Friday, September 20
Pocatello, Idaho
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Idaho State Invitational
Griz finish strong at ISU Invite
9/22/2019 10:26:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Montana women's tennis team rebounded from a slow start in singles and dismal doubles to finish the final day with a 5-1 record, and UM's two four-star freshmen picked up their first wins as Grizzlies at the Idaho State Invitational over the weekend in Pocatello.
While the Grizzlies went winless in two rounds of doubles competition, the Griz picked up a total of four wins in singles as Montana's youthful squad got its first hit-out of the year against some familiar Big Sky and Mountain West opponents.
Freshman Olivia Oosterbaan opened her UM account with a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 win over Idaho State's Madison Fenske on day one in the Black Draw singles.
In the day two quarterfinal, Oosterbaan – a four-star recruit from Illinois – battled Utah State's Annaliese County to a tiebreaker in the first set before eventually falling 7-6 (8-0), 6-3.
Meanwhile, fellow freshman Maria Goheen was on the cusp of a major upset out of the gates when she took eventual tournament champion Lucy Octave of Utah State to a third-set super breaker, eventually falling 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 in her first match as a Grizzly.
Goheen bounced back with an 8-5 win over ISU's Alexandra Arkhipov on day three to go 1-1 in singles on the weekend.
Sophomores Claudia Reguant and Lauren Dunlap each picked up a day three victory to add to Montana's four-win haul.
"It was a great weekend in terms of just learning and making tactical adjustments in matches. They're being more aware of what they've been doing in practice and recognizing it when it matters," said head coach Steve Ascher. "The effort was great. They bring it every day, and they're determined. We had chances in the matches we lost, and it was a good finish."
Montana returns to action on Oct. 4 at the Washington State Invitational in Pullman.
While the Grizzlies went winless in two rounds of doubles competition, the Griz picked up a total of four wins in singles as Montana's youthful squad got its first hit-out of the year against some familiar Big Sky and Mountain West opponents.
Freshman Olivia Oosterbaan opened her UM account with a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 win over Idaho State's Madison Fenske on day one in the Black Draw singles.
In the day two quarterfinal, Oosterbaan – a four-star recruit from Illinois – battled Utah State's Annaliese County to a tiebreaker in the first set before eventually falling 7-6 (8-0), 6-3.
Meanwhile, fellow freshman Maria Goheen was on the cusp of a major upset out of the gates when she took eventual tournament champion Lucy Octave of Utah State to a third-set super breaker, eventually falling 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 in her first match as a Grizzly.
Goheen bounced back with an 8-5 win over ISU's Alexandra Arkhipov on day three to go 1-1 in singles on the weekend.
Sophomores Claudia Reguant and Lauren Dunlap each picked up a day three victory to add to Montana's four-win haul.
"It was a great weekend in terms of just learning and making tactical adjustments in matches. They're being more aware of what they've been doing in practice and recognizing it when it matters," said head coach Steve Ascher. "The effort was great. They bring it every day, and they're determined. We had chances in the matches we lost, and it was a good finish."
Montana returns to action on Oct. 4 at the Washington State Invitational in Pullman.
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