ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (April 17, 2021) - Hillsborough Community College won the FCSAA Women's Tennis State Championship on Saturday.
The Hawks, behind individual titles at Flights 3, 4, 5 and 6 and Doubles Flights 2 and 3, finished ahead of runners-up St. Petersburg College. State College of Florida finished third in the team scoring and Eastern Florida State College was fourth.
By virtue of a top three finish, Hillsborough, St. Petersburg and State College of Florida automatically qualify for the NJCAA Division I Women's Tennis Tournament. Eastern Florida State will have to wait on a potential at-large bid.
St. Petersburg's Valeriia Cherfus was the Flight 1 singles champion, defeating Hillsborough's Mbali Langa to claim FCSAA Player of the Year honors.
Other individual champions were: Flight 2, Naomi McKenzie, St. Petersburg; Flight 3, Viktoryia Zhadzinskaya, Hillsborough; Flight 4, Ana Villalvazo, Hillsborough; Flight 5, Isadora Oliveira, Hillsborough; and Flight 6, Olivia Pezo, Hillsborough.
Cherfus and McKenzie also teamed up to take the Flight 1 Doubles championship, defeating Langa and Zhadzinskaya from Hillsborough. The Hawks managed to claim the remaining two doubles championships behind victories from Tuells and Oliveira in Flight 2 and Pezo and Villalvazo in Flight 3.
Hillsborough's Sarah Summerfield was named FCSAA Coach of the Year.
Team Results
- FCSAA State Champion: Hillsborough Community College
- FCSAA State Runners-up: St. Petersburg College
- Third place: State College of Florida
- Fourth place: Eastern Florida State College
Results
Singles #1
- 1st place: Valeriia Cherfus, St. Petersburg
- 2nd place: Mbali Langa, Hillsborough
- 3rd place: Tsveti Trifanova, Eastern Florida State
- 4th place: Karla Menendez, State College of Florida
Singles #2
- 1st place: Naomi McKenzie, St. Petersburg
- 2nd place: Magda Tuells, Hillsborough
- 3rd place: Lou Bonet DeFrietas, State College of Florida
- 4th place: Carlota Gasco, Eastern Florida State
Singles #3
- 1st place: Viktoryia Zhadzinskaya, Hillsborough
- 2nd place: Kayla Greco, Eastern Florida State
- 3rd place: Lucia Garcia, St. Petersburg
- 4th place: Brie Botsford, State College of Florida
Singles #4
- 1st place: Ana Villalvazo, Hillsborough
- 2nd place: Saki Matsubara, St. Petersburg
- 3rd place: Sarah Forsyth, State College of Florida
- 4th place: Nicolle Romero, Eastern Florida State
Singles #5
- 1st place: Isadora Oliveira, Hillsborough
- 2nd place: Kia Carvalho, State College of Florida
- 3rd place: Elizaveta Mova, St. Petersburg
- 4th place: Julie Martincova, Eastern Florida State
Singles #6
- 1st place: Olivia Pezo, Hillsborough
- 2nd place: Karla Ortega, St. Petersburg
- 3rd place: Ivette Castenada, Eastern Florida State
- 4th place: Luna Mouton, State College of Florida
Doubles #1
- 1st place: Cherfus/McKenzie, St. Petersburg
- 2nd place: Langa/Zhadzinskaya, Hillsborough
- 3rd place: De Frietas Bonet/ Carvalho, State College of Florida
- 4th place: Trifanova/Gascon, Eastern Florida State
Doubles #2
- 1st place: Tuells/Oliveira, Hillsborough
- 2nd place: Matsaburu/Ortega, St. Petersburg
- 3rd place: Castenada/Greco, Eastern Florida State
- 4th place: Forsyth/Botsford, State College of Florida
Doubles #3
- 1st place: Pezo/Villalvazo, Hillsborough
- 2nd place: Mova/Hancock, St. Petersburg
- 3rd place: Mouton/ Menendez, State College of Florida
- 4th place: Garcia/Martincova, Eastern Florida State