LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego hosted its first Triton Fall Invitational from Thursday through Saturday at Northview Tennis Courts. Four Big West institutions took part in the three-day event on the UC San Diego campus. Cal Poly's Natalie Lynch won the singles title while the Mustangs' Sarah MacCallum and Anushree Shekhera were the doubles champions.
 
Four Tritons took part in the Triton Fall Invitational: Varsha Jawadi, Kamya Nair, Adriana Tabares, and Athena Wardy. The doubles pairings were Jawadi/Tabares and Nair/Wardy.
 
UC San Diego freshman Athena Wardy picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win over UC Irvine's Maily Huynh in her first match of the weekend. Wardy won two of her three matches over the weekend.
 
TRITON FALL INVITATIONAL RESULTS
Singles
Thursday: Main Draw Singles (Round of 16)
#1 Sydney Wilson (CSUN) def. Kamya Nair (UCSD) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Sarah MacCallum (CP) def. Lindsay Kim (UCI) 6-4, 6-1
#3 Eliza Bates (CP) def. Yen Nhi Huynh (UCI) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Natalie Lynch (CP) def. Mikaela Hinton (UCI) 6-2, 6-3
Athena Wardy (UCSD) def. Maily Huynh (UCI) 6-2, 6-3
Madison Shepperson (CSUN) def. #4 Adriana Tabares (UCSD) 0-6, 6-4, 6-1
Nour Khayat (UCI) def. Anushree Shekhera (CP) 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
#2 Isabella Pitchford (UCI) def. Varsha Jawadi (UCSD) 6-4, 6-1
 
Main Draw Singles (Quarterfinals)
#1 Sydney Wilson (CSUN) def. Sarah MacCallum (CP) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Natalie Lynch (CP) def. #3 Eliza Bates (CP) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Nour Khayat (UCI) def. Madison Shepperson (CSUN) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
#2 Isabella Pitchford (UCI) def. Athena Wardy (UCSD) 7-5, 7-6 (6)
 
Friday: Main Draw Singles (Semis)
Lynch (CP) def. #2 Pitchford (UCI) 6-4, 6-0
#1 Wilson (CSUN) def. Khayat (UCI) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
 
Friday: Singles Extra Matches
Yen Nhi Huynh (UCI) def. Kamya Nair (UCSD) 6-0, 6-1
Maily Huynh (UCI) def. Varsha Jawadi (UCSD) 6-1, 6-3
Anushree Shekhera (CP) def. Mikaela Hinton (UCI) 6-3, 6-1
Adriana Tabares (UCSD) def. Lindsay Kim (UCI) 7-6(3), 6-4
Sarah MacCallum (CP) def. Madison Shepperson (CSUN) 6-3, 4-6, 10-3
 
Saturday: Singles Main (Finals)
Lynch (CP) def. #1 Wilson (CSUN) 6-1, 6-0
 
Saturday: Singles Extra
Varsha Jawadi (UCSD) def. Lindsay Kim (UCI) 2-6, 6-4, 10-6
Athena Wardy (UCSD) def. Nour Khayat (UCI) 6-3, 6-2
Sarah MacCallum (CP) def. Yen Nhi Huynh (UCI) 6-2, 6-4
Mikaela Hinton (UCI) def. Kamya Nair (UCSD) 6-1, 6-2
Madison Shepperson (CSUN) def. Isabella Pitchford (UCI) 6-2, ret. (inj)
Maily Huynh (UCI) def. Anushree Shekhera (CP) 6-3, 6-4
 
Doubles
Thursday: Main Draw Doubles (Quarterfinals)
#1 Bates/Lynch (CP) def. Kim/Khayat (UCI) 8-7 (3)
Hinton/Huynh (UCI) def. Nair/Wardy (UCSD) 8-5
MacCallum/Shekhera (CP) def. Jawadi/Tabares (UCSD) 8-6
#2 Pitchford/Nhi Huynh (UCI) def. Wilson/Shepperson (CSUN) 8-3
 
Friday: Main Draw Doubles (Semis)
Bates/Lynch (CP) def. Hinton/Huynh (UCI) 6-4, 6-3
MacCallum/Shekhera (CP) def. Pitchford/Nhi Huynh (UCI) 6-1, 6-3
 
Friday: Doubles Extra Matches
Kim/Khayat (UCI) def. Jawadi/Tabares (UCSD) 4-6, 6-1, 10-6
Shepperson/Wilson (CSUN) def. Nair/Wardy (UCSD) 6-2, 2-6, 11-9
 
Saturday: Doubles Main (Finals)
MacCallum/Shekhera (CP) def. Bates/Lynch (CP) 6-3, 3-6, 11-9
 
Saturday: Doubles Extra
Shepperson/Wilson (CSUN) def. Kim/Khayat (UCI) 8-3
Nair/Wardy (UCSD) def. Pitchford/Nhi Huynh (UCI) 8-3
Hinton/Huynh (UCI) def. Jawadi/Tabares (UCSD) 8-3
 
UP NEXT
UC San Diego returns to the court on Nov. 2 at the two-day Pomona-Pitzer Tournament in Claremont, Calif.
 
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After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.