Lions Claim 10 Titles at Columbia Invitational

Friday, September 13

New York, N.Y.

9:00 A.M.

Columbia

Columbia Invitational

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

9/15/2019 7:07:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Final Columbia Invitational Results & Brackets (PDF)

Ten Columbia individuals and doubles team complete weekend a perfect 3-0 in matches; Columbia accumulates a 49-10 overall record on weekend.

NEW YORK—Columbia won 10 individual and doubles titles Sunday during the final competition day of the 2019 Columbia Women's Tennis Invitational which began Friday at Columbia's Dick Savitt Tennis Center.

Winning titles with perfect 3-0 records on the weekend included sophomore Akanksha Bhan (Brooklyn Draw), junior Christie Wan (Queens Draw), sophomore Melissa Sakar (Staten Island Draw), first-year Shivani Amineni (Bronx Draw), first-year Michelle Xu (Westchester Draw), senior Ali Pollack (Nassau Draw), first-year Sophie Raiszadeh (Suffolk Draw), Wan/Sakar (Doubles B Draw), Kerr/Amineni (Doubles C Draw), first-year Julia Haynes/Xu (Doubles D Draw).

Overall on the weekend, Columbia compiled a 49-10 overall record in both singles and doubles.

Columbia hosted seven teams this weekend—Colgate, Fordham, Harvard, Hofstra, LIU, NJIT, and St. John's—with competition running Friday, Saturday and Sunday. All matches took taking place at Dick Savitt Tennis Center, located at Columbia's Baker Athletic Complex (corner of 218^th and Broadway Avenue, 575 West 218^th Street, New York, NY 10334).

Updated Tournament Brackets are posted at this link (PDF)

Following is Columbia's results from Friday through Sunday:

2019 COLUMBIA INVITATIONAL
Sept. 13-15, 2019 | Dick Savitt Tennis Center | Hosted by Columbia

Columbia's Sunday Results

Brooklyn Draw
Akanksha Bhan (Col) def. Jenna Friedel (Harvard) 6-2, 6-2. Bhan wins championship.

Manhattan Draw
Mihaela Marculescu (Harvard) def. Jennifer Kerr (Col) 7-5, 2-6, 10-7.

Queens Draw
Christie Wan (Col) def. Rachel Eason (Harvard) 6-1, 6-4. Wan wins championship.
Julia Haynes (Col) def. Renee Ren (Col) 6-2, 6-1

Staten Island Draw
Melissa Sakar (Col) def. Rachel Lim (Harvard) 6-0, 6-3, Sakar wins championship.
Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. Shamika Dhar (NJIT) 6-3, 6-2

Bronx Draw
Shivani Amineni (Col) def. Sophia Ho (Harvard) 6-4, 6-3, Amineni wins championship.

Westchester Draw
Michelle Xu (Col) def. Caitie Sullivan (Col) 6-0, 6-1. Xu wins championship.

Nassau Draw
Ali Pollack (Col) def. Maia Balce (Fordham) 6-4, 7-6. Pollack wins championship.

Suffolk Draw
Sophie Raiszadeh (Col) ef. Pheobe Watton (LIU) 6-0, 6-2. Raiszadeh wins championship.

Doubles A
Friedel/Lim (Harvard) def. Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) 6-4.

Doubles B
Christie Wan/Melissa Sakar (Col) def. Williams/R. Wolf (Colgate) 6-0. Wan/Sakar win championship.

Doubles C
Jennifer Kerr/Shivani Amineni (Col) def. D. Snyder/M. Marculesu (Harvard) 6-3. Kerr/Amineni win championship.

Doubles D
Julia Haynes/Michelle Xu (Col) def. Sarah Rahman/Brianna Williams (Col) 6-4. Haynes/Xu win championship.

Other
Julia Haynes (Col) def. Renee Ren (Col) 6-2, 6-1.

Columbia's Saturday Results

Brooklyn Draw
Akanksha Bhan (Col) def. Ariana Talueyenko (Fordham) 6-0, 7-6 (4). Bhan advances to championship match

Manhattan Draw
Jennifer Kerr (Col) def. Oceane Garibal (St. John's) 6-1, 6-2. Kerr advances to championship match

Queens Draw
Christie Wan (Col) def. Katherine Kachkarov (Hofstra) 7-5, 6-2. Wan advances to championship match
Rachel Eason (Harvard) def. Julia Haynes (Col) 6-4, 6-3

Staten Island Draw
Melissa Sakar (Col) def. Shamika Dhar (NJIT) 6-2, 6-0. Sakar advances to championship match.
Rachel Lim (Harvard) def. Paulina Ferrari (Col) 6-1, 6-2.

