Women's Tennis

Minutewomen, Cardinals Advance to Sunday’s Doubles Championship Match

UMass and Ball State make their first doubles team appearance in the title match

KALAMAOO, Mich. – The final two doubles teams have secured their spot in the championship match of the 2025 Fall Individual Tennis Championship. Isabel Tanjuatco and Sarah Shahbaz from Ball State will face Amelia Tye and Ella Faessler of UMass on Sunday at Noon.

Tanjuatco and Shahbaz took out Buffalo’s duo of Esmee Andresen and Maria Glowacka, while Tye and Faessler took down Miami’s Oliveira and Faulkner. A score of 8-5 won both matches. This will be the first doubles team appearance in the championship final match for both the Minutewomen and Cardinals.

The two singles semifinal matches will kick off Sunday’s schedule at 10:00 AM. On one side of the bracket, BGSU’s Tia Clemens will play Toledo’s JJ Scholten. On the other side of the bracket, Toledo’s Izzy Barretto will take on Buffalo’s Esmee Andresen.

The winners will then play for the singles title match at 1:00 PM.
 
Saturday Day Two Results
Doubles Quarterfinals
Match 11: Tanjuatco/ Shahbaz (BSU) def. Blair/ Taylor (BGSU), 9-7
Match 12: Oliveira/ Faulkner (MIA) def. Scholten/ Guru (TOL), 9-8(7)
Match 13: Andresen/ Glowacka (UB) def. Budak/ Kousiou (NIU), 8-5
Match 14: Tye/ Faessler (UMass) def. Bristow/ Barrera (BSU), 8-5
 
Doubles Semifinals
Match 15: Tanjuatco/ Shahbaz (BSU) def. Andresen/ Glowacka (UB), 8-6
Match 16: Tye/ Faessler (UMass) def. Oliveira/ Faulkner (MIA), 8-6
 
Singles Quarterfinals
Match 11: Izzy Barretto (TOL) def. Ella Faessler (UMass) 6-1, 6-0
Match 12: JJ Scholten (TOL) def. Sarah Shahbaz (BSU), 6-2, Retire
Match 13:  Esmee Andresen (UB) def.  Irma Budak (NIU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Match 14: Tia Clemens (BGSU) def. Maria Glowacka (UB) 6-1, 6-3