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Cougars Shine on Final Day of WSU Invitational

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State dominated the singles finals during the final day of play at the 2015 WSU Invitational at the WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts.


In the Crimson Flight, sophomore Donika Bashota remains undefeated in singles play after defeating Oregon's Alyssa Tobita, 6-1, 7-6(7). She continues her stellar fall campaign by winning her third tournament championship of the fall season. 


WSU's Aneta Miksovska impressed at her first WSU Invitational, posting a hard-fought 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory over teammate Lize Leenknecht, earning her the Cougar Flight singles crown. Junior Victoria Matejevic took home the championship of the WSU Flight in an exciting match as she defeated Oregon's Micheline Aubuchon, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.


WSU's Trang Huynh won her consolation match, defeating Boise State's Ari Paules Aldrey, 7-5, 6-1. Senior Maria Biryukova defeated Idaho's Ana Batiri, 6-0, 6-1, and won 6-2, 6-4, over Emily Gould of Portland.

In the WSU Flight, Sophomore Holly Monahan won a hard fought match 6-3, 6-4 over Paloma Gomez of Oregon. WSU's Barbora Michalkova fell to Oregon's Marlou Kluiving, 6-3, 6-4, in the Gray Flight. 

In the Gray Doubles Flight, the freshman duo of Miksovska and Michalkova defeated Oregon's Daniela Nasser and Christi Woodson, 7-5, remaining undefeated in doubles play and winning the Gray Doubles Flight. WSU's Biryukova and Monahan defeated Oregon's Micheline Aubuchon and Gomez, 6-1.


In the Crimson Doubles Flight, WSU's Leenknecht and Huynh won 6-0 over Alyssa Tobita and Shweta Sangwan of Oregon to win the Crimson Doubles Flight. Bashota and Matejevic defeated Oregon's No. 56-ranked duo of Kennan Johnson and Marlou Kluiving, 6-4, to finish out doubles play.

2015 WSU Invitational
October 2-4, 2015
WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts 
Pullman, Wash.


SINGLES
Crimson Flight
Finals
Donika Bashota (WSU) def. Alyssa Tobita (UO) 6-1, 7-6(7)


Consolation  
Kennan Johnson (UO) def. Jelena Lazarevic (UP) 6-3, 6-2
Maria Biryukova (WSU) def. Ana Batiri (UI) 6-0, 6-1
Bobbi Oshiro (BSU) def. Radina Dimitrov (UP) 6-2, 6-2


Gray Flight
Finals
Shweta Sangwan (UO) def. Maria Tavares (UI) 6-0, 6-4


Consolation 
Trang Huynh (WSU) def. Ari Paules Aldrey (BSU) 7-5, 6-1
Marlou Kluiving (UO) def. Barbora Michalkova (WSU) 6-3, 6-4


Cougar Flight
Finals
Aneta Miksovska (WSU) def. Lize Leenknecht (WSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4


Consolation
Christi Woodson (UO) def. Tatiana Grigoryan (UP) 6-2, 6-1 
Lucia Badillos (UI) def. Nancy Menjivar (BSU) 6-3, 6-2
Daniela Nasser (UO) def. Saroop Dhatt (UP) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4


WSU Flight
Finals
Victoria Matejevic (WSU) def. Micheline Aubuchon (UO) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1


Consolation
Claire Yang (UI) def. Marina Reimers (UP) 6-2, 6-2
Holly Monahan (WSU) def. Paloma Gomez (UO) 6-3, 6-4
Maria Biryukova (WSU) def. Emily Gould (UP) 6-2, 6-4

DOUBLES
Crimson Doubles Flight
Round 6
Tavares/Batiri (UI) def. Lazarevic/Grigoryan (UP) 6-4
Bashota/Matejevic (WSU) def. Johnson/Kluiving (UO) 6-4
Leenknecht/Huynh (WSU) def. Tobita/Sangwan (UO) 6-0
Dimitrov/Troesch (UP) def. Oshiro/Paules Aldrey (BSU) 7-6


Gray Doubles Flight  
Round 6
Yang/Badillos (UI) def. Dhatt/Gould (UP) 6-1
Biryukova/Monahan (WSU) def. Aubuchon/Gomez (UO) 6-1  
Michalkova/Miksovska (WSU) def. Nasser/Woodson (UO) 7-5
Hellstern/Reimers (UP), bye

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Players Mentioned

Donika Bashota

Donika Bashota

5' 4"
Sophomore
Maria Biryukova

Maria Biryukova

5' 10"
Senior
Trang Huynh

Trang Huynh

5' 6"
Senior
Lize Leenknecht

Lize Leenknecht

5' 7"
Senior
Victoria Matejevic

Victoria Matejevic

5' 9"
Junior
Barbora Michalkova

Barbora Michalkova

6' 0"
Freshman
Aneta Miksovska

Aneta Miksovska

5' 9"
Freshman
Holly Monahan

Holly Monahan

5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Donika Bashota

Donika Bashota

5' 4"
Sophomore
Maria Biryukova

Maria Biryukova

5' 10"
Senior
Trang Huynh

Trang Huynh

5' 6"
Senior
Lize Leenknecht

Lize Leenknecht

5' 7"
Senior
Victoria Matejevic

Victoria Matejevic

5' 9"
Junior
Barbora Michalkova

Barbora Michalkova

6' 0"
Freshman
Aneta Miksovska

Aneta Miksovska

5' 9"
Freshman
Holly Monahan

Holly Monahan

5' 6"
Sophomore