PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State players captured four singles wins and four doubles victories during the first day of play at the 2019 Cougar Classic Tennis Tournament, Friday at the WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts.
 
The day began with doubles play where WSU's Melisa Ates and Hikaru Sato advanced to the Crimson Flight semifinal after defeating Seattle's Grossman and Lancaster 6-0 followed by a 6-2 victory over Braeden and Nelson from Eastern Washington. In the Gray Doubles flight, Savanna Ly-Nguyen and Carla Quadflieg also reached the semifinal after posting a 6-3 win over Seattle's Sabotic and Sanabria in the first round and a 6-0 victory over Montana's Regaunt and Walker.
 
In singles play, Sato had little trouble in her first-round match of the Crimson Flight, winning 6-1, 6-1 over Montana State's Caitlin Ward. Ly-Nguyen reached the second round of the Crimson Flight with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Seattle's Hannah Gianan.
 
In the Gray Flight, Ates cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win over Eastern Washington's Stephannie Broussard while Maddie Egan posted a 6-2, 6-2 win over Grossman in the quarterfinal of the Palouse Flight. WSWU's lone setback of the day came when Quadflieg dropped a 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 match to Eastern Washington's Yasmin Mansouri in the Cougar Flight.
 
Play continues at the Cougar Classic Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. at the WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts.
 
 
WSU WOMEN'S TENNIS COUGAR CLASSIC
OCTOBER 4-6, 2019
WSU OUTDOOR TENNIS COURTS
PULLMAN, WASH.
 
SINGLES
CRIMSON FLIGHT
First Round
Hikaru Sato (WSU) def. Caitlin Ward (Mont. St.) 6-1, 6-1
Melissa Huchet (Idaho) def. Peggy Rooke (Seattle) 6-1, 6-2
Lucy Octave (Utah St.) def. Zoey Nelson (EWU) 6-0, 6-4
Julia Ronney (Montana) def. Hartuna Tsuruta (Gonzaga) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
Emily Strande (Boise St.) def. Rylee Braeden (EWU) 6-4, 7-5
Laura Spataro (Idaho) def. Tamara Anderson (Gonzaga) 7-6 (3), 6-1
Gabrielle Dekkers (Utah St.) def. Linnea Fristam (Mont. St.) 6-3, 6-2
Savanna Ly-Nguyen (WSU) def. Hannah Gianan (Seattle) 6-1, 6-4
 
GRAY FLIGHT
First Round
Melisa Ates (WSU) def. Stephannie Broussard (EWU) 6-0, 6-3
Enni Zander (Mont. St.) def. Jade Lancaster (Seattle) 6-1, 6-2
Kyra Jung (Seattle) def. Maggie Chen (Idaho) walkover
Hannah Jones (Utah St.) def. Vanessa Timm (Boise St.) 6-1, 6-1
Maria Coheen (Montana) def. Ana Conde Verdrell (Boise St.) 6-1, 6-1
Louise Waite (EWU) def. Jillian Rasmussen (Seattle) 6-3, 6-2
Zara Ryan (Utah St.) def. Mirte Van Baelen (Mont. St.) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (10), 7-6 (5)
Marta Magalhaes (Idaho) def. Katie Day (Gonzaga) 7-5, 6-2
 
COUGAR FLIGHT
First Round
Yasmin Mansouri (EWU) def. Carla Quadflieg (WSU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Lauren Dunlap (Montana) def. michelle Bader (Seattle) 6-3, 6-1
Sidnee Lavatai (Utah St.) def. Andjela Todorovic (Idaho) 6-3, 6-3
Frankie Trella (Boise St.) def. Daphne Haverkamp (Mont. St.) 6-3, 6-3
Maria Frampton (Gonzaga) def. Aranza Sanabria (Seattle) 6-3, 6-0
Renata Gabuzyan (EWU) def. Camryn Moortgat (Boise St.) 6-3, 6-2
Carolina Millan (Utah St.) def. Nicole Horacek (Idaho) 6-4, 6-2
Alisa Sabotic (Seattle) def. Jieyl Chen (Mont. St.) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
 
PALOUSE FLIGHT
First Round
Maddie Egan (WSU) def. Hannah Grossman (Seattle) 6-2, 6-2
Renata Lombera (Utah St.) def. Claudia Regaunt (Montana) 6-3, 6-1
Ilana Oleynik (Idaho) def. Marta Heinen (EWU) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Annaliese County (Utah St.) def. Martina Asciuto (Seattle) 6-2, 6-4
 

DOUBLES
CRIMSON FLIGHT
First Round
Ates/Sato (WSU) def. Grossman/Lancaster (Seattle) 6-0
Braeden/Nelson (EWU) def. Bostrom/Coheen (Mont.) 6-2
Jones/Lavatai (Utah St.) def. Bader/Jung (Seattle) 6-4
Fristam/Ward (Mont. St.) def. Huchet/Spataro (Idaho) 6-1
County/Octava (Utah St.) def. Mansouri/Waite (EWU) 6-1
Moortgat/Timm (BSU) def. Haverkamp/Zander (Mont. St.) 6-3
Chen/Oleynik (Idaho) def. Gianan/Rooke (Seattle) 6-3
Anderson/Tsuruta (Gonzaga) def. Dunlap/Rooney (Montana) 6-1
 
Second Round
Ates/Sato (WSU) def. Braeden/Nelson (EWU) 6-2
Jones/Lavatai (Utah St.) def. Fristam/Ward (Mont. St.) 6-3
County/Octave (Utah St.) def. Moortgat/Timm (Boise St.) 6-3
Anderson/Tsuruta (Gonzaga) def. Chen/Oleynik (Idaho) 6-2
 
Consolation
Bostrom/Coheen (Montana) def. Grossman/Lancaster (Seattle) 6-3
Huchet/Spataro (Idaho) def. Bader/Jung (Seattle) 6-3
Waite/Mansouri (EWU) def. Zander/Haverkamp (Mont. St.) 6-3
Gianan/Rooke (Seattle) def. Dunlap/Rooney (Montana) 6-4
 
GRAY FLIGHT
First Round
Quadflieg/Ly-Nguyen (WSU) def. Sabotic/Sanabria (Seattle) 6-3
Dekker/Ryan (Utah St.) def. Horacek/Magalhaes (Idaho) 6-3
Conde Vendrell/Strande (Boise St.) def. Asciuto/Rasmussen (Seattle) 6-1
Lombera/Millan (Utah St.) def. Egan (WSU)/Todorovic (Idaho) 7-6 (2)
 
Second Round
Quadflieg/Ly-Nguyen (WSU) def. Reguant/Walker (Montana) 6-0
Heinen/Gabuzyan (EWU) def. Dekker/Ryan (Utah St.) 7-5
Conde Vendrell/Strande (Boise St.) def. Chen/Van Baelen (Mont. St.) 7-6 (5)
Lombera/Millan (Utah St.) def. Day/Frampton (Gonzaga) 6-1
 
Consolation
Horacel/Magalhaes (Idaho) def. Sabotic/Sanabria (Seattle) 7-6 (5)
Asciuto/Rasmussen (Seattle) def. Egan (WSU)/Todorovic (Idaho) 7-6 (5)