Tina Li shines, as Cougars place multiple finalists in Cal Fall Invitational

The Cal Fall Invitational concluded with BYU women's tennis securing multiple victories over the weekend. The entire roster competed in the tournament hosted by Cal. No. 2 Tina Li finished as a semifinalist in the top draw, while No. 2 Emilee Astle and Bobo Huang finished as finalists in the top doubles draw.

Author Trevor Rich
Tina Li shines, as Cougars place multiple finalists in Cal Fall InvitationalTina Li shines, as Cougars place multiple finalists in Cal Fall Invitational

BERKELEY, Ca. —  The Cal Fall Invitational concluded with BYU women's tennis securing multiple victories over the weekend. The entire roster competed in the tournament hosted by Cal. No. 2 Tina Li finished as a semifinalist in the top draw, while No. 2 Emilee Astle and Bobo Huang finished as finalists in the top doubles draw.

"Berkeley was two long but exciting days of tennis. As coaches, we were thrilled to come home with three undefeated doubles teams and two undefeated singles players," said head coach Holly Hasler. "We were super proud of the way Tina and Emilee battled, both defeating strong Cal players on the road to their singles success. The fall season is about learning and improving, so we are confident and ready going into our team season. It's always fun to come home and get back to work."

In singles, Kendall Kovick (1-1), Kaavya Sawhney (0-0), Maddy Smith (2-1), Astle (3-0), No. 2 Li (3-0), and Kara Wheatley (0-1) all participated in the gold draw. No. 5 Huang (0-1) and Jacque Dunyon (0-1) competed in the blue draw, while Avery Pope (0-1) and Bitsy Tullis (0-1) were in the white draw.

In the blue draw, No. 2 Astle and Huang (3-0) partnered for doubles play. In the gold draw, Dunyon and Li (0-1) played, while Sawhney/Wheatley (3-0) and Kovick/Smith (0-1) competed in the white draw. Sawhney and Wheatley finished as finalists in their draw, and Pope and Tullis (3-0) competed in the grey draw and also finished as finalists.

The Cougars had multiple doubles teams and Li in singles finish as finalists but had to withdraw due to the final matches being played on Sunday.

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Singles Results

Gold Draw

Round of 64

  • Kendall Kovick (BYU) def. Rozalina Youseva (SJSU), 7-5, 6-1
  • No. 4 Kaavya Sawhney (BYU) received a bye.
  • Maddy Smith (BYU) def. Azaria Hayes (USF), 6-3, 6-3
  • Emilee Astle (BYU) def. Anastasia Luneva (UNR), 6-3, 6-4
  • Emma Sun (SU) def. Kara Wheatley (BYU), 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)

Round of 32

  • No. 6 Chidimma Kkpara (SU) def. Kendall Kovick (BYU), 6-2, 7-5
  • No. 4 Kaavya Sawhney (BYU) def. Alexis Sam (UOP), 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
  • Maddy Smith (BYU) def. Delanie Dunkle (Cal Poly), 7-5, 6-3
  • Emilee Astle (BYU) def. No. 3 Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal), 6-1, 6-0
  • No. 2 Tina Li (BYU) def. Marlene Foerster (UNR), 6-1, 6-3

Round of 16

  • Megan Carmichael (UOP) def. No. 4 Kaavya Sawhney (BYU), 6-4, 6-3
  • Rhona Cook (CSULB) def. Maddy Smith (BYU), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
  • Emilee Astle (BYU) def. Charlotte Gisclon (Fresno State), 7-5, 6-3
  • No. 2 Tina Li (BYU) def. Kennedy Buntrock (Cal Poly), 6-4, 6-4

Quarterfinals

  • Rhona Cook (CSULB) def. Emilee Astle (BYU) Wd [inj]
  • No. 2 Tina Li (BYU) def. No. 5 Makenna Thiel (Cal), 5-7, 6-0, 6-3

Semifinals

  • Li had to withdraw due to the match being played on Sunday
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Blue Draw

Round of 32

  • Tomi Main (UOP) def. No. 5 Bobo Huang (BYU), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
  • No. 7 India Houghton (SU) def. Jacque Dunyon (BYU), 6-2, 6-4

White  Draw

Round of 32

  • Qianer Qiu (USF) def. Avery Pope (BYU), 6-2, 7-5
  • Cami Brown (Cal) def. Bitsy Tullis (BYU), 6-3, 6-2
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Doubles Results

Blue Draw

Round of 16

  • No. 2 Astle/Huang def. Main/Kosan (UOP), 8-7 (7-1)

Quarterfinals

  • No. 2 Astle/Huang def. Oda (GU)/Robinson (UNR), 8-6

Semifinals

  • No. 2 Astle/Huang def. Akid/Kamper (U of U), 8-3

Final

  • Astle and Huang had to withdraw due to the match being played on Sunday

Gold Draw

Round of 16

  • Shek/Youseva (SJSU) def. Dunyon/Li (BYU), 8-7 (7-4)

White Draw

Round of 16

  • Sawhney/Wheatley (BYU) def. Houghton (SU)/ Khrebtova (UCSB), 8-6
  • Hayes/Yue (USF) def. Kovick/Smith (BYU), 8-5

Quarterfinals

  • Sawhney/Wheatley (BYU) def. Feng/Zlotnik (SCU), 8-0

Semifinals

  • Sawhney/Wheatley (BYU) def. Daryaie/Silva (SMU), 8-6

Final

  • Astle and Huang had to withdraw due to the match being played on Sunday

Grey Draw

Round of 16

  • Pope/Tullis (BYU) def. Babic/Bances (SJSU), 8-3

Quarterfinals

  • Pope/Tullis (BYU) def. Weekley/Rook (SMU), 8-4

Semifinals

  • Pope/Tullis (BYU) def. Wiese/Semler (SCU), 8-4

Final

  • Pope and Tullis had to withdraw due to the match being played on Sunday

The full results of the tournament can be found here.

Astle and Huang return to action this week in Cary, North Carolina, for the ITA All-American Championships.