Army Closes Out First Day Of West Point Invite

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Army Closes Out First Day Of West Point Invite

September 27, 2014 | Women's Tennis

Sept. 27, 2014 WEST POINT, N.Y. - Nancy Porter, Elle Taylor, Maya Parker and Haley O'Connor found success in both double and singles play in each of their flights and were among nine Army players that advanced to round two in the singles bracket after coming away with a win the opening day of the West Point Women's Tennis Invitational at Malek Courts on Friday.

O'Conner and Parker, seeded fourth, teamed for a pair of victories in Flight B doubles where they topped the St. Bonaventure duo of Fatya Amin and Lauren Doversola, 8-5, and were hardly taxed in their next round rolling to an 8-3 victory over No. 1 seed Breanna Bachini and Olivia Messineo of Syracuse.

Also collecting a pair of victories in Flight B doubles were Porter and Taylor, who romped to an 8-1 win over Ali Kaminetsky and Nina Larazza of Lehigh followed by an 8-4 decision over the tandem of Cassandra Dox from Stony Brook and Jenise Vargas of UConn, 8-4. Both doubles teams will compete in Saturday's semifinal round.

In the first singles bracket, junior Carolyn Pitman, seeded fourth, posted a straight-set (6-3, 7-5) victory over NJIT's Zanotta Carolina to advance to Saturday's quarterfinal round.

Two Black Knights advanced to the quarterfinal round in No. 2 singles. Junior Gabriella Spindler, seeded sixth, romped to a 6-1, 6-2 opening-round win over fifth-seeded Luccia Radovic of St. Peter's. O'Connor pulled out a 6-2, 6-2 straight set win over Manhattan's Caitlin Bricketto.

Four Army players came away with wins in No. 3 singles with Taylor, Porter and Parker picking up their second wins of the tournament. Parker yielded just one point in eliminating St. Peter's Elena Puigventos, 6-1, 6-0, in her opening round victory. Porter was touched for just two points in taking the measure of Quinnipiac's Ariana Launie, 6-2, 6-0, and Taylor rallied from a 6-4 defeat in the opening round with 6-3, 10-5 scores to down Bryant's Ashandti Campfield.

Sophomore Allyson Hayley, seeded fourth, dispatched third-seeded Nikki Rohan of Marist, 6-1, 6-2, in rounding out Army first day winners in No. 3 singles.

Freshman Julian Mok, seeded fifth, was Army's lone player alive in the No. 4 singles main drawn after recording a 6-1, 6-3 win over Fordham's Carolina Sa.

Competition resumes on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and concludes with finals on Sunday.