SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame women’s tennis team hosted Columbia, DePaul, Harvard, Kentucky and Northwestern over the weekend for the Notre Dame Invitational. The teams competed in individual competition against other teams, with no team scores being kept. Julia Andreach and Nibi Ghosh led the way for the Fighting Irish, as both finished 5-1 on the weekend. Andreach and Ghosh each finished 3-0 in singles competition. Overall, the Fighting Irish finished 24-12 over the weekend.
Friday started off with the Irish competing with Columbia. The Irish had a clean sweep of the five doubles flights. Pairings of Andreach and Carrie Beckman, as well as Bojana Pozder and Akari Matsuno each won 6-2. Page Freeman and Maria Olivia Castedo combined for a 6-3 win and Yashna Yellayi teamed with Rylie Hanford for a 6-4 victory. Castedo and Ghosh added another doubles competition, this against a team from DePaul, earning a 7-6 (8-6) victory.
Singles competition saw seven of 10 events go the way of the Irish. Pozder, Andreach, Matsuno and Hanford each earned straight-set victories. Beckman battled to earn a 6-2, 5-7, 12-10 win over Columbia’s Clarine Lerby. Nibi Ghosh added a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 win, and Castedo earned a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 win, each coming against opponents from Northwestern.
Saturday saw the Irish split four doubles competitions. Beckman and Andreach defeated a pair from Harvard 6-1, and Yellayi and Hanford earned a 7-6 (5) win over another tandem in Crimson.
Singles competition started strong as Pozder didn’t allow a point in a 6-0, 6-0 victory. Andreach was equally as dominating with a 6-1, 6-1 win. Freeman needed just two sets to put away her opponent, 6-4, 6-1. Ghosh earned a win over an individual from Northwestern, again in straight sets at 6-2, 6-2.
The Sunday finale pitted Notre Dame against competitors from Kentucky. In three doubles matches, the Irish took home two wins. Pozder and Castedo teamed up for a 6-3 win, as Ghosh and Matsuno earned a 6-4 win.
Singles action saw the Irish take four of six matches. Andreach and Beckman each rallied for three-set winners. Andreach earned a 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 win, with Beckman earning a come from behind 4-6, 6-5, 10-4 win. Matsuno and Ghosh used straight sets to earn their wins. Matsuno came at 6-3, 6-2, with Ghosh earning a 6-4, 6-4 win.