HOUSTON — Meredith Hopson and Miriam Rosell Canudas teamed up to win the Flight 1 Doubles Consolation Championship to highlight UTSA's three days of action at last weekend's Rice Invitational.
After dropping its opening match to UT Arlington's Angeles de los Rios and Agustina Serio, 6-0, the pair won its next two contests to win en route to the title. A bye in the consolation quarterfinals advanced Hopson and Rosell Canudas to the semifinals where they defeated Stephen F. Austin's Lauren Hidalgo-Smith and Denise Maxl by a score of 6-1. The duo then downed UT Arlington's Astrid Gehre and Elizabeth Thoms, 6-3, in the championship match.
Rosell Canudas and Hopson also were able to work their way to consolation finals in Flight 1 and 2 singles play, respectively, but those contests were cancelled due to inclement weather on Sunday's final day of action.
Rosell Canudas opened tournament play with a 6-1, 6-3 setback to Texas' Neda Koprcina, but she bounced back with wins against Texas State's Yadira Rubio (6-2, 6-2) and Baylor's Theresa Van Zyl (6-4, 6-4).
Meanwhile, Hopson bounced back from her opening round loss to Rice's Emily Smith (6-1, 6-4) with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph against Texas State's Joy Chia Ming Ming and a 6-1, 6-0 drubbing of New Mexico State's Erika Castillo Lopez.
Jacobea Junger also made a run in the second flight of play, as she advanced to the semifinals before exiting. The senior downed Houston's Tina Rupert (6-4, 6-2) and Texas' Lana Groenvynck (6-3, 6-4) before falling to Rice's Savannah Durkin (6-2, 3-6, 6-1).
Lina Hallgren advanced to the final in the fourth singles flight following consecutive wins against Sam Houston State's Bailey VanDyke (6-2, 6-1) and UT Arlington's Carla Cerdan Vives (6-0, 6-3), but her championship match also was foiled by the rain.
UTSA will return to the courts next weekend at the Arizona Invitational. The three-day tournament is scheduled to begin on Friday, Oct. 2.
2015 Rice Invitational
(UTSA results)
Singles
Flight 1 — First Round
Neda Koprcina (Texas) def. Miriam Rosell Canudas (UTSA) 6-1, 6-3
Flight 1 — Consolation Quarterfinals
Miriam Rosell Canudas (UTSA) def. Yadira Rubio (Texas State) 6-2, 6-2
Flight 1 — Consolation Semifinals
Miriam Rosell Canudas (UTSA) def. Theresa Van Zyl (Baylor) 6-4, 6-4
Flight 2 — First Round
Jacobea Junger (UTSA) def. Tina Rupert (Houston) 6-4, 6-2
Emily Smith (Rice) def. Meredith Hopson (UTSA) 6-1, 6-4
Flight 2 — Quarterfinals
Jacobea Junger (UTSA) def. Lana Groenvynck (Texas) 6-3, 6-4
Flight 2 — Semifinals
Savannah Durkin (Rice) def. Jacobea Junger (UTSA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
Flight 2 — Consolation Quarterfinals
Meredith Hopson (UTSA) def. Joy Chia Ming Ming (Texas State) 6-2, 6-2
Flight 2 — Consolation Semifinals
Meredith Hopson (UTSA) def. Erika Castillo Lopez (New Mexico State) 6-1, 6-0
Flight 3 — First Round
Valeria Terentyeva (Stephen F. Austin) def. Nicole Karaklis (UTSA) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
Maddie Mortimore (Sam Houston State) def. Charlene Tiwari (UTSA) 6-3, 6-2
Flight 3 — Consolation Quarterfinals
Nicole Karaklis (UTSA) def. Mila Milanovic (Sam Houston State) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
Dhanielly Quevedo (Stephen F. Austin) def. Charlene Tiwari (UTSA) 6-2, 6-3
Flight 3 — Consolation Semifinals
Nicole Karaklis (UTSA) def. Katy Collins (Texas State) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
Flight 3 — Consolation
Mia Brandt (New Mexico State) def. Charlene Tiwari (UTSA) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
Flight 4 — First Round
Lina Hallgren (UTSA) def. Bailey VanDyke (Sam Houston State) 6-2, 6-1
Flight 4 — Semifinals
Lina Hallgren (UTSA) def. Carla Cerdan Vives (UT Arlington) 6-0, 6-3
Doubles
Flight 1 — First Round
Junger/Tiwari (UTSA) def. Joyce/Thiffault (New Mexico State) 7-6
de los Rios/Serio (UT Arlington) def. Hopson/Rosell Canudas (UTSA) 6-0
Flight 1 — Quarterfinals
Ho/Hodge (Rice) def. Junger/Tiwari (UTSA) 6-3
Flight 1 — Consolation Semifinals
Hopson/Rosell Canudas (UTSA) def. Hidlago-Smith/Maxl (Stephen F. Austin) 6-1
Flight 1 — Consolation Final
Hopson/Rosell Canudas (UTSA) def. Gehre/Thoms (UT Arlington) 6-3
Flight 1 — Consolation
Groenvynck/Koprcina (Texas) def. Junger/Tiwari (UTSA) 6-0
Flight 2 — First Round
Hallgren/Karaklis (UTSA) def. Mortimore/VanDyke (Sam Houston State) 6-4
Flight 2 — Quarterfinals
Crovetti/Horn (Texas) def. Hallgren/Karaklis (UTSA) 6-2
Flight 2 — Consolation
Junger/Tiwari (UTSA) def. Ming Ming/Collins 6-4
Pardo/Quevedo (Stephen F. Austin) def. Hallgren/Karaklis (UTSA) 7-5
Hallgren/Karaklis def. Aginskaya/Terentyeva (Stephen F. Austin) 6-2