SEGUIN, Texas –
Alexis Popovich and
Alejandra Rueda both won their singles championship matches in their respective flights Saturday for the Concordia Texas women's tennis team at the Doc Skogman Invitational.
Popovich won the Flight D championship match 6-4, 6-4 while Rueda grabbed the Flight G title with a 6-2, 6-0 straight sets victory.
In Flight D, Popovich was phenomenal the whole way through, winning three matches over opponents from UT Tyler, North Central Texas College and Texas Lutheran to win the title. The senior from Austin, Texas, also won her Flight C quarterfinal doubles match with teammate
Elaina Evans 8-4.
Rueda, a sophomore from Eagle Pass, Texas, defeated fellow Tornado
Genna Ellinwood 6-2, 6-0 in the Flight G championship. In three matches, Rueda did not drop a set en route to winning the trophy.
Leyla Martinez and
Abby Alanis also won singles matches for CTX. Martinez, playing in Flight E, picked up two thrilling victories on the day 2-6, 7-6 (11), 1-0 (6) and 7-6 (1), 7-5 to win the Flight E Consolation championship. Alanis, meanwhile, earned the Flight G Consolation title with a 7-5, 6-2 victory.
Because of poor weather, matches scheduled after noon Saturday were cancelled. Sunday's doubles championships have also been called off due to unplayable court conditions.
The tournament marks an end to the fall season for the Tornados. CTX will return to action this spring, where they will look to advance to the American Southwest Conference Tournament for the third straight season.