Moraga, Calif.----- In her second tournament for San Jose State University, freshman Alba Pedrero Galindo won a pair of three-set matches on the final day to claim one of three singles championships at the Saint Mary's Fall Invitational.
Pedrero Galindo defeated University of San Francisco's Rita Colyer, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, for her first championship at the college level. Earlier in the day at the Korth Tennis Complex on the Saint Mary's College campus, the freshman from Murica, Spain outlasted Jamie Schoer of Santa Clara, 7-5, 0-6, 6-4. The Spartan newcomer now is 3-1 in three-set singles matches with wins her last three three-set efforts.
"It was an amazing job by Alba to win her first collegiate tournament. At the end of the day, her consistency and determination were amazing," said San Jose State women's tennis head coach Chad Skorupka. "In her semifinal round match, she was down, 4-1, and came back to win the next five games and won the match."
Pedrero Galindo was one of two San Jose State winners at Saint Mary's. Kristina Baran, a freshman from Angers, France, captured a pair of straight set singles matches to win one of the three consolation singles brackets. Her final victory was a 6-3, 6-0 decision over Hannah Ketcherside, the second University of the Pacific player she defeated during the weekend.
Freshman Mathilda Vidgren also had a strong showing winning two championship singles bracket matches before losing in a quarterfinal round.
San Jose State is next in action at the ITA Regional Championships hosted by Stanford, October 18 through October 22.
Saint Mary's Fall Invitational women's tennis tournament
Korth Tennis Complex, Moraga, Calif.
October 6 & 7, 2018
Competing schools – San Jose State (SJSU), Academy of Art (AA), Cal Poly (CP), Fresno State (FS), Pacific (UOP), Saint Mary's (SMC), San Francisco (USF), Santa Clara (SCU), UC Davis (UCD)
| Championship Singles | |
| Rounds of 16 | |
| Chloe Goyette (SMC) def. Miyo Kobayashi (SJSU) | 6-2, 7-5 |
| Mathilda Vidgren (SJSU) def. Karina Vyrian (UOP) | 6-0, 1-6, 6-2 |
| Alba Pedrero Galindo (SJSU) def. Maricristina Andrisani (AA) | 6-2, 6-0 |
| Quarterfinal Rounds | |
| Alba Pedrero Galindo (SJSU) def. Shirley Hall (UCD) | 6-0, 6-3 |
| Jamie Schoer (SCU) def. Mathilda Vidgren (SJSU) | 6-2, 7-5 |
| Semifinal Rounds | |
| Alba Pedrero Galindo (SJSU) def. Jamie Schoer (SCU) | 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 |
| Championships | |
| Alba Pedrero Galindo (SJSU) def. Rita Colyer (USF) | 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
| Consolation Singles | |
| Rounds of 16 | |
| Laura Malsert (SJSU) def. Anna Ramos Vinolas (UOP) | 6-2, 6-4 |
| Anneroos Nederstigt (UOP) def. Tamara Culibrk (SJSU) | 6-2, 6-3 |
| Elvena Gevargiz (SCU) def. Savannah Sendar (SJSU) | 6-0, 6-2 |
| Quarterfinal Rounds | |
| Kristina Baran (SJSU) def. Jessiaca Kaye (UOP) | 6-2, 6-1 |
| Semifinal Rounds |
| Kristina Baran (SJSU) def. Emily Ackerman (CP) | 7-5, 6-2 |
| Championships | |
| Kristina Baran (SJSU) def. Hannah Ketcherside (UOP) | 6-3, 6-0 |
| Extra Singles | |
| Sofia Ragona (AA) def. Mathilda Vidgren (SJSU), | 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (5) |
| Mariachristina Andrisani (AA) def. Laura Malsert (SJSU) | 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (7) |
| Miyo Kobayashi (SJSU) def. Amber Del Rosario (USF) | 6-2, 6-0 |
| Maddie Pothoff (SCU) def. Tamara Culibrk (SJSU) | 7-6 (5), 6-3 |
| Championship Doubles | |
| Semifinal Rounds | |
| Nikki Pradeep & Shirley Hall (SCU) def. Miyo Kobayashi & Alba Pedrero Galindo (SJSU) | 8-4 |