RECAP: Women’s Tennis Concludes Fall Slate at Rebel Invite

LAS VEGAS –Texas A&M reached the finals in both the No. 1 singles flight and the No. 1 doubles flight and won the No. 3 singles consolation to highlight its fall season finale at the Rebel Invitational, hosted by UNLV at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
 
"The fall season comes and goes very quickly and we have a group that is learning, working hard and preparing well for our spring season," A&M head coach Mark Weaver said. "We are all on a mission to continue to improve and ready ourselves for when January comes around."
 
Aggie senior Macarena Olivares reached the finals of the No. 1 singles draw, but fell to Aiwen Zhu of UNLV, 6-3, 6-4, in today's championship match.
 
In the No. 1 doubles draw, A&M's Domenica Gonzalez and Eva Paalma reached the championship match, where they fell to Zhu and her partner, En Pei Huang, 8-1
 
In other matches today, Aggie freshman Riley McQuaid won the No. 3 singles consolation, defeating Samantha Li of UNLV, 6-0, 6-2. Her other two freshman teammates also closed out the tournament with wins today as Dorthea Faa-Hviding defeated Anna Bogoslavets of UNLV, 6-3, 6-3, to take third place in the No. 2 singles draw, and Iulia Ivascu defeated Celina Buhr of Grand Canyon, 6-4, 6-4, to take seventh place in the No. 2 singles draw.
 
"It was nice to see our three freshmen who competed here in Vegas, go 3-0 in singles on the last day," Weaver added. "Macarena also had a very good tournament and has improved a lot since last season to have a very good performance this fall."
 
A&M's complete tournament results are listed below.
 
While the tournament is the Aggies' final competition of 2017, A&M will compete in the Hawaii Invitational in Honolulu, Jan. 6-8, 2018, before beginning team dual match play on January 13.
 
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UNLV Rebel Invitational
 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Flight One Singles
Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Martina Lo Pumo (GCU), 6-3, 7-6
Bianca Moldovan (NCSU) def. Eva Paalma (A&M), 6-0, 6-1
 
Flight 2 Singles
Amanda Rebol (NCSU) def. Iulia Ivascu (A&M), 6-2, 6-1
Dorthea Faa-Hviding (A&M) def. Camila Wesbrooks (UA), 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
 
Flight 3 Singles
Izumi Asano (UNLV) def. Riley McQuaid (A&M) vs. 6-4, 6-2
 
Flight 4 Singles
Zala Dovnik (PUR) def. Margo Taylor (A&M), 6-1, 6-1
 
Flight 1 Doubles
#29 Domenica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Devin Chypyha/Camila Wesbrooks (UA), 8-6
Taylor Bridges/Bianca Moldovan (NCSU) def. Iulia Ivascu/Riley McQuaid (A&M), 8-2
 
Flight 2 Doubles
Dorthea Faa-Hviding/Margo Taylor (A&M) def. Zala Dovnik/Caitlin Calkins (PUR), 8-5
 
 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2017
Flight 1 Singles—Main Draw
Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Adriana Reami (NCSU) 7-6, 6-4
 
Flight 1 Singles—Consolation  
Devin Chypyha (AU) def. Eva Paalma (A&M) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
 
Flight 2 Singles—Main Draw
En Pei-Huang (UNLV) def. Dorthea Faa-Hviding (A&M) 6-2, 6-0
 
Flight 2 Singles—Consolation
Ena Babic (PUR) def. Iulia Ivascu (A&M) 6-2, 6-2
 
Flight 3 Singles—Consolation
Riley McQuaid (A&M) def. Lana Rinaldi (GCU) 6-4, 6-4
 
Flight 4 Singles--Consolation
Margo Taylor (A&M) def. Mya Etienne (GCU) 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 
 
Flight 1 Doubles—Main Draw
#29 Eva Paalma/Domenica Gonzales (A&M) def. Adriana Reami/Amanda Rebol (NCSU) 8-7 (5)
 
Flight 1 Doubles—Consolation
Iulia Ivascu/Riley McQuaid (A&M) def. Ena Babic/Alex Sabe (PURDUE) 8-3
 
Flight 2 Doubles—Main Draw
Juliet Zhang/Izumi Asano (UNLV) def. Dorthea Faa-Hviding/Margo Taylor (A&M) 8-4
 
 
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2017
Flight 1 Singles—Main Draw
#83 Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) def. Macarena Olivares (A&M) 6-3, 6-4
 
Flight 1 Singles—Consolation
Martina Lo Pumo (GCU) def. Eva Paalma (A&M) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
 
Flight 2 Singles—Consolation
Dorthea Faa-Hviding (A&M) def. Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) 6-3, 6-3
Iulia Ivascu (A&M) def. Celina Buhr (GCU) 6-4, 6-4
 
Flight 3 Singles—Consolation
Riley McQuaid (A&M) def. Samantha Li (UNLV) 6-0, 6-2 
 
Flight 4 Singles—Consolation
Lana Rinaldi (GCU) def. Margo Taylor (A&M) 6-1, 6-1
 
Flight 1 Doubles Final
Aiwen Zhu/En Pei Huang (UNLV) def. #29 Eva Paalma/Domenica Gonzales (A&M), 8-1
 
Flight 1 Doubles—Consolation
Adriana Reami/Amanda Rebol (NCSU) def. Iulia Ivascu/Riley McQuaid (A&M), 8-3
 
Flight 2 Doubles—Consolation
Gitte Heynemans/Sophia Thomas (AU) def. Dorthea Faa-Hviding/Margo Taylor (A&M) 8-7