Women's Tennis Collects Four Flight Championships at Purdue Invite

Friday, September 28

West Lafayette, Ind.

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Women's Tennis Collects Four Flight Championships at Purdue Invite

09.30.18 | Women's Tennis

Kaitlin Ruether posts a 7-0 record for the weekend

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After three days of competition at Purdue, Xavier women's tennis collected four flight championships, including three singles flights and the Gold Doubles Draw championships. Kaitlin Ruether posted a 7-0 mark on the weekend, winning both her singles and doubles flights.

In the first day of competition at the Purdue Invite, Xavier collected nine wins, including 3-0 marks for Ruether and Lauren Fitz-Randolph who combined to go 2-0 in the Gold doubles flight to advance to the championships, and both picked up wins in their opening singles match.

On day two, the Musketeers went 12-1 overall, including a 4-0 mark in doubles play and 8-1 in singles action. On the second day, Ruether and Fitz-Randolph secured the Gold Doubles draw championship match and six Musketeers advanced to the championship final of their respective flight, including setting up an All-Xavier championship match in the Boilermaker Singles draw between Anna Letto and Hunter Roper.

Xavier closed out the Purdue Invite with a 12-5 mark going 3-1 in doubles and 9-4 in singles play. Three Musketeers closed out the weekend with wins in championships matches, Emily Thomas (Purdue draw), Anna Letto (Boilermaker draw) and Kaitlin Ruether (Boiler Up draw). Ahmeir Kyle, Sophia Abelson and Hunter Roper finished as runners up in their respective flights, and Natalie Moyer claimed the consolation final for her flight.

RECORDS
Sophia Abelson: 5-2 overall (2-1 singles; 3-1 doubles)
Lauren Fitz-Randolph: 5-1 overall (2-1 singles; 3-0 doubles)
Ahmeir Kyle: 3-3 overall (1-1 singles; 2-2 doubles)
Anna Letto: 5-2 overall (3-0 singles; 2-2 doubles)
Natalie Moyer: 3-1 overall (2-1 singles; 1-0 doubles)
Rachael Reichenbach: 5-2 overall (2-1 singles; 3-1 doubles)
Hunter Roper: 4-3 overall (2-1 singles; 2-2 doubles)
Kaitlin Ruether: 7-0 overall (3-0 singles; 4-0 doubles)
Emily Thomas: 5-2 overall (3-0 singles; 2-2 doubles)

RESULTS
BLACK DOUBLES DRAW
Round 1 (Day 1)
Berger/Herrington (Ball State) def. Ahmeir Kyle/ Hunter Roper (Xavier) 8-2
Buberl/Brooks (Lipscomb) def. Sophia Abelson/Rachael Reichenbach (Xavier) 8-6
Anna Letto / Emily Thomas (Xavier) def. Sec/Dohanics (Ball State) 8-2
Round 2 (Day 1)
Babic/Mukhametshina (Purdue) def. Anna Letto/ Emily Thomas (Xavier) 8-5
Pelayo/Whitney (WSU) def. Ahmeir Kyle/ Hunter Roper (Xavier) 8-6
Sophia Abelson/Rachael Reichenbach (Xavier) def. Dovnik/Calkins (Purdue) 8-4
Round 3 (Day 2)
Ableson/Reichenbach (Xavier) def. Sec/Dohanics (Ball State)
Kyle/Roper (Xavier) def. Bernardos/Friess (WKU) 8-5
Letto/Thomas (Xavier) def. Swederski/Gollhofer (Ball State) 8-4
Finals (Day 3)
Ableson/Reichenbach (Xavier) def. Pelayo/Whitney (WSU) 8-2 (Consolation Final)
Kyle/Roper (Xavier) def. Calkin/Dovnik Purdue 8-5
Berger/Herrington (Ball State) def. Letto/Thomas (Xavier) 8-6

