WTEN | Gaels Wrap Up 2025 Campaign with Sweep of Northern Illinois

Wednesday, May 7

Rome, GA

10:00 AM

Saint Mary's College of California

Charlotte

No. 2 Juliette Daries (Saint Mary’s) def. Irmak Budak (NIU), 4-6 6-1 6-2

Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

WTEN | Gaels Wrap Up 2025 Campaign with Sweep of Northern Illinois

5/8/2025 1:08:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

ROME, Ga. - Saint Mary's fell to 48th ranked UNC Charlotte in the first round of the NIT Championships on Wednesday but ended the season on a high note with a consolation match victory over Northern Illinois to finish the 2025 season with a 7-14 overall record. The Gaels picked up their first match win since April 11th and did so in dominant fashion with their third sweep of the season, downing the Huskies 4-0.

Saint Mary's took the doubles point with wins from MiaAngelina Ruja/Madison Weekley and Juliette Daries/Stefanie Silva, defeating their opponents 6-4 6-3. Madison Weekley and Iman Khan recorded straight set wins in their duals and then senior Juliette Daries helped shut the door with an exciting three-set win over Northern Illinois' Irmak Budak, 4-6 6-1 6-2. MiaAngelina Ruja and Olivia Rook were forced to three sets to prolong the match but Khan, Weekley and Daries were able to secure dual victories to give the Gaels their seventh win of the season.

Northern Illinois was a 20+ win program this season and fell in the MAC Championship match to Buffalo, their first ever finals appearance in their conference championship. Full match results for both NIT matches can be found below:

Women's Quarterfinals: UNC Charlotte def. Saint Mary's, 4-1

Doubles
No. 1 Sara Suchankova/Amira Badawi (Charlotte) def. Iman Khan/Olivia Rook (Saint Mary's), 6-4
No. 2 Ni Xi/Shona Nakano (Charlotte) def. MiaAngelina Ruja/Madison Weekley (Saint Mary's), 6-3
No. 3 Juliette Daries/Stefanie Silva (Saint Mary's) def. Prisca Abbas/Lucia Aranda (Charlotte), 6-1

Singles
No. 1 Sara Suchankova (Charlotte) vs. Iman Khan (Saint Mary's), 7-6(4), DNF
No. 2 Ni Xi (Charlotte) def. Juliette Daries (Saint Mary's), 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 Amira Badawi (Charlotte) def. MiaAngelina Ruja (Saint Mary's), 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 Olivia Rook (Saint Mary's) def. Lucia Aranda (Charlotte), 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Prisca Abbas (Charlotte) vs. Stefanie Silva (Saint Mary's), 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Paula Dougherty (Charlotte) vs. Madison Weekley (Saint Mary's), 0-6, 5-5

Consolation Bracket: Saint Mary's def. Northern Illinois, 4-0

Doubles
No.1 Olivia Rook/Iman Khan (Saint Mary's) vs.Maria Zemeshkevich/Nataly Miroslavova (NIU), 6-6 (3-0) DNF
No. 2 MiaAngelina Ruja/Madison Weekley (Saint Mary's) def. Isabella Righi/Lucia Yecora (NIU), 6-4
No. 3 Juliette Daries/Stefanie Silva (Saint Mary's) def. Reagan Welch/Jenna Horne (NIU), 6-3

Singles
No. 1 Iman Khan (Saint Mary's) def. Maria Dzemeshkevich (NIU), 6-1 6-2
No. 2 Juliette Daries (Saint Mary's) def. Irmak Budak (NIU), 4-6 6-1 6-2
No. 3 MiaAngelina Ruja (Saint Mary's) vs. Lucia Yecora (NIU), 6-4 0-6 0-3 DNF
No. 4 Olivia Rook (Saint Mary's) vs. Nataly Miroslavova (NIU), 4-6 6-2 1-4 DNF
No. 5 Stefanie Silva (Saint Mary's) vs. Isabella Righi (NIU), 7-6(4) 4-0 DNF
No. 6 Madison Weekley (Saint Mary's) def. Theodora Kousiou (NIU), 6-3 6-4

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