{"id":259838,"date":"2025-11-03T23:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/259838\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:43:08","slug":"cats-close-fall-season-at-gonzaga-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/259838\/","title":{"rendered":"Cats Close Fall Season at Gonzaga Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Montana State women’s tennis team concluded its fall season at the Gonzaga Invitational over the weekend at the Stevens Center in Spokane, Wash. Combined, the Bobcats picked up eight victories in singles and doubles over the three-day tournament.
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\n“The Gonzaga Invite was a great opportunity to get more high-level match play for our student-athletes,” said first-year head coach Hailey Barrett. “I’m so proud of how they competed and supported each other throughout the whole event.
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\n“This weekend gave us positive momentum going into the off-season,” Barrett added. “We are looking forward to getting to work and preparing for the spring. There are exciting times ahead for this group.”
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\nHighlighting the weekend for the Bobcats was the singles play of sophomore Nia Gelashvili<\/a>. Gelashvili, who missed most of the fall due to injury, returned to form with an opening round win over Utah State’s Kylee Sperry 6-1, 6-1 in the Gold draw. In quarterfinal action, Gelashvili defeated Gonzaga’s Brooke Bittner, 7-5, 6-3.
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\nJunior walk-on Elle Middleton<\/a> of Boulder, Colo., recorded her first victory as a Bobcat, combining with Kavya Khirwar<\/a> in the Red draw in doubles play. The duo dropped its first match, before working its way back to the finals of the consolation bracket with a 6-4 decision over Eastern Washington’s Sara Vasic and Leandra Nizetic. Middleton and Khirwar fell in the finals, 6-2, to USU’s Sperry and Magdalena Nunez Pureco.
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\nRed Singles:
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\nR16
\nEmily Robertson (GU) def. Angel Bean<\/a> (MSU), 6-3, 6-0
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\nConsolation
\nAngel Bean<\/a> (MSU) def. Natalie Paterova (USU), 6-4, 7-6(4)
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\nConsolation Semifinals
\nPatsy Daughters (UO) def. Angel Bean<\/a> (MSU), 6-0, 6-1
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\nBlue Singles:
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\nR16
\nHinata Furutani (UO) def. Terezie Stverakova<\/a> (MSU), 6-2, 6-2
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\nWhite Singles:
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\nR16
\nLola Bean<\/a> (MSU) def. Larissa Teramura (SU), 6-2, 6-2
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\nQuarterfinals
\nLola Bean<\/a> (MSU) def. Kamila Slovakova (UM), 7-6(5), 6-3
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\nSemifinals
\nElla Nielsen (GU) def. Lola Bean<\/a> (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
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\nGold Singles:
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\nR16
\nIsabella Marquart (UP) def. Kavya Khirwar<\/a> (MSU), 3-6, 7-6(5), 10-2
\nNia Gelashvili<\/a> (MSU) def. Kylee Sperry (USU), 6-1, 6-1
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\nQuarterfinals
\nNia Gelashvili<\/a> (MSU) def. Brooke Bittner (GU), 7-5, 6-3
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\nConsolation
\nAmina Avdic (SU) def. Kavya Khirwar<\/a> (MSU), 6-3, 7-6(2)
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\nGold Doubles:
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\nR16
\nNia Gelashvili<\/a>\/Angel Bean<\/a> (MSU) def. Chisato Kanemaki\/Martina Puvill (WSU), 7-6(7)
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\nQuarterfinals
\nAlaia Rubio Perez\/Maria Galatescu (UP) def. Nia Gelashvili<\/a>\/Angel Bean<\/a> (MSU), 7-6(5)
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\nRed Doubles:
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\nR16
\nBrokke Bittner\/Diana Yanotovskaya (GU) def. Kavya Khirwar<\/a>\/Elle Middleton<\/a> (MSU), 6-2
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\nConsolation Quarterfinals
\nKavya Khirwar<\/a>\/Elle Middleton<\/a> (MSU) def. Hana Abdelhamid\/Scarlett Perkins (PSU), 6-3
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\nConsolation Semifinals
\nKavya Khirwar<\/a>\/Elle Middleton<\/a> (MSU) def. Sara Vasic\/Leandra Nizetic (EWU), 6-4
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\nConsolation Finals
\nKylee Sperry\/Pureco (USU) def. Kavya Khirwar<\/a>\/Elle Middleton<\/a> (MSU), 6-2
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