Cyclones Go Undefeated On Day 1 In Alabama

Montgomery, Ala. – The Iowa State tennis team totaled a record of 6-0 on day one of the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Alabama to open the 2025 fall season.

The tournament features two different draws, and each participating program has four players paired off in groups of two competing in separate draws. Each pair plays a doubles match against another school, then singles matches against the same pair. The pair that wins at least two of the three matches (doubles, singles, singles) advances in the compass bracket.

Mari Paz Alberto Vilar and Stanislava Shulzhenko represented the first Cyclone pair, and they started the day by winning via tiebreak over Mississippi State's Alessia Tagliente and Emma Cohen (MSU), 8-7 (7-3). The duo would then complete the match sweep, with Alberto Vilar downing Tagliente, 6-4, 6-0, and Shulzhenko defeating Cohen, 6-1, 6-3.

Julia Camblor and Ashlee Narker competed as the second Cyclone pair of the day, where they also went undefeated in three matches. The pair took down Jacksonville State's Angeles Rodriguez-Rizo and Sae Kaneko, 8-2. Camblor then defeated Rodriguez-Rizo, 7-5, 6-3, while Narker took down Kaneko, 7-5, 6-2, in her first game back from injury.

The Cyclones are back in action Saturday at 9 a.m. CT.

Results
Blue Draw
Mari Paz Alberto Vilar/Stanislava Shulzhenko (ISU) def. Alessia Tagliente/Emma Cohen (MSU), 8-7 (7-3)
Alberto Vilar (ISU) def. Tagliente (MSU), 6-4, 6-0
Shulzhenko (ISU) def. Cohen (MSU), 6-1, 6-3

Gray Draw
Ashlee Narker/Julia Camblor (ISU) def. Angeles Rodriguez-Rizo/Sae Kaneko (JSU), 8-2
Camblor (ISU) def. Rodriguez-Rizo (JSU), 7-5, 6-3
Narker (ISU) def. Kaneko (JSU), 7-5, 6-2

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Players Mentioned

Mari Paz Alberto Vilar

Julia Camblor

Ashlee Narker

Stanislava Shulzhenko

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