Stony Brook Hosts Successful Three-Day Women’s Tennis Invitational

September 18, 2013 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff

The Stony Brook Women’s Tennis Invitational came to a close on Sunday, wrapping up a three-day event that displayed some highly competitive college tennis. The tournament, hosted by Stony Brook University, was the eighth annual installment of the event, and included nine different teams from the Atlantic Region competing in singles and doubles matches over the course of three days. Other participants included: Rhode Island, Army, Navy, Fordham, Marist, LIU, Farleigh Dickinson and ASA Junior College

The Seawolves of Stony Brook had a successful tournament on its home courts, capturing titles in ‘B’ and ‘D’ singles, as well as ‘B’ doubles. The ‘B’ finals were played between two girls from Stony Brook, with junior Cassandra Dix defeating freshman teammate Adesuwa Osabouhien in three sets. Osabouhien was able to grab a title thought teaming with sophomore Becky Shtilkind to win 8-3 in ‘B’ doubles.

“It was our eighth year of the Stony Brook Classic, and I thought it went very well,” said Stony Brook Tennis Coach Gary Glassman. “We had another strong and competitive field which made for a lot of close matches.”

Stony Brook also came away with second place in Flight ‘A’ singles as in a terrific was highlighted by a fantastic match in the Flight A singles championship between Stony Brook’s Jackie AltanSarnai and Rhode Island’s Galina Chernykh. Chernykh and AltanSarnai went back and forth, with countless long volleys in a really competitive match that ended with Chernykh eventually taking the win, 5-7, 6-3, 10-2.

In ‘D’ singles, sophomore Louise Badoche defeated her teammate, freshman Nadia Smergut, 6-2, 4-6, 10-8.

“From our standpoint, the Seawolves had a very good weekend,” Glassman said. “We won the ‘B’ doubles, and ‘B’ and ‘D’ singles and lost in the ‘A’ finals.”

The final day of the event also featured One on One Doubles play, a half-court, serve-and-volley singles game played on the doubles court between two players. There is a divisible line drawn through the middle of the court from the center service line to the middle of the baseline. Players alternate points from the deuce court to the ad court. All points are played cross-court with the alley included.  Stony Brook Coach Gary Glassman is a big fan of this format and has incorporated it into each of these annual events.

"This years event was fast paced," said Glassman. "I’m always glad to have the One on One Doubles component at the classic. It encourages our players to move forward on the court and be aggressive."

Please click on the links below to view the draws of the event:

7th Annual Stony Brook Classic Singles Tournament – A

7th Annual Stony Brook Classic Doubles Tournament – B

7th Annual Stony Brook Classic Singles Tournament – C

7th Annual Stony Brook Classic Singles Tournament – D

7th Annual Stony Brook Classic Doubles Tournament – A

7th Annual Stony Brook Classic Doubles Tournament – B

Credit all photos to Brian Coleman

 


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