Nov. 1, 2013
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By Brian Ormiston
UCFKnights.com
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UCFKnights.com) - The UNF Invitational got underway Friday with the UCF women's tennis team getting its fifth and final fall tournament started in Jacksonville.
UCF snagged a doubles victory to start the afternoon when Cortney Cesarini and Annika Hepp topped Florida A&M's Stephanie Miller and Shantal Blackwood, 8-2.
In singles action, the Knights picked up four more wins. Two Knights netted 6-0, 6-0 triumphs when Josephine Haraldson defeated USF's Loreto Alonso and Hepp cruised by FAMU's Stephanie Miller.
Sofia Baptista also notched a straight-set win by getting by Alia Nour of Charleston Southern, 6-1, 7-6(3), and Courtney Griffith went the distance for her 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory over CSU's Alexandra Walters.
The Knights return to work with day two Saturday.
UCF's Day One Results
Doubles
Aleksandra Filipovski/Barbora Krtickova (Armstrong) def. Courtney Griffith/Josephine Haraldson (UCF) 8-5
Cortney Cesarini/Annika Hepp (UCF) def. Stephanie Miller/Shantal Blackwood (FAMU) 8-2
Alia Nour/Gabriela Srodowski (CSU) def. Clare Mendell/Cassie Hochwalt (UCF) 8-6
Marketa Placha/Nicolin Lucke (CSU) def. Caroline Eberhart/Sofia Baptista (UCF) 8-6
Singles
Courtney Griffith (UCF) def. Alexandra Walters (CSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Fanny Fracassi (USF) def. Caroline Eberhart (UCF) 6-3, 7-6(5)
Josephine Haraldson (UCF) def. Loreto Alonso (USF) 6-0, 6-0
Yvonne Hubler (CSU) def. Cortney Cesarini (UCF) 6-2, 6-2
Sofia Baptista (UCF) def. Alia Nour (CSU) 6-1, 7-6(3)
Annika Hepp (UCF) def. Stephanie Miller (FAMU) 6-0, 6-0
Dora Andrejski (Armstrong) def. Cassie Hochwalt (UCF) 6-1, 6-2