CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston women's tennis team wrapped up the two-day Charleston Southern Invitational on Saturday afternoon, finishing with 13 singles wins and six doubles wins over the weekend.

Doubles pair Eva Nyikos and Anastasia Palaska were named the CSU Invitational Doubles Champions with Turner Yates and Christi Woodson going undefeated in flight two.  

Play started on Friday with Nyikos and Palaska defeating CSU's Filippa Ericson and Madalina Man 6-3, with Yates and Woodson also defeating the Buc's Kimberley Koerner and Yana Morar 6-2.

Nyikos and Palaska would also defeat Pierini Imparato and Emma Scott from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte, 6-2, in the second round of doubles play. Yates and Woodson also picked up their second win with a 6-2 victory over Kimberley Koerner and Yana Morar of Charleston Southern.

In singles action, Ava Turner, Clara Errard and Zschunke picked up victories over Femcke van Rensburg of CSU (3-6, 7-6, 10-4), Emma Scott of Charlotte (6-4, 6-0) and Tiffany Pyritz of CSU (6-4, 6-3).

On day two, Errard and Zschunke got a doubles victory over the Buc's Tyler Kirk and Grace Waldron, 6-0, with Woodson and Yates defeating Georgia Southern's Mila Hartig and Luisa Hrda, 6-3.

In the second and third rounds of singles action, Yates, Nyikos, Palaska and Medici picked up wins. Yates defeated Liz Williams of CSU (6-1, 6-1), Nyikos defeated Paula Boixader (6-3, 6-1), Palaska defeated Mila Hartig (6-2, 6-1) with Medici defeating Hrda (6-3, 6-0).

Nyitos and Woodson earned wins over CSU's Ericson (6-1, 6-1) and Man (6-1, 7-5) with Palaska and Yates also victorious over the Buc's Nevena Georgieva (6-4, 6-2) and Tiffany Pytiz (6-1, 6-2).

The final wins of the day came for Medici and Zschunke over CSU's van Rensburg (6-3, 6-1) and Kirk (6-4, 6-0).

The women now take a number of weeks off before competing at the ITA Carolina Regional in Cary, N.C., Oct. 18-21.
 
Quotable – Head Coach Angelo Anastopoulo
" It was a helpful to compete against different opponents to expose our weaknesses. Now it's time correct those areas as we prepare for regionals in a couple of weeks. Our top two doubles teams looked strong throughout with Eva Nyikos and Anastasia Palaska being named tournament champions… Turner Yates and Christi Woods were also undefeated at flight #2. Overall the coaching staff was pleased with the weekend's results especially with the limited practice opportunities because of Hurricane Florence."

Full Results
Day One
First Doubles Round
Nyikos/Palaska (CofC) def. Ericson/Man (CSU) 6-3
Woodson/Yates (CofC) def. Koerner/Morar (CSU), 6-2
Williams/Schmitz (CSU) def. Errard/Zschunke (CofC), 6-3
Georgieva/Pyritz (CSU) def. Turner/Medici (CofC), 6-1

Second Doubles Round
Woodson/Yates (CofC) def. Georgieva/Pyritz (CSU), 6-3
Kirk/Waldron (CSU) def. Turner/Medici (CofC), 6-1
Nyikos/Palaska (CofC) def. Scott/Imparato (CHAR), 6-2
Lee/Safont (CHAR) def. Errard/Zschunke (CofC), 6-2

First Singles Round
Liz Williams (CSU) def. Catalina Medici (CofC), 3-6, 7-5, 10-1
Sarah Zschunke (CofC) def. Tiffany Pyritz (CSU), 6-4, 6-3
Ava Turner (CofC) def. Femcke van Rensburg (CSU), 3-6, 7-6, 10-4
Alexandra Lee (CHAR) def. Eva Nyikos (CofC), 0-6, 7-6, 10-4
Rocio Safont (CHAR) def. Anastasia Palaska (CofC), 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
Pierina Imparato (CHAR) def. Turner Yates (CofC), 6-0, 6-2
Clara Errard (CofC) def. Emma Scott (CHAR), 6-4, 6-0

Day Two
Third Doubles Round
Schmitz/Williams (CSU) def. Medici/Turner (CofC), 6-2
Errard/Zschulke (CofC) def. Kirk/Waldron (CSU), 6-0
De Winter/Boixader (GASO) def. Nyikos/Palaska (CofC), 6-4
Woodson/Yates (CofC) def. Hrda/Hartig (GASO), 6-3

Second Singles Round
Turner Yates (CofC) def. Liz Williams (CSU), 6-1, 6-1
Tiffany Pyritz (CSU) def. Ava Turner (CofC), 6-0, 6-2
Yana Morar (CSU) def. Sarah Zschunke (CofC), 6-4, 6-1
Eva Nyikos (CofC) def. Paula Boixader (GASO), 6-3, 6-1
Anastasia Palaska (CofC) def. Mila Hartig (GASO), 6-2, 6-1
Arianne De Winter (GASO) def. Clara Errard (CofC), 3-6, 6-1, 10-6
Catalina Medici (CofC) def. Luisa Hrda (GASO), 6-3, 6-0

Third Singles Round
Eva Nyitos (CofC) def. Filippa Ericson (CSU), 6-1, 6-1
Christi Woodson (CofC) def. Madalina Man (CSU), 6-1, 7-5
Anastasia Palaska (CofC) def. Nevena Georgieva (CSU), 6-4, 6-2
Turner Yates (CofC) def. Tiffany Pyrtiz (CSU), 6-1, 6-2
Yana Morar (CSU) def. Clara Errard (CofC), 7-5, 6-4
Catalina Medici (CofC) def. Femcke van Rensburg (CSU), 6-3, 6-1
Sarah Zschunke (CofC) def. Tyler Kirk (CSU), 6-4, 6-0