Bronx Draw
Shivani Amineni (Col) def. Madeline Brown (Hofstra) 6-1, 6-1. Amineni advances to championship match.
Victoria Erechtchenko (LIU) def. Renee Ren (Col) 7-5, 6-4

Westchester Draw
Michelle Xu (Col) def. Demi Snyder (Harvard) 6-3, 6-1. Xu advances to championship match
Caitie Sullivan (Col) def. Ekaterine Jorjoliani (LIU) 6-3, 6-2. Sullivan advances to championship match

Nassau Draw
Ali Pollack (Col) def. Emily Untermeyer (Colgate) 6-1, 6-0. Pollack advances to championship match.
Maia Balce (Fordham) def. Yekaterina Alferova (Col) def.

Suffolk Draw
Sophie Raiszadeh (Col) def. Veronika Koudelkova (LIU) 6-1, 6-0. Raiszadeh advances to championship match.

Doubles A
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. Garibal/Dawson (St. John's) 6-2. Bhan/Ferrari advance to championship match.

Doubles B
Christie Wan/Melissa Sakar (Col) def. Taluyenko/Pociej (Fordham) 7-6 (6). Wan/Sakar advance to championship match.

Doubles C
Jennifer Kerr/Shivani Amineni (Col) def. Queneville/Li (Fordham) 6-3. Kerr/Amineni advance to championship match.

Doubles D
Julia Haynes/Michelle Xu (Col) def. Baice/Yang (Fordham) 6-0. Haynes/Xu advance to championship match.
Sarah Rahman/Brianna Williams (Col) def. Caitie Sullivan/Yekaterina Alferova (Col) 5-4, retired. Rahman/Williams advance to championship match.

Columbia's Friday Results

Brooklyn Draw
Akanksha Bhan (Col) def. Elinor Storkaas (LIU) 6-2, 7-5

Manhattan Draw
Jennifer Kerr (Col) def. Sofiya Kuzina (LIU) 6-1, 6-3

Queens Draw
Christie Wan (Col) def. Najah Dawson (St. John's) 6-4, 6-1
Julia Haynes (Col) def. Mouna Bouzgarrou (NJIT) 6-0, 6-4

Staten Island Draw
Melissa Sakar (Col) def. Bianca Compuesto (LIU) 6-1, 6-0
Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. Valentina Duncenco (LIU) 6-3, 6-2

Bronx Draw
Shivani Amineni (Col) def. Advaita Saravanan (NJIT) 6-3, 6-1
Sophia Ho (Harvard) def. Renee Ren (Col) 6-4, 7-6 (3)

Staten Island Draw
Caitie Sullivan (Col) def. Nicole Li (Fordham) 7-5, 6-4
Sarah Rahman (Col) def. Oceane Garibal (St. John's), def.

Westchester Draw
Michelle Xu (Col) def. Nicole Li (Fordham) 6-1, 6-1
Caitie Sullivan (Col) def. Rebecca Wolf (Colgate) 6-3, 6-2

Nassau Draw
Ali Pollack (Col) def. Nicole Massa (Fordham) 6-0, 6-2
Yekaterina Alferova (Col) def. Odessa Stork (Hofstra) 6-0, 6-1

Suffolk Draw
Sophie Raiszadeh (Col) def. Ellie Simek (Colgate) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles A
Akanksha Bhan/Paulina Ferrari (Col) def. L. O'Brien/E. Levensen (Colgate) 6-2

Doubles B
Christie Wan/Melissa Sakar (Col) def. J. King/M. Brown (Hofstra) 6-1

Doubles C
Jennifer Kerr/Shivani Amineni (Col) def. J. Budiman/B. Omar (NJIT) 6-0

Doubles D
Julia Haynes/Michelle Xu (Col) def. N. Massa/J. Downer (Fordham/St. John's) 6-0
Sarah Rahman/Brianna Williams (Col) def. E. Untermeyer/E. Simik (Colgate) 7-6 (5)
Caitie Sullivan/Yekaterina Alferova (Col) def. M. Walle/B. Samuels (Hofstra) 6-0