GOLD DOUBLES DRAW
Round 1 (Day 1)
Kaitlin Ruether / Lauren Fitz-Randolph (Xavier) def. Craciun (WSU) / Babunski (Miami OH) 8-6
Round 2 (Day 1)
Kaitlin Ruether/Lauren Fitz-Randolph (Xavier) def. Liza/Chapman (Lipscomb) 8-1
Finals (Day 2)
Ruether/Fitz-Randolph (Xavier) def. Milano Jones (WSU) 8-4 (Championship match)
DAY 3
Ruether/Moyer (Xavier) def. Veyle/Slisko (NIU) 8-3

SINGLES DRAW
Round 1
Emily Thomas (Xavier) def. Paula Veyhle (NIU) 6-2, 6-0 (Purdue Invite Purdue Singles Draw)
Brooks (Lipscomb) def. Rachael Reichenbach (Xavier) 7-6, 7-5, 6-4 (Purdue Invite Gold Singles Draw)
Sophia Abelson (Xavier) def. Diachenko (Purdue) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 (Purdue Invite Gold Singles Draw)
Friess (WKU) def. Natalie Moyer (Xavier) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 (Purdue Invite Hammer Down Singles Draw)
Hunter Roper (Xavier) def. Riley ((WSU)) 6-2, 6-4 (Purdue Invite Boilermaker Singles Draw)
Anna Letto def. Kailta (Miami) 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 (Purdue Invite Boilermaker Singles Draw)
Lauren Fitz-Randolph (Xavier) def. Whitney (WSU) 6-0, 6-2 (Boiler Up Singles Draw)
Kaitlin Ruether (Xavier) def. Chapman (Lipscomb) 6-2, 6-0 (Purdue Invite Boiler Up Singles)
Ahmeir Kyle vs. Dzyuba (Lipscomb) DNF (Purdue Invite Black Singles Draw)

Day 2
Abelson (Xavier) def. Swiderski (Ball State) 6-3, 6-1 (Purdue Invite Gold Singles Draw)
Reichenbach (Xavier) def. Peric (NIU) 6-3, 6-1 (Purdue Invite Gold Singles Draw)
Letto (Xavier) def. Berger (Ball State) 6-1, 6-0 (Purdue Invite Boilermaker Singles Draw)
Thomas (Xavier) def. Sec (Ball State) 6-2, 6-2 (Purdue Invite Purdue Singles Draw)
Kyle (Xavier) def. Sabe Purdue 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 (Purdue Invite Black Singles Draw)
Roper (Xavier) def. Lysova (Miami) 6-3,7-5 (Purdue Invite Boilermaker Singles Draw)
Moyer (Xavier) def. Robinson (NIU) 7-5, 7-5 (Purdue Invite Hammer Down Singles Draw)
Ruether (Xavier) def. Devi (Miami) 6-2, 7-5 (Boiler Up Singles Draw)
Hadab (Ball State) def. Fitz-Randolph (Xavier) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 (Boiler Up Singles Draw)

Day 3
Popova (Lipscomb) def. Kyle (Xavier) 6-3, 6-1 (Purdue Invite Black Singles Draw Championship)
Brooks (Lipscomb) def. Ableson (Xavier) 6-2, 7-5 (Purdue Invite Gold Singles Draw Championship)
Thomas (Xavier) def. Buberl (Lipscomb) 6-3, 6-4 (Purdue Invite Purdue Singles Draw Championship)
Reichenbach (Xavier) def. Diacheriko (Lipscomb) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 (Purdue Invite Gold Singles Draw)
Letto (Xavier) def. Roper (Xavier) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 (Purdue Invite Boilermaker Singles Draw Championship)
Moyer (Xavier) def. Milano (WSU) 6-1, 6-4 (Purdue Invite Hammer Down Singles Draw Consolation Final)
Ruether (Xavier) def. Hadab (Ball State) 7-6, 6-3 (Purdue Invite Boiler Up Singles Draw Championship)
Fitz-Randolph (Xavier) def. Devi (Miami) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 (Purdue Invite Boiler Up Singles Draw)