Cal Poly Sweeps Singles, Doubles Titles at Triton Invitational

Thursday, October 17

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Triton Fall Invitational

Cal Poly Sweeps Singles, Doubles Titles at Triton Invitational

10/20/2024 8:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Sophomore Natalie Lynch captured the singles title, and junior Sarah MacCallum and freshman Anushree Shekhera won the doubles championship at the Triton Fall Invitational to highlight action for the Cal Poly women's tennis team across a pair of tournaments in the San Diego area this Thursday through Sunday.

A total of six Mustangs competed in the ITA Southwest Regionals co-hosted by San Diego State and University of San Diego Thursday through Sunday, while Cal Poly's four other players participated in the inaugural Triton Fall Invitational hosted by UC San Diego Thursday through Saturday.

Cal Poly completely dismantled the competition at the Triton Invite, defeating opponents from Big West foes CSUN, UC Irvine and UC San Diego. In doubles play, the Mustangs' two pairings both went 2-0 across the first two days of play to set up an all Cal Poly final for the doubles title at the tournament on Saturday.

MacCallum and Shekhera emerged victorious over Lynch and senior Eliza Bates in a hard-fought match, defeating them 6-3, 3-6, 11-9. MacCallum and Shekhera finished with a 3-0 mark at the tournament, winning their quarterfinal match 8-6 and their semifinal 6-1, 6-3. Bates and Lynch, the top seeded doubles team at the event, earned an 8-7 (7-3) victory in their first match and won their semifinal 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the championship.

In singles action, Lynch rolled to the title with a 4-0 record, securing three victories in straight sets. The only match that went to a third set for Lynch was her quarterfinal contest against teammate Eliza Bates, who she defeated 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

MacCallum went 3-1 in singles play at UCSD, Bates 1-1 and Shekhera 1-2.

At the ITA Southwest Regionals, senior Peyton Dunkle and redshirt sophomore Amy Leather advanced to the Round of 16 in doubles play. The duo defeated Loyola Marymount's Martina Bovio and Kim-Michaela Zahraj 8-2 in their opening match, and Arizona State's Karsyn Evans and Ada Piestrzynska 8-3 in the Round of 32. They fell 8-3 to the fifth-seeded doubles pairing at the tourney, USC's Emma Charney and Imogen Haddad, in the Round of 16 and finished with a 2-2 record.

Juniors Kennedy Buntrock and Alexandra Ozerets both made it to the Round of 16 in singles play in their regions and finished with 3-1 records at the event.

The Mustangs wrap up their fall season at home on Nov. 8-10 when they host the Cal Poly Invitational at the Ronca Tennis Center. It will mark the first time the program has hosted a fall tournament.