PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne University tennis team began its 2023 fall campaign this weekend at the Carnegie Mellon Invite. The Dukes competed in 16 singles and eight doubles matches over the two-day event.

Duquesne went 8-8 in singles action as a team and 3-5 in doubles play. A pair of transfers, Taisia Yakunina, a sophomore transfer from Lipscomb, and Kaya Rand, a junior transfer from DePaul, led the way with 2-0 singles records. Three of the four doubles teams for the Dukes went 1-1 over the weekend.

SINGLES RESULTS

• Reagen Mangan (Saint Francis (Pa.)) def. Daniela Latoni (Duquesne) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
• Taisia Yakunina (Duquesne) def. Nagisa Miyake (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)
• Kaya Rand (Duquesne) def. Gretta Rhodes (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 6-3, 6-0
• Abby Platt (Bucknell) def. Jasa Roka (Duquesne) 6-2, 6-2
• Anna Lajos (Bucknell) def. Mila Badics (Duquesne) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10)
• Jaycie Mair (Bucknell) def. Sofia Serrano (Duquesne) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-4)
• Tyne Miller (Bucknell) def. Ellen Shanahan (Duquesne) 6-2, 6-2
• Ana Utrilla Benito (Duquesne) def. Jessie Thepsouvan (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 6-0, 6-1
• Diana Zuba (Saint Francis (Pa.)) def. Daniela Latoni (Duquesne) 6-0, 5-7, 1-0 (10-4)
• Reagen Mangan (Saint Francis (Pa.)) def. Mila Badics (Duquesne) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6)
• Kaya Rand (Duquesne) def. Sara Jankovic (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 6-2, 6-3
• Kelly Dowuona (Saint Francis (Pa.)) def. Ana Utrilla Benito (Duquesne) 6-2, 6-4
• Jasa Roka (Duquesne) def. Marie Discini (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 6-0, 6-1
• Taisia Yakunina (Duquesne) def. Gretta Rhodes (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 6-3, 6-1
• Sofia Serrano (Duquesne) def. Samantha Quezada (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 1-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-3)
• Ellen Shanahan (Duquesne) def. Jessie Thepsouvan (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 6-1, 6-1

DOUBLES RESULTS

• Whitney King/Abby Platt (Bucknell) def. Mila Badics/Kaya Rand (Duquesne) 6-4
• Daniela Latoni/Jasa Roka (Duquesne) def. Tori Allen/Anna Lajos (Bucknell) 6-2
• Tyne Miller/Caroline Marcus (Bucknell) def. Taisia Yakunina/Ellen Shanahan (Duquesne) 7-6 (7-4)
• Mirra Manolov/Jaycie Mair (Bucknell) def. Ana Utrilla Benito/Sofia Serrano (Duquesne) 7-6 (7-3)
• Mila Badics/Kaya Rand (Duquesne) def. Diana Zuba/Reagen Mangan (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 6-2
• Kelly Dowuona/Sara Jankovic (Saint Francis (Pa.)) def. Daniela Latoni/Jasa Roka (Duquesne) 6-4
• Kally Kadzinski/Valeria Vinces (Saint Francis (Pa.)) def. Taisia Yakunina/Ellen Shanahan (Duquesne) 6-3
• Ana Utrilla Benito/Sofia Serrano (Duquesne) def. Nagisa Miyake/Mallory Thomas (Saint Francis (Pa.)) 6-0

UP NEXT
Duquesne will be back in action on Friday at the Youngstown State University Invite.

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