AUBURN, Ala. – Both of Auburn's doubles teams participating in the 2022 Fall Ranked Spotlight in Cary, NC. Took home a title for their respective flights on Sunday. The Tigers also won an additional three matches in singles play.
Senior Carolyn Ansari and junior Ariana Arseneault were crowned champions of the C-D flight after defeating Kolie Allen and Lucia Marzal from Ohio State 6-3. The freshman duo of Kaitlyn Carnicella and DJ Bennett beat USC's Snow Han and Sloane Morra 6-2 to claim the title in the G-H flight.
"What an incredible end to a weekend of immense growth," Auburn head coach Caroline Lilley said after the tournament wrapped up on Sunday afternoon. "Credit to our athletic trainer Amanda Lyon and our strength and conditioning coach Dr. Joe D'Amato. They are doing a terrific job of caring for our student-athletes and are irreplaceable assets to our program. We played a ton of tennis this weekend and to watch our young women dig deep and find reasons they could is a great place to be to start our season. As we navigate our fall slate, we are eager to enjoy the monotonous days that make tournament play that much more rewarding."
In singles play, Arseneault won another ranked matchup. Sunday's win came against Oklahoma's Carmen Corley, who is ranked 22nd in the nation, 6-4, 4-6, 10-7. Bennett defeated Elise Mills from South Carolina 7-5, 6-3. Carnicella took down Miami's Audrey Boch-Collins 6-1, 7-6 (4).
Up next on the fall schedule, Auburn will have representation at the ITF 25K in Austin, Texas on October 1-9.