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Women's Tennis 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AM

Women's Tennis Goes 1-1 in Home Weekend

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - The Walsh Cavaliers women's tennis team split the weekend series on Friday (Feb. 11) and Saturday (Feb. 12) at the North Canton Racquet Club, as Walsh hosted Northwood and Edinboro on back-to-back days.

On Friday against Northwood, Walsh rallied from a 3-1 deficit after the doubles matches and the first three singles bouts. Nicole Beidacki and Chiara Wolff won in fourth and sixth singles, respectively to tie the match at three. The deciding match at fifth singles went three sets with Northwood notching the match-clinching point. Northwood won the match 4-3 in a close one

Saturday's match saw Walsh go a perfect 9-0 on the day with a clean sweep across the board, a 7-0 win over the Fighting Scots.

Risako Umekuni went 4-0 on the weekend with Shantala Uzcategui, Nicole Beidacki and Carla Padberg all going 3-1 for the weekend. Chiara Wolff won both singles bouts for the Cavaliers.

Friday 2/11 vs. Northwood (L, 4-3)

Singles

1. Risako Umekuni (WAL-W) def. Rafaella Fulop (NU-W) 7-6, 6-2

2. Rafaella Platsiota (NU-W) def. Shantala Uzcategui (WAL-W) 6-2, 6-2

3. Sanvi Ahluwalia (NU-W) def. Alexa Gamborino (WAL-W) 7-5, 6-2

4. Nicole Beidacki (WAL-W) def. Iryna Trystan (NU-W) 7-6, 7-5

5. Ekaterina Vorobeva (NU-W) def. Carla Padberg (WAL-W) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

6. Chiara Wolff (WAL-W) def. Sophia Baker (NU-W) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

1. Elizaveta Velichko/Iryna Trystan (NU-W) def. Risako Umekuni/Alexa Gamborino (WAL-W) 6-2

2. Rafaella Platsiota/Sanvi Ahluwalia (NU-W) def. Nicole Beidacki/Isabella Sanchez (WAL-W) 6-2

3. Carla Padberg/Shantala Uzcategui (WAL-W) def. Rafaella Fulop/Cambell Kallio (NU-W) 6-2

Saturday 2/12 vs. Edinboro (W, 7-0)

Singles

1. Risako Umekuni (WAL-W) def. Vidisha Pallamreddy (EU-W) 6-4, 6-0

2. Shantala Uzcategui (WAL-W) def. Luciana Ponce (EU-W) 6-3, 6-1

3. Alexa Gamborino (WAL-W) def. Rafaella de Almeida (EU-W) 6-3, 6-1

4. Nicole Beidacki (WAL-W) def. Anisha Thada (EU-W) 6-4, 6-1

5. Carla Padberg (WAL-W) def. Marina Zottele (EU-W) 6-1, 7-5

6. Chiara Wolff (WAL-W) def. Ana Nadai (EU-W) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1. Risako Umekuni/Alexa Gamborino (WAL-W) def. Vidisha Pallamreddy/Luciana Ponce (EU-W) 6-2

2. Nicole Beidacki/Isabella Sanchez (WAL-W) def. Rafaella de Almeida/Marina Zottele (EU-W) 6-2

3. Shantala Uzcategui/Carla Padberg (WAL-W) def. Anisha Thada/Ana Nadai (EU-W) 6-0

Walsh will head on a Michigan swing this weekend with matches against Ferris State, Grand Valley State and Davenport.

-WC-

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Players Mentioned

Nicole Beidacki: Redshirt

ALEXA GAMBORINO: Freshman

Carla Padberg: Freshman

Isabella Sanchez: Sophomore

RISAKO UMEKUNI: Freshman

Shantala Uzcategui: Freshman

Chiara Wolff: Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Nicole Beidacki
: Redshirt

ALEXA GAMBORINO
: Freshman

Carla Padberg
: Freshman

Isabella Sanchez
: Sophomore

RISAKO UMEKUNI
: Freshman

Shantala Uzcategui
: Freshman

Chiara Wolff
: Sophomore