Gridley’s play also impressed her teammates, especially Rosekrans.

“We watched her play the finals today—stellar performance overall. She had a really long match and fought it out. She came back from being down in the second set, so we were all very proud,” Rosekrans said.

Green viewed the invitational as another method of preparation for the approaching regionals competition, which will be a key tournament for Crimson tennis this fall.

“This was only our second tournament for some people,” Green said. “Hopefully we can put the time in over the next couple weeks training-wise so we can challenge at regionals. We competed fairly well this weekend. I feel like we were still rusty and definitely need to put some time in over the next couple weeks to prepare for the tournaments ahead.”

Freshman Natalie Blosser teamed up with classmate Hannah Morrill to go 2-1 in doubles. In singles, both Morrill and Blosser went 2-1 as well. Sophomore Alex Lehman lost the two matches she completed but advanced in one due to her opponent’s injury.

Gridley and Lehman paired in doubles, defeating Diamond Adams and Nakita Austin of St. John’s in the round of 16, 8-2.

The tandem then topped Fairleigh Dickinson’s Egzona Morina and Julia Prantl in the quarterfinals, 8-5, before falling to Boston College’s Alex Kelleher and Erina Kikuchi in the semifinals, 8-0.

The tough play of Gridley’s teammates inspired her, though she also saw room for improvement.

“I think there were a few nerves on the first day, especially for the freshmen, but it was great to see people improve,” Gridley said. “Alex had a tough match the first day but then came out and played strong the next day. And same with Natalie and Sam [Rosekrans].”