Boise State Takes Home Hardware at ISU Fall Invite

Friday, September 9

Pocatello, Idaho

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Idaho State Fall Invite

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9/11/2022 7:20:00 PM | Women's Tennis

POCATELLO, Idaho – Boise State women's tennis claimed three championship titles in its season-opening tournament at the ISU Fall Invite, Sept. 9-11.

The Broncos took home the championships in each of the top-two doubles flights, beginning with Joana Baptista and Nicole Discenza in the A-draw. The pair cruised past a duo from Weber State by a score of 8-2 in the quarterfinal before locking in a place in the title match with a victory over Lola and Sol O'Lideadha from Idaho State, 8-6. The All-Mountain West tandem then ground out an 8-6 victory over Marta Garcia-Roboredo and Mirte Van Balen from Montana State to secure their first title of the season.

The duo of Bhakti Shah and Ryan Kershner dominated the doubles B-draw, knocking off Jazmin Lerman and Andrea Cuquerella from Montana State 8-3 in the semifinals. In the final, Ana Conde Vendrell substituted for Shah, and helped Kershner take down Kuruvilla and Mikkelson from Montana 8-5.

In the singles Orange-draw it was an all-Bronco final as Baptista and Discenza each went 3-0 to secure a spot in the title match. Baptista went on to take a 6-2, 6-3 victory, clinching the championship.

Quotables

"It's really fun to see our players perform the way they did this early in the fall," said head coach Beck Roghaar. "Seeing them flying around the court was an incredible sign for what's to come. They clearly did a good job of preparing themselves over the summer and coming back ready to go. The work continues from here but it's a great starting point."

Top Broncos

Joana Baptista went a combined 7-0 in singles and doubles this weekend, claiming titles in the doubles A-draw and singles Orange-draw.
Nicole Discenza went posted a 6-1 combined record, with her only loss coming in the championship against fellow-Bronco Joana Baptista.
True-freshman Ryan Kershner impressed in her first tournament for the Blue and Orange, going 3-0 in doubles.

Notables

This marks the second-straight year in which the Broncos have taken championships in both the top doubles and top singles flights of the ISU Invite.

Full Results
Doubles
A Draw
QF. Baptista/Discenza (Boise State) def. Lolofie/Semenick (Weber State) 8-2
QF. Heffernan/Conde Vendrell (Boise State) 8-4 def. Cho/Lang-Gould (Idaho State) 8-4
SF. Baptista/Discenza (Boise State) def. Lola and Sol O'Lideadha (Idaho State) 8-6
SF. Roboredo/Van Balen (Montana State) def. Herffernan/Conde Vendrell (Boise State) (8-5)
F. Baptista/Discenza (Boise State) def. Roboredo/Van Balen (Montana State) 8-6

B Draw
QF. Kershner/Shah (Boise State) Bye
SF. Kershner/Shah (Boise State) 8-3 def. Lerman/Cuquerella (Montana State) 8-3
F. Kershner/Conde Vendrell (Boise State) def. Kuruvilla/Mikkelson (Montana) 8-5

Singles
Black Draw
R16. Ryan Kershner (Boise State) Bye
R16. Ya Chi Hsu (Utah Tech) def. Shauna Heffernan (Boise State) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
QF. Sicely Ferreira (Weber State) def. Ryan Kershner (Boise State) 6-0, 7-5

Orange Draw
R16. Nicole Discenza (Boise State) def. Shivika Agrawal (Montana) 7-5, 6-2
R16. Bhakti Shah (Boise State) def. Mirte Van Baelen (Montana State) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
R16. Joana Baptista (Boise State) def. over Adithi Venkatarishnan (Utah Tech) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
R16. Megan Davies (Weber State) def. Ana Conde Vendrell (Boise State) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
CQF. Marta Garcia Roboredo (Montana State) def. Ana Conde Vendrell (Boise State) 6-2, 6-7, 10-8
QF. Nicole Discenza (Boise State) def. Ana Morett (Weber State) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
QF. Bhakti Shah (Boise State) def. Sol O'Lideadha (Idaho State) 6-3, 6-2
QF. Joana Baptista (Boise State) over Megan Lombardi (Weber State) 6-1, 6-3
SF. Joana Baptista (Boise State) def. Lola O'Lideadha (Idaho State) 6-2, 6-2
SF. Nicole Discenza (Boise State) def. Bhakti Shah (Boise State) 6-0, 6-2
F. Joana Baptista (Boise State) def. Nicole Discenza (Boise State) 6-2, 6-3