Cats Close Fall Season at Gonzaga Invite

Friday, October 31

Spokane, WA

TBA

Montana State University

Gonzaga Invitational

Nia Gelashvili

Photo by: Bobcat Creative Services

11/3/2025 4:26:00 PM | Women's Tennis

“This weekend gave us positive momentum going into the off-season,” Barrett added. “We are looking forward to getting to work and preparing for the spring. There are exciting times ahead for this group.”

By: Tom Schulz

The Montana State women's tennis team concluded its fall season at the Gonzaga Invitational over the weekend at the Stevens Center in Spokane, Wash. Combined, the Bobcats picked up eight victories in singles and doubles over the three-day tournament.

"The Gonzaga Invite was a great opportunity to get more high-level match play for our student-athletes," said first-year head coach Hailey Barrett. "I'm so proud of how they competed and supported each other throughout the whole event.

"This weekend gave us positive momentum going into the off-season," Barrett added. "We are looking forward to getting to work and preparing for the spring. There are exciting times ahead for this group."

Highlighting the weekend for the Bobcats was the singles play of sophomore Nia Gelashvili. Gelashvili, who missed most of the fall due to injury, returned to form with an opening round win over Utah State's Kylee Sperry 6-1, 6-1 in the Gold draw. In quarterfinal action, Gelashvili defeated Gonzaga's Brooke Bittner, 7-5, 6-3.

Junior walk-on Elle Middleton of Boulder, Colo., recorded her first victory as a Bobcat, combining with Kavya Khirwar in the Red draw in doubles play. The duo dropped its first match, before working its way back to the finals of the consolation bracket with a 6-4 decision over Eastern Washington's Sara Vasic and Leandra Nizetic. Middleton and Khirwar fell in the finals, 6-2, to USU's Sperry and Magdalena Nunez Pureco.

Red Singles:

R16
Emily Robertson (GU) def. Angel Bean (MSU), 6-3, 6-0

Consolation
Angel Bean (MSU) def. Natalie Paterova (USU), 6-4, 7-6(4)

Consolation Semifinals
Patsy Daughters (UO) def. Angel Bean (MSU), 6-0, 6-1

Blue Singles:

R16
Hinata Furutani (UO) def. Terezie Stverakova (MSU), 6-2, 6-2

White Singles:

R16
Lola Bean (MSU) def. Larissa Teramura (SU), 6-2, 6-2

Quarterfinals
Lola Bean (MSU) def. Kamila Slovakova (UM), 7-6(5), 6-3

Semifinals
Ella Nielsen (GU) def. Lola Bean (MSU) 6-4, 6-2

Gold Singles:

R16
Isabella Marquart (UP) def. Kavya Khirwar (MSU), 3-6, 7-6(5), 10-2
Nia Gelashvili (MSU) def. Kylee Sperry (USU), 6-1, 6-1

Quarterfinals
Nia Gelashvili (MSU) def. Brooke Bittner (GU), 7-5, 6-3

Consolation
Amina Avdic (SU) def. Kavya Khirwar (MSU), 6-3, 7-6(2)

Gold Doubles:

R16
Nia Gelashvili/Angel Bean (MSU) def. Chisato Kanemaki/Martina Puvill (WSU), 7-6(7)

Quarterfinals
Alaia Rubio Perez/Maria Galatescu (UP) def. Nia Gelashvili/Angel Bean (MSU), 7-6(5)

Red Doubles:

R16
Brokke Bittner/Diana Yanotovskaya (GU) def. Kavya Khirwar/Elle Middleton (MSU), 6-2

Consolation Quarterfinals
Kavya Khirwar/Elle Middleton (MSU) def. Hana Abdelhamid/Scarlett Perkins (PSU), 6-3

Consolation Semifinals
Kavya Khirwar/Elle Middleton (MSU) def. Sara Vasic/Leandra Nizetic (EWU), 6-4

Consolation Finals
Kylee Sperry/Pureco (USU) def. Kavya Khirwar/Elle Middleton (MSU), 6-2