Women's Tennis Collect Three Doubles Wins in First Day of Bulldog Invite

Friday, September 19

New Haven, Conn.

Brown University

Bulldog Invitational - Day 1

Photo by: Ashton Daniel Robertson

Women's Tennis Collect Three Doubles Wins in First Day of Bulldog Invite

9/19/2025 9:51:00 PM | Women's Tennis

NEW HAVEN, Conn.- The Brown women's tennis team opened their fall season on Friday with three doubles wins against Boston University at the Bulldog Invitational.

Dani Ben-Abraham and first-year Abigail Lee began the winning streak in doubles, earning a 6-2 win over BU's Gabriella Mikahul and Lauren Kettlewell. Anne Yang and Ali Maguy picked up a 6-4 win at the second line, and the pairing of Bella Hu and newcomer Francesca Saroli, notched a 6-3 win over the Terriers' Ellie Gyuro and Rhea Rai.

"The goal for the first competition of the season was to play fearlessly and to compete for every point," said Broadbent Family Head Coach Lucie Schmidhauser. "In doubles, each of our teams played aggressively and with clarity, sticking with their game plan until the end of each match."

In singles, the Bears faced some challenges, but continued to battle against the Terriers. Sari Woo, Chloe Qin, and Francesca Saroli found success with set wins, some coming after hard-fought tie-breakers. Ben-Abraham also battled through a tense match that included two tie-breaker sets.

Reflecting on the day, Schmidhauser added, "In singles, our players competed very hard and even though the results didn't go our way, we will build on the good things we did today and continue to clean up some areas of opportunity in tomorrow's competition."

UP NEXT
The Bears will compete on the second day of the Bulldog Invitational Tournament against Rutgers tomorrow at 1 p.m.

DOUBLES RESULTS
Dani Ben-Abraham / Abigail Lee (Brown) def. Gabriella Mikaul / Lauren Kettlewell (BU) 6-2
Anne Yang / Ali Maguy (Brown) def. Blanka DeMicheli / Vasilisa Borisova (BU) 6-4
Madison Liu / Nancy Liu (BU) def. Hannah Shen / Sari Woo (Brown) 5-7
Bella Hu / Francesca Saroli (Brown) def. Ellie Gyuro / Rhea Rai (BU) 6-3

SINGLES RESULTS
Gabriella Mikaul (BU) def. Sari Woo (Brown) 3-6,6-2,11-9
Blanka DeMicheli (BU) def. Hannah Shen (Brown) 7-5,6-3
Madison Liu (BU) def. Dani Ben-Abraham (Brown) 7-6(3),7-6(4)
Lauren Kettlewell (BU) def. Bella Hu (Brown) 6-3,6-2
Nancy Liu (BU) def. Abigail Lee (Brown) 6-3,6-3
Rhea Rai (BU) def. Chloe Qin (Brown) 3-6,6-0, 10-4
Ellie Guyro (BU) def. Anne Moody (BU) 6-2,6-2
Vasilisa Borisova (BU) def. Francesca Saroli (Brown) 6-1,2-6,10-8

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