Dougherty Claims Flight Title as Cougars Compete in Statesboro

Friday, October 23

Statesboro, Ga.

College of Charleston

Georgia Southern Invite

10/26/2026 4:56:00 PM | Women's Tennis

STATESBORO, Ga. – The College of Charleston women's tennis team wrapped up competition at the Georgia Southern Fall Shootout, held Oct. 23-25 at the Wallis Tennis Center in Statesboro, Ga., competing in singles and doubles action against seven other schools.

Paula Dougherty led the Cougars with a Flight Freedom championship, earning three consecutive victories. Dougherty opened with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Lillian Dwyer before defeating Furman's Molly Robinson, 6-2, 6-4, in the semifinals. She capped the weekend with a dominant 6-0, 6-1 victory over Georgia Southern's Amelie Rosadoro in the final.

Oziera Ahmad also recorded multiple wins, defeating Kennesaw State's Janelle Roberts, 6-0, 6-3, before falling to Furman's Bianca Ceroni in the GATA Flight semifinals. Ahmad bounced back in the third-place playoff, defeating Stetson's Camila Maldonado Gutierrez, 6-2, 6-3.

Aneta Holubova earned a 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Kennesaw State's Janelle Roberts in GATA Flight South. In extra matches, Riley Trinkle defeated Davidson's Alexandra Rodehorst, 6-1, 6-1.

In doubles action, Santos and Holubova earned a 6-0 victory over Georgia Southern's Reese Parker and Franziska Heinemann. The Cougars also competed in several other doubles matches, with Ahmad and Trinkle falling to Furman's Macy Hitchcock and Bianca Ceroni, 1-6, Dougherty and Sophia Kovacheva dropping a 6-0 decision to North Florida's Nicole Alfaro Solis and Jessica Gunter, and Saige Severance and Marra Bruce falling 4-6 to Georgia Southern's Mackenzie Leopold and Evelyn Warkentin.

Results

Singles

Flight Freedom

Paula Dougherty (CofC) def. Lillian Dwyer (DAV), 6-1, 6-1
Paula Dougherty (CofC) def. Molly Robinson (FUR), 6-2, 6-4
Paula Dougherty (CofC) def. Amelie Rosadoro (GS), 6-0, 6-1

Flight GATA

East

Gabriella Guying (UNF) def. Aneta Holubova (CofC), 6-1, 6-0
Oziera Ahmad (CofC) def. Janelle Roberts (KSU), 6-0, 6-3
Bianca Ceroni (FUR) def. Oziera Ahmad (CofC), 6-1, 7-6 (4)

West

Angelina Mihajlovic (GS) def. Aneta Holubova (CofC), 6-2, 6-4

3rd-4th Playoff

Oziera Ahmad (CofC) def. Camila Maldonado Gutierrez (STET), 6-2, 6-3

South

Aneta Holubova (CofC) def. Janelle Roberts (KSU), 6-3, 7-6 (5)

Flight Blue

East

Quinn Bernthal (WOF) def. Riley Trinkle (CofC), 6-2, 7-5
Macy Hitchcock (FUR) def. Harper Santos (CofC), 6-1, 6-2

West

Franziska Heinemann (GS) def. Riley Trinkle (CofC), 6-4, 1-6, (10-7)
Laura Nadaska (KSU) def. Harper Santos (CofC), 4-6, 6-2, (10-6)

Flight White

East

Alissa Aleksandra Kivi (STET) def. Sophia Kovacheva (CofC), 6-2, 6-2

West

Sophia Kovacheva (CofC) def. Avery Combs (DAV), 6-4, 6-3
Marie Egeland Henriksen (WOF) def. Sophia Kovacheva (CofC), 6-4, 6-2

Flight Faye

East

Shreya Amirichetty (FUR) def. Olivia Bull (CofC), 6-3, 6-0
Erica Brennan (WOF) def. Saige Severance (CofC), 6-2, 6-1

West

Teagan Reilly (DAV) def. Olivia Bull (CofC), 6-2, 3-6, (10-3)
Lucie Nouzova (KSU) def. Saige Severance (CofC), 6-4, 6-3

Extra Matches

Riley Trinkle (CofC) def. Alexandra Rodehorst (DAV), 6-1, 6-1
Harper Santos (CofC) def. Franziska Heinemann (GS), 6-3, 1-6, (11-9)
Annik Freund (GS) def. Saige Severance (CofC), 1-6, 7-5, (15-13)
Natalie Crawford (GS) def. Olivia Bull (CofC), 1-6, 6-4, (11-9)

Doubles

Macy Hitchcock / Bianca Ceroni (FUR) def. Oziera Ahmad / Riley Trinkle (CofC), 6-1
Nicole Alfaro Solis / Jessica Gunter (UNF) def. Paula Dougherty / Sophia Kovacheva (CofC), 6-0
Harper Santos / Aneta Holubova (CofC) def. Reese Parker / Franziska Heinemann (GS), 6-0
Mackenzie Leopold / Evelyn Warkentin (GS) def. Saige Severance / Marra Bruce (CofC), 6-4