Cougar Classic Ends with Pair of WSU Wins

PULLMAN, Wash. (Sept. 28, 2025) – Washington State Tennis captured both matches during the final day of play at the 2025 Cougar Classic, played Sunday at the WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts.

In the mini dual format, teams of two play one doubles and two singles matches, with the team with more victories advances in the team draw. In doubles action, WSU's Martina Puvill and Zali Morris cruised to an 8-3 win over Eastern Washington's Veronika Gayevyk and Anait Arutiunian. Puvill then clinched the team win over the Eagles for WSU with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Gayevyk

The Cougars are next in action Oct. 3-5 when they head to Eugene, Ore. to compete in the Duck Invitational.

WASHINGTON STATE TENNIS
2025 Cougar Classic
September 28, 2025
WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts
Pullman, Wash.

DAY 3 SINGLES
Martina Puvill (WSU) Def. Veronika Gayevyk (EWU) 6-1, 6-0
Alaia Rubio (Port) def. Ella Nielsen (EWU) 6-2, 6-2
Maria Galatescu (Port) def. Madeline MacNeille (Gonz) 6-2, 7-5
Rose Hayes (Gonz) def. Kelsey Phillips (Mont)2-6, 6-1, 6-3
Meghan Anand (Mont) def. Brooke Bittner (Gonz) 6-3, 6-4
K. Brown (Gonz) def. Zoe Pradel (EWU) 6-2, 6-3
Olivia Marais (EWU) def. S. Johnson (Gonz) 6-2,6-1
N. Martinez (Port) def. Sivika Agrawal (Mont) 6-3, 6-1
Lexie Flores (Port) def Kamila Slovakova (Mont) 6-0, 6-3
Meagan Pearson (Port) def. Monika Fizona (Mont) 6-4, 7-5
Kennedy Harris (Port) def. Kaylin Kielty (Mont)6-3, 6-4
Leandra Nizetic (EWU) def. Soha Singh (Idaho) 1-6, 7-6, 10-2
Chenyue Xu (Idaho) def. Maria Lopez (EWU) 6-3, 6-0

DAY 3 DOUBLES
Puvill/Morris (WSU) def. Arutiunian/Gayevyk (EWU) 8-3
Rubio/Galatescu (Port) def. Neilson/MacNeille (EWU) 8-4
Hayes/Bittner (Gonz) def. Phillips/Anand (Mont) 8-7 (6)
Pradel/Marais (EWU) Def. Brown/Johnson (Gonz) 8-3
Fizona/Kielty (Mont) def. Pearson/Harris (Port) 8-4
Martinez/Flores (Port) def. Agrawal/Slovakova (Mont) 8-2
Singh/Xu (Idaho) def. Nizetic/Lopex (EWU) 8-5

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Players Mentioned

Zali Morris

Martina Puvill

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