Iosio, Carlberg Win Flight Two Doubles Title at Redbird Invitational

NORMAL, Ill. – It was championship Sunday at the Redbird Invitational at the Gregory Street Tennis Courts, and the Redbirds came away with a doubles title thanks to the duo of Nicole Iosio and Molly Carlberg on the final day of action.

In Flight 2, Iosio and Carlberg defeated Murray State's Aneca and Inna by a final of 8-2 to take home the lone doubles title of the day for the Redbirds in the main draw. In Flight 1, the duo of Vittoria Benedetti and Emma Peretti were also playing for a championship, but fell short 8-5 to settle for second place. In Flight 3, the team of Emma Lindh and Sophie Marie Lowe defeated Tseng and Johnson from Bradley by a score 8-1 to take fifth place, while Ella McLeod and Anna Houpt pciked up a win over Belmont's Jeladze and Grant in a tiebreaker 8-7 (6) to take seventh place overall.

In singles action, Peretti was playing for the Flight 3 championship but came up short to place second. Benedetti defeated UIC's Marta Halbersztadt 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 to take third place in Flight 1 and Iosio won her match in Flight two over Dongke Liu of UIC to also place third. Carlberg and Lindh both won their respective matches on the final day to take fifth place finishes in their respective flights.

ISU is back in action later this week at the ITA Regional hosted by Illinois in Champaign. Action is set to begin on Thursday, Oct. 8 and potentially runs until Monday, Oct. 12.

RESULTS:

Flight 1 Singles (third place):
Vittoria Benedetti (ISU) def. Marta Halbersztadt (UIC) 6-3, 2-6, 11-9

Flight 2 Singles (third place):
Nicole Iosio (ISU) def. Dongke Liu (UIC) 6-0, 2-6, 10-7

Flight 3 Singles (championship):
Yu Kikawa (MSU) def. Emma Peretti (ISU) 6-2, 7-5

Flight 4 Singles (fifth place): 
Molly Carlberg (ISU) def. Yu Kikawa (MSU) 6-0, 1-6, 10-6

Flight 5 Singles (fifth place):
Emma Lindh (ISU) def. Kayla Ruth Santosa (UNI) 6-4, 6-0

Flight 6 Singles:
N/A

Flight 1 Doubles (championship):
Cooper/Tai (UIC) def. Benedetti/Peretti (ISU) 8-5

Flight 2 Doubles (championship):
Iosio/Carlberg (ISU) def. Aneca/Inna (MSU) 8-2

Flight 3 Doubles:
Fifth Place - Lindh/Lowe (ISU) def. Tseng/Johnson (Bradley) 8-1
Seventh Place – McLeod/Houpt (ISU) def. Jeladze/Grant (Belmont) 8-7 (6)

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