Final Bracket

FAIRBORN, Ohio (9/30/12) - The Detroit Titans women's tennis team finished one-two in singles and picked up a second-place finish in doubles at Wright State in the Raider Shootout this weekend. 

"The whole team did well," said head coach Pjotrs Necajevs. "We had another great tournament.  The ladies executed very well.  We had many 10 point tie-breakers and we dominated all of them."
 
Day One
In "A" singles, Detroit came up with three victories as Valeryia Kulikouskaya defeated Ashleigh Witte from Cincinnati in three sets (4-6, 7-6, 10-4), Raina Halabi downed Emily Raidt from Oakland in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) and Nino Sujashvili beat Carly Peck from Dayton also in straight sets (6-3, 6-3) to advance in the winners bracket.

In "B" singles, Julia Fernandes defeated Grace Porter from Oberlin College (6-1, 6-2) and Elena Strakhova outlasted Maureen Stevens from Dayton in a third set tiebreak (4-6, 6-3, 10-8). In "D" singles, Emily Auten posted a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Jamie Whaley from Wittenburg to continue her quest for a title in that bracket.

In "A" doubles, Sujashvili and Fernandes upended the Cincinnati tandem of O'Gara and Wilson (8-2) and then went on to defeat Hullett and Bridegroom from IUPUI (8-4) to advance. Strakhova and Kulikouskaya upset the team of Boeckman and Hornbarger from Dayton (8-6), but were then defeated in the second match (8-1).

Day Two
In "A" singles action, Kulikouskaya and Sujashvili advanced to the finals with a pair of wins. Kulikouskaya opened the day downing Titan teammate Halabi, 7-5, 6-1, and then advanced to Sunday's final with a 6-0, 2-6, 10-4 victory over Cincinnati's Caitlin O'Gara.  Sujashvili moved on with a pair of wins over Cincinnati players beating Jasmine Lee (3-6, 6-1, 10-8) and Hannah Willie (6-4, 7-5) to make it to the finals against Kulikouskaya.

Strakhova won a hard fought match against yet another Bearcat, 6-4, 2-6, 10-6, in "B" singles, but her bid for a title fell short as she dropped her next match against Tamara Blum from Oakland, 2-6, 6-2, 10-6.

Day Three
Sujashvilli and Kulikouskaya met in the "A" singles finals with Sujashvili coming out on top by a score of 7-6, 6-2.  In "A" doubles, Sujashvilli finished the tournament with Fernandes to take the runner-up spot as they dropped a close match to Cincinnati's Witte and Lee, 8-4.

"It was great seing Lera (Valeryia) and Nino in the finals," said Necajevs. "They both played at a high level of tennis over a long period of time."

The Titans will be back in action Oct. 12-13 when they travel to Toledo to compete in the Toledo Invitational.