SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Highlighted by senior Manci Pal and junior Molly Bellia going 2-1 in doubles action, the Navy women's tennis team wrapped up its stay Sunday at the sixth annual San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic at the University of San Diego's Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Complex.
 
With Pal and Bellia leading the way with their doubles performance against the host Toreros, Fresno State and Loyola Marymount, the duo and senior Olivia Fermo combined to sweep their singles matches on Sunday to end the Midshipmen's trip on a high note.
 
Navy opened the event with Fermo and fellow senior Julia Lee posting a 6-1 win over Loyola LMU's Ilana Toro and Melis Mert, while USD's Ines Leon and Akira Roy downed Pal and Bellia, 6-4. Turning to Friday's singles slate, Ines defeated Pal in a 6-2, 6-1 decision, Roy outlasted Bellia for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win, Toro was able to beat Fermo, 7-5, 6-2, and Mert got past Lee in a 6-2, 6-1 final.
 
Bellia and Pal bounced back on Saturday morning, starting the day with a 6-4 victory on the doubles court against LMU's Sofia Perovani and Camilia Samel-Druz, but Fermo and Lee were knocked off in a close battle against the Lions' Helene Schnack and Anastasia Bozova, 7-6 (3). Singles against LMU then saw Bozova register a 6-1, 6-2 win against Bellia, Schnack edge Fermo, 6-0, 6-2, and Perovani score a 6-2, 7-6 (2) victory over Pal.
 
Navy swept through its Sunday schedule, beginning with Pal and Bellia scoring a 6-4 victory against the Fresno State pairing of Andi Anderson and Nina Wiese. Bellia then kicked off singles play with the Bulldogs by securing a 6-2, 6-1 win over Francesca Terzi. Fermo continued the run by defeating Anna Noguero, 6-2, 6-2, and Pal completed the sweep by posting a 7-5, 6-2 victory against Wiese.
 
"We would like to thank all involved for making this trip a very special and memorable one for us every single year," said associate head coach Alessandra Pedergnana. "Thank you to the tournament's lead sponsors, Allan Camaisa, tournament founder Chas Mulcahy, the University of San Diego, USD coaches Ryan Keckley and Nadia Abdala and the SDVTC committee. I would like to personally thank our former player, Lt. Aimee Dervishian, for opening up her home to our players and our friend Amanda Estrada for housing the coaching staff. I would also like to thank all of our other alumni - Julie Dias, Darien Sears, Kristine Rojo, Amanda Cyr, Brooke Bogdanovich, Sabrina Jiang, Rozel Hernandez - who took time out of their busy schedules to spend time with and support the team in various ways, as well as our former officer representative, Capt. Caitlin Anson, and former student manager, Sean Hines.We look forward to getting back home and building on what we learned this past weekend for the matches ahead."
 
Navy will return to action on Oct. 23-25 at the ITA Conference Masters' Patriot League Qualifier in West Point, N.Y.