SUMTER, S.C.- The Fleet had a strong showing across the board in this weekend's, Palmetto Invitational Tournament, among a field of Conference Carolinas and southeast region opponents. The tournament had 3 singles flights and 1 doubles flight. Erskine's doubles team, freshmen Ariana Jativa and Hanna Vasconez, seeded #1 in the tournament, made it all the way to the finals of the doubles flight before falling to the doubles pairing from Mount Olive.

RESULTS:

A-Singles:

1. Emma Bentz (seeded #2)
   • R32- defeated Shatavisa Ghosh (Emmanuel) 6-2,6-4
   • R16- lost to Jessica Binzari (Coker) 6-2,7-5
2. Hanna Vasconez
   • R32- defeated Tamara Macias (Coker) 4-6,6-4,1-0(5)
   • R16- lost to Alejandra Guerrero (seeded #1) (Emmanuel) 6-2,6-1
3. Luize Valtere
   • R32- lost to Larissa Berger (seeded #3) 6-2,6-2
4. Czarina Aguirre
   • R32- defeated Lily Aranyos (Belmont-Abbey) 6-3,6-3
   • R16- did not play because of health issue
5. Teodora Stefanovic
   • R32 - defeated Lisa Voloshyna (seeded #8) (Mount Olive) 6-2,6-2
   • R16- lost to Darja Chistov (Emmanuel) 6-3,1-6,1-0(5)
6. Ariana Jativa
   • R32- lost to Soleny Gonzalez #4 (Emmanuel) 4-6,6-1,1-0(2)
7. Rupal Kharb
   • R32- defeated Nele Weber #6 (Mt. Olive) 6-4,6-4
   • R16- lost to Alexandra Mille (USC Sumter) 6-3,1-6,1-0(8)

B-Singles:

1. Madison Clayton (seeded #5)
   • R32 - defeated Ray Karlyn (Mount Olive) 6-1,6-4
   • R16- lost to Hannah Hill (North Greenville) 6-4,6-1
2. Preeti Koli
   • R32- lost to Angelina Krieg (seeded #8) (Coker) 6-2,6-1
3. Angelina Jacobs (seeded #2)
   • R32- defeated Megan Turner (North Greenville) 6-3,6-1
   • R16- defeated Daniella Galeano (Belmont-Abbey) 6-2,6-2
   • Quarters- lost to Eva Robinson (Emmanuel) 3-6,5-2, Retired
4. Katie Lowe
   • R32- lost to Madelyn Nance (Coker) 6-4,6-2

C-Singles (round robin format):

1. Lizzie Naval
   • defeated Lena Germer 2-6,6-1,1-0(9)
   • lost to Lea Edelstein 6-1,7-5
   • lost to Alina Esser 6-2,6-1
   • won by default against Martina Cairus

Doubles:

1. Ariana Jativa / Hanna Vasconez (seeded #1)
   • R32- defeated Rachel Grove / Lena Germer (Coker) 6-0
   • R16- defeated Jessica Aylward / Laura Servien (Mount Olive) 6-3
   • Quarters- defeated Darja Chiastov / Eve Robinson (seeded #5) (Emmanuel) 6-3
   • Semis- defeated Emma Benta / Luize Valtere (seeded #4) (Erskine) 6-3
   • Final- lost to Ingrid Montserrat / Oriana Izarra (seeded #3) (Mount Olive) 6-4
2. Emma Bentz / Luize Valtere (seeded #4) 
   • R32- defeated Lily Aranyos / Anna Steiner (Belmont-Abbey) 6-1
   • R16- defeated Alina Esser / Karlyn Ray (Mount Olive) 6-1
   • Quarters- defeated Shatavisa Ghosh / Soleny Gonzalez (Emmanuel) 6-2
   • Semis- lost to Ariana Jativa / Hanna Vasconez (Erskine) 6-3
3. Teodora Stefanovic / Angelina Jacobs
   • R32- lost to Tamara Macias / Madelyn Nance (Coker) 6-4
4. Czarina Aguirre / Rupal Kharb
   • R32- defeated Ashlen Chapman / Megan Turner (North Greenville) 6-4
   • R16- lost to Alexandra Saez / Osenyonye Nwokolo (Barton) 6-3
5. Preeti Koli / Lizzie Naval
   • R32- lost to Silvia Fernandez / Tilde Howeler (Barton) 6-2
6. Madison Clayton / Katie Lowe
   • R32- lost to Lisa Voloshyna / Nele Weber (seeded #2) (Mount Olive) 6-3

WHAT'S NEXT?
Erskine continues the individual portion of its fall season in the ITA Southeast Regional from September 23-26 in Sumter, S.C.
 
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