BALTIMORE, MD (October 10, 2026) - In their second Invitational of the year, Mount St. Mary's women's tennis headed south to Fairfax, VA to participate in the George Mason Invitational. The Mount got things rolling at George Mason as they won the majority of their singles matches and went 4-3 in doubles play.

At George Mason, the Mountaineers competed against Delaware State in the first round of matches followed by George Mason in the second round. In both sets of matches, the Mount performed very well, winning five of seven singles matches against Delaware State and five of eight against George Mason. Eirini Tsakiri went perfect on the day, winning both of her doubles matches and singles matches to have a perfect 4-0 day. Tsakiri and Anya Rosenbach were the only pair to win both doubles matches as everyone else went 1-1. On the singles side of play, Emma Perkins, Anna Barlini and Kaajal Ramisetty all went 2-0 on the day during their matches. Venus Tang, Margherita Trolese also tallied on some wins for the mount as they both went 1-1 on the day in singles play.

Due to weather, matches on Sunday, October 11th at George Mason have been canceled.

DOUBLES RESULTS
Emma Perkins / Anna Barlini  vs. Alba Benedito / Audrey Yvana Mengue W 6-2
Margherita Trolese / Venus Tang vs. Celia Torrelles / Ailyn Leon W 6-2
Eirini Tsakiri / Anya Rosenbach vs. Kamora Helton / Maite Bou Safont W 7-5
Emma Perkins / Anna Barlini  vs. Brooklyn Siegel / Mary Young L 4-6
Margherita Trolese / Venus Tang vs. Izzy Rotaru / Rowan Scronce L 3-6
Eirini Tsakiri / Anya Rosenbach vs. Noelle Talarek / Ravaka Noemie Ramanantoanina W 6-2
Kaajal Ramisetty / Emma Kaden vs. Gray Feaster / Maya Bayat L 0-6

SINGLES RESULTS
Eirini Tsakiri vs Alba Benedito, W 4-6 6-1 10-7
Venus Tang vs Kamora Helton, W 6-2 1-0 ret.
Margherita Trolese vs Celia Torrelles, L 6-2 4-6 12-14
Emma Perkins vs Ailyn Leon, W 6-7 (6) 7-6 (5) 10-7
Anna Barlini vs Maite Bou Safont, W 7-5 3-6 10-7
Kaajal Ramisetty vs Kayla Wright, W 6-4 6-2
Emma Kaden vs Audrey Yvana Mengue, L 1-6 0-6
Eirini Tsakiri vs Izzy Rotaru, W 2-6 6-3 10-8
Venus Tang vs Marianna Pirmatova, L 4-6 6-7
Margherita Trolese vs Maya Bayat, W 6-1 6-1
Emma Perkins vs Rowan Scronce, W 6-2 0-6 10-7
Anna Barlini vs Ravaka Noemie Ramanantoanina, W 6-3 7-5
Anya Rosenbach vs Gray Feaster, L 5-7 2-6
Kaajal Ramisetty vs Shivaani Ganesh, W 6-2 1-0 ret.
Emma Kaden vs Lakshya Motam, L 0-6 2-6

Men's Tennis Competes at ITA and Navy;

Recap of ITA Atlantic Regionals: On day two of the ITA Atlantic Regionals in Blacksburg, VA, doubles play officially started for the men. The Mount had two duos participating in the tournament. Nick Makris and Alexi Roy teamed up as well as Sergei Likhogrud and Stefanos Pournaropoulos to make a run in the doubles tournament. Likhogrud and Pournaropoulos were able to tally one win for the mount in the round of 64, but were unsuccessful in the round of 32. Makris and Roy were unable to get the job done, falling out in the round of 64.

DOUBLES RESULTS
Sergei Likhogrud / Stefanos Pournaropoulos vs. Andre Dogbefu / Dentry Mortimer, W 8-3
Sergei Likhogrud / Stefanos Pournaropoulos vs Oliver Hague / Connor Kruger, L 5-8
Nikolaos Fotios Makris / Alexi Roy vs. Erwann Bouchet / Jakub Volesky, L 3-8

Recap of Navy Gold Invite: In Annapolis, MD, the Mountaineers men's tennis team participated in the Navy Gold Invite which has a tournament style play. This invite consists of a singles and doubles tournament that is single elimination. In the singles tournament, Frederico Strocchi was the lone Mountaineer to win in the first round by a score of 6-2, 6-1. Strocchi will advance to the round of 32 where he looks to keep the Mount moving. On the doubles side of play, all three pairs of Mountaineers lost in the first round. Outside of Strocchi, the Mount was not too successful in getting anything going in either of the brackets.

The Navy Gold Invite continues tomorrow Sunday, October 11th for the final day of tournament play.

DOUBLES RESULTS
Ryan Wagner / Antoine Martel vs. Patrick Mihai / Alex Van Lumich, L 6-7
Frederico Strocchi / Alessio Guarino vs. Thomas Raney / Rafael Gracie, L 0-6
Nate Helms / Akarsh Gaonkar vs. Benedict Horn-Bourque / Victor Kenzo Imanishi, L 4-6

SINGLES RESULTS
Antoine Martel vs Alex Van Lumich, L 0-6 4-6
Akarsh Gaonkar vs Aleksandar Daskalovic, L 6-4 2-6 2-6
Ryan Wagner vs Patrick Mihai, L (Wo)
Nate Helms vs Benedict Horn-Bourque, L 3-6 1-6
Alessio Guarino vs Rafael Gracie, L 2-6 2-6
Frederico Strocchi vs Brandon Tragord, W 6-2 6-1