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Cougars Finish Strong at Baylor Invitational
October 30, 2022 | Tennis
WACO, Texas (Oct. 30, 2022) – Washington State Women's Tennis closed out the 2022 Baylor Invitational in fine fashion, posting three singles and two doubles victories Sunday at the Hurd Tennis Center on the Baylor campus.
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Maxine Murphy, Fifa Kumhom and Yura Nakagawa each recorded singles and doubles wins to highlight the third and final day. Murphy needed three sets to defeat TCU's Yu-Chin Tsai, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4), Kumhom defeated Houston's Sonya Kovalenko 6-4, 6-3, while Nakagawa earned a 6-3, 6-3 win over TCU's Jade Otway.
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In doubles action, Murphy and Eva Alvarez Sande defeated Baylor's Paula Baranano and Brooke Thompson, 6-2, while Kumhom and Nakagawa posted a 6-4 win over Houston's Gabriela Cortes and B. Cortijo Parreno.
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Both Murphy and Kumhom swept all three singles matches at the Baylor Invitational.
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The Baylor Invitational concluded the fall schedule for the Cougars. Their spring slate begins Jan. 5-7 at the Hawaii Invitational.
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2022 Baylor Invitational
Oct. 28-30, 2022
Hurd Tennis Center
Waco, Texas
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SINGLES
Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. Yu-Chin Tsai (TCU) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4)
Yura Nakagawa (WSU) def. Jade Otway (TCU) 6-3, 6-3
Fifa Kumhom (WSU) def. Sonya Kovalenko (Houston) 6-4, 6-3
Liubov Kostenko (Baylor) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 6-2, 6-1
Sofia Chang (Houston) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova (WSU) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)
Sophie Schouten (Houston) def. Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)
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DOUBLES
Eva Alvarez Sande/Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. Paula Baranano/Brooke Thompson (Baylor) 6-2
Fifa Kumhom/Yura Nakagawa (WSU) def. Gabriela Cortes/B. Cortijo Parreno (Houston) 6-4
Sophie Schouten/Elena Trencheva (Houston) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova/Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-2
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Maxine Murphy, Fifa Kumhom and Yura Nakagawa each recorded singles and doubles wins to highlight the third and final day. Murphy needed three sets to defeat TCU's Yu-Chin Tsai, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4), Kumhom defeated Houston's Sonya Kovalenko 6-4, 6-3, while Nakagawa earned a 6-3, 6-3 win over TCU's Jade Otway.
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In doubles action, Murphy and Eva Alvarez Sande defeated Baylor's Paula Baranano and Brooke Thompson, 6-2, while Kumhom and Nakagawa posted a 6-4 win over Houston's Gabriela Cortes and B. Cortijo Parreno.
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Both Murphy and Kumhom swept all three singles matches at the Baylor Invitational.
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The Baylor Invitational concluded the fall schedule for the Cougars. Their spring slate begins Jan. 5-7 at the Hawaii Invitational.
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2022 Baylor Invitational
Oct. 28-30, 2022
Hurd Tennis Center
Waco, Texas
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SINGLES
Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. Yu-Chin Tsai (TCU) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4)
Yura Nakagawa (WSU) def. Jade Otway (TCU) 6-3, 6-3
Fifa Kumhom (WSU) def. Sonya Kovalenko (Houston) 6-4, 6-3
Liubov Kostenko (Baylor) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 6-2, 6-1
Sofia Chang (Houston) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova (WSU) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)
Sophie Schouten (Houston) def. Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)
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DOUBLES
Eva Alvarez Sande/Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. Paula Baranano/Brooke Thompson (Baylor) 6-2
Fifa Kumhom/Yura Nakagawa (WSU) def. Gabriela Cortes/B. Cortijo Parreno (Houston) 6-4
Sophie Schouten/Elena Trencheva (Houston) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova/Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-2
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