The Shippensburg University women’s tennis opened its 2025-26 season at the Bloomsburg Invitational tournament last weekend.
The “Dynamic Duos” tournament had players first compete in a doubles match, and then the four competitors broke out into singles play.
Shippensburg had two “dynamic duos” secure wins on Friday. Juniors Rachel Gallagher and Brinley Orris won their doubles against Daemen University, and Freshman Taylor Maguire and junior Ava Kalist won their doubles against West Liberty.
Senior Corinne Markovich had a standout performance with a comeback win over West Liberty in the singles matchup. She dropped the first set 0-6 but then dominated the second and third sets, 6-2 and 11-9.
Overall, the Raiders won five singles matches and two of four doubles matches.
Moving to Saturday, sophomore Jade Miller and Kalist secured singles wins. Miller posted a 4-2, 5-4 (8-6) victory over an East Stroudsburg opponent, while Kalist posted a 6-1, 3-6, 10-6 win over a Bloomsburg opponent.
Graduate Yasmin De Meyer said the opening weekend was a great opportunity to see where the team is at against competition.
“We used the weekend to try some new things and implement what we’ve been working on in training in real matches,” said De Meyer. “We now have a better idea of which areas we need to work on as we get ready for our home opener this weekend.”
The Raiders’ next matchups will be at home against California University of Pennsylvania on Friday at 6 p.m., and the team will play Clarion on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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