Air Force Women’s Tennis Completes Day Three At ITA Bedford Cup

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Air Force women's tennis completed day three action at the 2021 ITA Bedford Cup In The Mountains Saturday at the Air Force Outdoor Intercollegiate Tennis Courts. The Falcons posted seven wins on the day, with several Falcons making the finals in their draws.

Senior Vivian Glozman won her semifinals match in the Alpha Draw to make the finals. Glozman defeated Taylor Melville of Denver 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Freshman Kaleight Yun-Thayer won her semifinals match in the Delta Draw to make the finals. Yun-Thayer defeated Laura Duhl of Northern Arizona 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the final.

Air Force also collected four additional wins in singles. Junior Sydney Fitch won her match over Maria Oreshkina of Wyoming 6-1, 2-6 (10-6). Sophomore Hailey Stelse won her match over Eleanor Millard of Northern Arizona 6-1, 6-0. Sophomore Isabella Flodin won over Felicia Jayasaputra of Montana State 6-3, 6-2. Freshman Andrea Le won over Senna Abriola of Wyoming, 6-1, 6-3.

Air Force also picked up a win in doubles, as the freshman duo of Karina Chao and Yun-Thayer defeated Chen/Lawrence of Montana State 6-2.

Air Force Head Coach Kim Gidley on Saturday's action:
"We came out a little slow in the doubles – but we are making progress to see who we want to pair together. For the first time in Bedford Cup history – we did not have an all Air Force final in the Alpha Draw. In the semifinals of the Alpha Flight (Fitch & Glozman) we had an opportunity against a good Denver team to make the finals, but did not convert. Of course, this is what this time of year is about. This duo will play for third and fourth and we will look at other combinations in the other matches tomorrow morning at 9 am."

"In the singles, the team came out ready to play and it was a totally different experience – winning 7 of 9 matches against some tough opponents. We had so many great efforts here – it was very pleasing as a coach to see their fight and success. Fitch defeated last year's no. 1 player from Wyoming in straight sets and Le won a thrilling tie-breaker for the third. However, it was the dominating performance of two freshmen - Vivian Glozman and Kayleigh Yun-Thayer, who each won in straight sets to advance to the finals of the their flights. Tomorrow morning at 10 am will be the finals of singles with Glozman playing for a chance to keep the Bedford Cup at Air Force in the top flight. In the Delta flight – Yun-Thayer will also play in the finals – working to win two tournaments in a row."

Final day competition resumes tomorrow beginning at 9 am with doubles finals, followed by the singles finals.

Air Force Bedford Cup Day Three Results

Doubles
Alpha Draw

Quarterfinals
Fitch/Glozman (AF) def. Garcia-Reboredo/Cuquerella (MSU) 6-2

Semifinals
Burger/Reidmiller (DU) def. Fitch/Glozman (AF) 6-4

Bravo Draw North
Quarterfinals
Abriola/Krause (WYO) def. Chao/Yun-Thayer (AF) 6-1

Additional Doubles Second Round
Ecton/Stanojevic (CU) def. Flodin/Stelse (AF) 6-4
Odom/Chao (AF) def. Cho/Lang-Gould (ISU) 6-3
Le/Odom (AF) def. Pavek/Urso (ISU) 6-1

Additional Doubles Third Round
Villarejo/Van Baelen (MSU) def. Flodin/Yun-Thayer (AF) 6-4
Odom/Chao (AF) def. Cho/Lang-Gould (ISU) 6-3
Stelse/Le (AF) def. Jayasputra/Chen (MSU) 6-2

Singles
Alpha Draw
Semifinal
Vivian Glozman (AF) def. Taylor Melville (DU) 6-3, 7-6 (4)

Alpha Draw North
Semifinal
Sydney Fitch (AF) def. Maria Oreshkina (WYO) 6-1, 2-6 (10-6)

Bravo Draw North
Semifinal
Hailey Stelse (AF) def. Eleanor Millard (NAU) 6-1, 6-0

Bravo Draw South
Semifinal
Isabella Flodin (AF) def. Felicia Jayasaputra (MSU) 6-3, 6-1

Charlie Draw
Semifinal
Toni Nelson (DU) def. Karina Chao (AF) 6-1, 6-2

Charlie Draw West
Tatum Berger (DU) def. Alexis Odom (AF) 4-6, 6-3 (10-6)

Delta Draw
Semifinal
Kaleigh Yun-Thayer (AF) def. Laura Duhl 6-3, 6-4 (NAU)

Delta Draw North
Andrea Le (AF) def. Serina Abriola 6-1, 6-3

Air Force Women’s Tennis Completes Day Three At ITA Bedford Cup

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Players Mentioned

Karina Chao

Sydney Fitch

Isabella Flodin

Vivian Glozman

Andrea Le

Alexis Odom

Hailey Stelse

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