 2-0 marks.
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\nThe Tribe was even more impressive over the final two days of the event. Facing Penn and St. Joseph’s in singles on Saturday, W&M put together an 8-2 mark. In doubles against the Hawks and CAA foe Drexel, the Tribe went 4-1 in doubles. On Sunday, the Tribe was nearly perfect against Cornell and St. Joseph’s, going 7-1 in singles and 4-0 in doubles. Over Saturday and Sunday, the Tribe was an impressive 15-3 in singles and 8-1 in doubles.
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\nDavis opened the event with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Maryland’s Tamari Gagoshidze. After recording a come-from-behind three-set win over Penn’s Lara Stojanovski, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, on Saturday, she closed out an undefeated event with a 6-1, 7-6 victory over Cornell’s Sage Loudon. Davis remained unbeaten on the year at 6-0.
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\nThanks to her trio of wins at the Invitational, Pell also extended her\u00a0undefeated start to the fall to 5-0. She needed three sets, but dispatched of Princeton’s Anna Nguyen , 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, on Friday. Pell won in straight sets over St. Joseph’s June Tronhus, 6-4, 6-2, and rallied for a three-set win over Cornell’s Martina Marica, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, on Sunday.
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\nIn doubles, Davis and Larsson improved to 6-0 during the fall with their trio of wins. The duo opened the event with an 8-7 victory over Maryland’s Magdalena Baniak and Tamari Gagoshidze. They posted an 8-4 win over a tandem from Drexel on Saturday and bounced Cornell’s Sage Loudon and Emma Baker, 8-5, a day later.\u00a0
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\nPell and Viesi picked up a pair of narrow wins in teaming together for the first time. They topped Maryland’s Katherine Hung and Aida Eissa, 8-7, and downed the St. Joseph’s pair of Wiktoria Czerny and Victoria Tracey, 8-6.
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\nChaudry and Svabikova were dominant in two wins over St. Joseph’s teams. They dropped just one game in an 8-1 win over \u00a0Amari O’Brien and Brooke Tackett, before rolling to an 8-2 victory over Elena Fleming and June Tronhus.
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\nAfter dropping her match on Friday in three sets, Chaudry bounced back with three-set wins on Saturday and Sunday. She rallied for a win over Penn’s Maya Urata, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, before downing Cornell’s Michelle Ryndin, 6-4, 0-6, 6-3, to even her fall mark at 3-3.
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\nGonzalez-Galino picked victories over Princeton’s Maren Urata, 6-4, 6-4, and Cornell’s Emma Baker, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. The Tribe rookie pushed her season record\u00a0to 3-2.
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\nVaissaud and Kernagis won their\u00a0final two singles matches of the event. Vaissaud topped St. Joseph’s Brooke Tackett in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, and closed out the Invite with dominant fashion, dropping just one game in a 6-1, 6-0 win over Cornell’s Tanya Fan. Kernagis needed three sets, but came back for a 5-7, 6-0, 6-0 win over St. Joseph’s Amari O’Brien. She also posted a 6-4, 6-4 win over Cornell’s Dylan Gelber to push her season mark to 3-2.
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\nViesi posted straight-set wins over Princeton’s Alicia Cheng, 6-0, 6-0, and St. Joseph’s Gisele Tang, 6-2, 6-2. She moved to 3-3 on the year.
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\nLarsson picked up her first career Tribe singles win. She posted a 7-5, 7-5 straight-sets win over Victoria Tracey of St. Joseph’s. \u00a0Fellow rookie Svabikova rallied for a three-set win over Penn’s Liza Tkachenko, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, for her third win of the fall. Junior Parker Debnam<\/a> picked up her second win of the fall season, downing St. Joseph’s Gisele Tang, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
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\nKernagis and Gonzalez-Galino won their final two matches of the Invitational to even their record at 3-3 on the year. The pair won convincingly over a Drexel team, 8-1, on Saturday, before upending Cornell’s Dylan Gelber and Andrea Martinez De Los Rios, 8-2, on Sunday.
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\nVaissaud and Debnam also posted a doubles win at the event, topping the St. Joseph’s pair of Amari O’Brien and Brooke Tackett, 8-4.
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\nThe Tribe returns to action at the ITA Atlantic Region Championships, Oct. 16-21. Virgina Tech will host the event at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg.
