{"id":505605,"date":"2026-10-23T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505605\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T18:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:10:10","slug":"tennis-travels-down-i-75-for-annual-wayne-state-doubles-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505605\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Travels Down I-75 for Annual Wayne State Doubles Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     ROCHESTER, Mich. \u2013 Oakland returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 24, traveling down I-75 to compete in the annual Wayne State Doubles Tournament at the Doris J. &amp; Donald L. Duchene, Sr. Athletic Facility.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Wayne State, the fourth annual tournament is scheduled for an 11 a.m. (ET) first serve. Oakland has competed in each of the invitational&#8217;s previous three editions, and will be joined this year by Findlay and Grand Valley State.<\/p>\n<p>In last year&#8217;s tournament, the Golden Grizzlies finished with a 4-6 overall record, including a 3-0 sweep of Tiffin. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/martyna-piechowicz\/12438\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12438\" target=\"_blank\">Martyna Piechowicz<\/a> and sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/oliwia-klimas\/12440\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12440\" target=\"_blank\">Oliwia Klimas<\/a> led Oakland&#8217;s efforts, advancing to the semifinals before falling to the eventual runner-ups from Findlay.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland enters the tournament after yet another strong performance at the Horizon League Individual Championship. Graduate student <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/martina-maru-inov-\/13017\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martina Maru\u0161inov\u00e1<\/a>\u00a0and senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/edie-hammond\/12435\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12435\" target=\"_blank\">Edie Hammond<\/a> captured the doubles title, earning a spot in the ITA Conference Masters Championship in early November. The duo secured an extra-set 9-7 victory in the final after battling to a 9-8 (6) quarterfinals win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Klimas and Piechowicz also advanced to the semifinals, where they fell to the eventual runners-up from Cleveland State, 8-5. Hammond led the singles portion of the championship, reaching the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Results will be available following the conclusion of the tournament on the <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">women&#8217;s tennis page<\/a> at goldengrizlies.com.<\/p>\n<p>How to Follow Oakland Women&#8217;s Tennis: For complete information on Oakland Women&#8217;s Tennis, follow the team on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oaklandtennis_\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and on X at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OaklandWTennis?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" rel=\"nofollow\">@OaklandWTennis<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; ROCHESTER, Mich. \u2013 Oakland returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 24, traveling down I-75&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-505605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}