| Box Score 3 SAN DIEGO, Calif. – With many alumni and former players in attendance this weekend, the Navy women's tennis team posted a successful three days of singles and doubles action in the San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic at the Hogan Tennis Complex.
 
Led by sophomore Emily Tannenbaum winning tournament MVP honors, the Midshipmen finished the weekend with an 8-4 record in singles play, while the Navy pairings also tallied a combined 4-2 mark in doubles competition.
 
Friday's action started with two rounds of doubles matches, as Tannenbaum and senior Casey Accola overcame the host University of San Diego's pairing of Jordyn McBride and Victoria Kalaitzis, 6-3, before winning a 7-6 (3) match against Fresno State's Carlotta Nonnis Marzano and Leann Serna. The opening day also saw junior Stella Ribaudo and sophomore Sylvia Eklund pair up, as the Navy duo beat Gianna FSU's Mastro and Arizona's Tanvi Narendran, 6-1, before falling in a 6-1 match to Narendran and her Arizona teammate Belen Nevenhoven.
 
In Friday's singles round, Tannenbaum beat Salma Ziouti of Arizona (6-3, 5-7, 6-0), while Accola defeated Mastro (3-6, 6-2, 6-1), but Ribaudo fell against Nevenhoven (6-3, 6-3) and Eklund lost to Serna (6-3, 6-4) in their first singles matches of the weekend.
 
The third round of doubles play opened Saturday's slate, as Ziouti and Narendran knocked off Tannenbaum and Accola, 6-3, but Ribaudo and Eklund bounced back by winning against the pairing of FSU's Mastro and Arizona's Nevenhoven, 7-5.
 
Saturday concluded with the second singles round, where all four Mids picked up victories. Tannenbaum beat Kalaitzis (6-4, 6-3), Accola downed Serna (6-1, 6-0), Eklund was able to defeat Nevenhoven (6-3, 7-5) and Ribaudo handily won against Mastro (6-0, 6-1).
 
With the final round of singles on Sunday, Tannenbaum defeated McBride (6-3, 6-4) and Eklund won over Mastro (6-1, 6-0), while Ribaudo was knocked off by Narendran (3-6, 6-1, 6-0) and Accola suffered a loss to Nonnis Marzano (5-7, 6-1, 6-1).

"I think that I can speak for all involved to say that this event was an unbelievable experience," said head coach Keith Puryear. "In regard to competition, it gave us the opportunity to compete with schools that we do not see on a regular basis. As a team, we competed extremely well all weekend, highlighted by Emily's tournament MVP award. The things we experienced this weekend will go far to help us continue to learn and grow as a team."
 
"But it was also the opportunity to meet Naval Academy alumni and to hear their stories and learn about the journey they are about to undertake as Navy and Marine officers. To see our tennis alumni who came out in force, we are so very proud of the things they are accomplishing in their careers and it was great for both current and graduated team members to be able to meet and bond. For me, that was a particularly special moment from this weekend. I would like to thank each of them for coming out and showing their support."
 
"It takes many to make an event of this magnitude happen. We owe a debt of gratitude to Chas Mulcahy, his daughter Beth Ann, Alan and Megan Camaisa and their family, the USD coaches and athletic department for setting this event up, all the members of the SDVTC committee, Linda Milan and the Soc Cal Tennis Association Foundation, and lastly the USNA Alumni Association San Diego Chapter and everyone else who played a part in assisting in the running of the event."
 
Navy returns to action on Oct. 20-24 at the ITA Atlantic Regionals, being hosted by Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.