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\nW&M Results from Cissie Leary Invitational
\nFriday, Oct. 3
\nSingles
\nMagdalena Baniak (Maryland) def. Sia Chaudry<\/a> (W&M) – 6-0, 2-6, 6-3
\nMadeleine Jessup (Princeton) def. Tilda Larsson<\/a> (W&M) – 6-4, 7-6
\nFrancesca Davis<\/a> (W&M) def. Tamari Gagoshidze (Maryland) – 6-4, 6-2
\nBella Chhiv (Princeton) def. Yaelle Vaissaud<\/a> (W&M) – 6-2, 6-0
\nLucia Donnelly (Maryland) def. Mira Kernagis<\/a> (W&M) – 6-3, 6-2
\nEmma Pell<\/a> (W&M) def. Anna Nguyen (Princeton) – 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
\nDiya Challa (Maryland) def. Rebeka Svabikova<\/a> (W&M) – 6-3, 6-3
\nAlexia Gonzalez-Galino<\/a> (W&M) def. Maren Urata (Princeton) – 6-4, 6-4
\nKatherine Hung (Maryland) def. Parker Debnam<\/a> (W&M) –\u00a0 6-4, 6-4
\nJulia Viesi<\/a> (W&M) def. Alicia Cheng (Princeton) – 6-0, 6-0
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\nDoubles
\nDavis\/Larsson (W&M) def. Gagoshidze\/Baniak (Maryland) – 8-7
\nChalla\/Donnelly (Maryland) def. Kernagis\/Gonzalez Galino (W&M) – \u00a08-6
\nPell\/Viesi (W&M) def. Hung\/Eissa (Maryland) – 8-7
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\nSaturday, Oct. 4
\nSingles
\nSia Chaudry<\/a> (W&M) def. Maya Urata (Penn) – 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
\nFrancesca Davis<\/a> (W&M) def. Lara Stojanovski (Penn) – 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
\nJoleen Saw (Penn) def. Alexia Gonzalez-Galino<\/a>s (W&M) – 7-5, 0-6, 6-4
\nRebeka Svabikova<\/a> (W&M) def. Liza Tkachenko (Penn) – 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
\nTilda Larsson<\/a> (W&M) def. Victoria Tracey (St. Joe’s) – 7-5, 7-5
\nEmma Pell<\/a> (W&M) def. June Tronhus (St. Joe’s) – 6-4, 6-2
\nElena Fleming (St. Joe’s) def. Julia Viesi<\/a> (W&M) – 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
\nYaelle Vaissaud<\/a> (W&M) def. Brooke Tackett (St. Joe’s) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
\nMira Kernagis<\/a> (W&M) def. Amari O’Brien (St. Joe’s) – 5-7, 6-0, 6-0
\nParker Debnam<\/a> (W&M) def. Gisele Tang (St. Joe’s) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
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\nDoubles
\nViesi\/Pell (W&M) def. Czerny\/Tracey (St. Joe’s) – 8-6
\nFleming\/Tronhus (St. Joe’s) def. Vaissaud\/Debnam (W&M) – 8-6
\nChaudry\/Svabikova (W&M) def. O’Brien\/Tackett (St. Joe’s) – 8-1
\nDavis\/Larsson (W&M) def. Lemongo\/ (Drexel) – 8-4
\nKernagis\/Gonzalez Galino (W&M) def. Drexel – 8-1
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\nSunday, Oct. 5
\nSingles
\nSia Chaudry<\/a> (W&M) def. Michelle Ryndin (Cornell) – 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
\nFrancesca Davis<\/a> (W&M) def. Sage Loudon (Cornell) – 6-1, 7-6
\nMira Kernagis<\/a> (W&M) def. Dylan Gelber (Cornell) – 6-4, 6-4
\nAndrea Martinez De Los Rios (Cornell) def. Rebeka Svabikova<\/a> (W&M) – 6-1, 1-6, 2-6
\nAlexia Gonzalez-Galino<\/a> (W&M) def. Emma Baker (Cornell) – 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
\nEmma Pell<\/a> (W&M) def. Martina Marica (Cornell) – 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
\nYaelle Vaissaud<\/a> (W&M) def. Tanya Fan (Cornell) – 6-1, 6-0
\nJulia Viesi<\/a> (W&M) def. Gisele Tang (St. Joe’s) – 6-2, 6-2
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\nDoubles
\nDavis\/Larsson (W&M) def. Baker\/Loudon (Cornell) – 8-5
\nKernagis\/Gonzalez Galino (W&M) def. De Los Rios\/Gelber (Cornell) – 8-2
\nSvabikova\/Chaudry (W&M) def. Fleming\/Tronhus (St. Joe’s) – 8-2
\nVaissaud\/Debnam (W&M) def. O’Brien\/Tackett (St. Joe’s) – 8-4
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