EUGENE, Ore. -- The Vikings headed down to the University of Oregon this past weekend, and they put on a show. They won 19 out of the 28 matches that they played at the Duck Invite, including an outstanding showing from Senior
Scarlett Perkins where she didn't drop a set for the entire tournament.
Perkins starred as a dual threat across four games where she was 2-0 in both singles and doubles. Her first match was a victory over a Big Sky opponent in Idaho's Soha Singh. The first set ended in a tiebreak win for Perkins, 7-6 (3), and then she followed it up with a quick 6-1 set victory to take the match. Perkins' next singles match posed no problem for her, as she took Patricia Gui from Seattle U down in two sets, 6-2, 6-1.
Perkins' doubles success came alongside Junior Kasumi Hirayama. The duo won both of their games on day one of the tournament, starting with a nail biter against Idaho's Soha Singh and Amy Findlay that ended with a win for PSU, 7-6 (8). Hirayama and Perkins' next win came in much cleaner fashion. They defeated Seattle's Amina Avdic and Kristina Vasileva, 6-1.
Freshman Nikhitha Suresh excelled in singles once again. She was unbeaten through three matches, further solidifying her position as a lethal singles player. Her first win was efficient, as she beat Maija Tamura of Seattle University in two sets, 6-3, 6-0. Her second match against Seattle's Amina Avdic was much closer. She took the first set easily, 6-1 but then dropped the second, 2-6. Suresh was triumphant in the match tiebreaker, winning 10-6 to continue her streak. A third match against Seattle U's Kristina Vasileva was sure to be a good one, but Vasileva had to retire, and so Suresh took the win, 7-5, 3-2, ret.
Sophomore Stoney Cooks might be new to PSU, but it looks like she's had no problem building chemistry with her team as she and doubles partner sophomore Anjola Ige were undefeated in their matches together. They won two competitive matches over two teams from Seattle U – one against Constanca Catalao and Gui, 6-4, and one against Catalao and Avdic, 6-4.
Ige teamed up with Oregon's Hadley Appling to take down Catalao and Daria Nazarenko (Seattle) in a bagel win, 6-0. Ige also won a singles match of her own, defeating Seattle's Catalao, 6-3, 6-4.
Junior Marta Giglio and Junior Hana Abdelhamid teamed up for a tiebreak win against Seattle's duo of Aleksandra Toneva and Nazarenko, 7-6 (2). They also beat Idaho's Kaprowska and Cajigas in dominant fashion, 6-1, on the opening day of the tournament. In the singles, Giglio beat Idaho's Findlay in a back-and-forth match, 6-3, 2-6, 12-10, and then took care of business against Seattle's Toneva, 6-3, 6-1. Abdelhamid took an impressive two-set victory against Idaho's Victoria Cajigas, 6-0, 6-3. She faced Seattle's Montserrat Sierra, and won 6-5 following a retirement.
Stoney Cooks won her first singles matches at this tournament, two of them in fact. Her first win came against Catalao from Seattle University where Cooks won 6-2, 6-3. She then went on to face Amina Avdic, also of Seattle University. Cooks had a rough start, dropping the first, 6-2. However she came back in style, taking a 6-4 win in the second set, and then hammering home a 10-2 win in the match tiebreaker
The Duck Invite marks the end of the fall season for PSU women's tennis, and they went out with a bang. They capped off a promising season with a 68-percent win percentage at the tournament, and lots of high hopes for the spring.
Day One Results
Singles
Patsy Daughters (Oregon) def. Marta Giglio (Portland State), 6-1, 6-2
Kristina Vasileva (Seattle) def. Stoney Cooks (Portland State), 7-5, 4-6, 10-4
Montse Baruqui (Oregon) def. Hana Abdelhamid (Portland State), 7-6, 6-8, 6-2
Nikhitha Suresh (Portland State) def. Maija Tamura (Seattle), 6-3, 6-0
Hadley Appling (Oregon) def. Kasumi Hirayama (Portland State), 7-6, 6-8, 6-2
Anjola Ige (Portland State) def. Constanca Catalao (Seattle), 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
Abdelhamid/Giglio (Portland State) def. Kaprowska/Cajigas (Idaho), 6-1
Appling (Oregon)/Ige (Portland State) def. Catalo/Nazarenko (Seattle), 6-0
Hirayama/Perkins (Portland State) def. Findlay/Singh (Idaho) 7-6, (8)
Avdic/Sierra (Seattle) def. Cooks/Suresh (Portland State), 6-3
Abdelhamid/Giglio (Portland State) def. Toneva/Nazarenko (Seattle), 7-6 (2)
Hirayama/Perkins (Portland State) def. Avdic/Vasileva (Seattle), 6-2
Cooks/Ige (Portland State) def. Catalao/Gui (Seattle), 6-4
Day Two Results
Singles
Marta Giglio (Portland State) def. Findlay (Idaho), 6-3, 2-6, 12-10
Kristina Vasileva (Seattle) def. Anjola Ige (Portland State), 6-4, 2-6, 10-5,
Nikhitha Suresh (Portland State) def. Amina Avdic (Seattle) 6-1, 2-6, 10-6
Hana Abdelhamid (Portland State) def. Victoria Cajigas (Idaho), 6-0, 6-3
Hana Koprowska (Idaho) def. Kasumi Hirayama (Portland State), 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
Scarlett Perkins (Portland State) def. Soha Singh (Idaho), 7-6 (3), 6-1
Stoney Cooks (Portland State) def. Constanca Catalao (Seattle) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
Appling/Daughters (Oregon) def. Abdelhamid/Giglio (Portland State), 6-4
Cooks/Ige (Portland State) def. Avdic/Catalao (Seattle) 6-4
Day Three Results
Singles
Hana Abdelhamid (Portland State) def. Montserrat Sierra (Seattle) 6-5, Retired
Darka Nazarenko (Seattle) def. Kasumi Hirayama (Portland State), 7-6 (5), 6-3,
Scarlett Perkins (Portland State) def. Patricia Gui (Seattle), 6-2, 6-1
Stoney Cooks (Portland State) def. Amina Avdic (Seattle), 2-6, 6-4, 10-2
Nikhitha Suresh (Portland State) def. Kristina Vasileva (Seattle), 7-5, 3-2, retired
Marta Giglio (Portland State) def. Aleksandra Toneva (Seattle) 6-3, 6-1