Box Score NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Portland women's tennis finished the 2026 fall season at the CSUN Fall Invitational Sunday at the Matador Tennis Complex. Freshman Emily Velasco capped an impressive fall run with two more singles wins, while the Pilots picked up five doubles victories against tough competition.

Velasco posted straight set wins against Kara Chen from UC Irvine and Nel Van Hout of Sacramento State. She was up a set against Johanna Heismar of Cal State Fullerton before she was forced to retire.

Velasco and Nadine Arbaizar Martinez also went 2-0 in doubles, while freshman Gaja Djurickovic and junior Lexi Flores also teamed up for a pair of doubles wins to highlight the weekend. See below for complete Portland results.

The Pilots will now prepare for the 2027 spring dual season which begins with a road trip to Bryant and Stonehill on the weekend of Jan. 22-23.

CSUN Fall Invitational
Northridge, Calif. (Matador Tennis Complex)
November 6-8, 2026

Friday Singles
Montana Parkinson (UCI) def. Maria Galatescu (POR) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
Bella Pitchford (UCI) def. Gaja Djurickovic (POR) 6-4, 7-5
Emily Velasco (POR) def. Kara Chen (UCI) 6-2, 6-0
Maily Huynh (UCI) def. Nadine Arbaizar Martinez (POR) 6-3, 6-2
Sayuri Parandian (UCI) def. Karina Kiss  (POR) 6-1, 6-2
Mackenzie Lukin (UCI) def. Flores (POR) 6-7 (0), 6-2, 7-6 (4)
Quin Brady (UCI) def. Kennedy Harris (POR) 6-4, 6-1
Rachael Gee (UCI) def. Naomi Gracelyn Tio (POR) 6-1, 6-1
Ruby Van Cott (CSUN) def. Abi Anderson (POR) 7-6 (1), 6-4

Friday Doubles
Sandra Isabela Arguelles/Madison Shepperson (CSUN) def. Galatescu/Kiss (POR) 6-0
Arbaizar Martinez/Velasco (POR) def. Tallia Harper/Ran Todo (CSUN) 6-4
Djurickovic/Flores (POR) def. Hannah Allen/Annette Robertson (CSUN) 6-4
Harris/Anderson (POR) def. Veorah Feddanich/Van Cott (CSUN) 6-2

Saturday Singles
Johanna Hiesmair (CSUF) def. Galatescu (POR) 6-3, 6-1
Velasco (POR) def. Nel Van Hout (SAC) 6-3, 6-1
Jess Schilz (SAC) def. Djurickovic (POR)  6-3, 2-1 (ret.)
Arbaizar Martinez (POR) def. Dasha Savina (SAC) 6-4, 6-3
Van Cott (CSUN) def. Kiss (POR) 6-3
Stina Larsson (CSUF) def. Flores (POR) 6-3, 6-4
Leanna Roman (CSUF) def. Anderson (POR) 6-1, 6-0
Feddanich (CSUN) def. Harris (POR) 6-2, 7-5
Victoria Luo Freitas (CSUN) def. Gracelyn Tio (POR) 6-3, 6-2

Saturday Doubles
Chen/Pitchford (UCI) def. Kiss/Galatescu (POR) 6-3
Djurickovic/Flores (POR) def. Gee/Lukin (UCI) 6-2
Parandian/Lindsay Kim (UCI) def. Harris/Tio (POR) 6-1

Sunday Singles
Kariman Buqai (YSU) def. Tio (POR) 6-1, 6-2
Heismar (CSUF) def. Velasco (POR) 4-6, 4-3 (ret.)
Larsson (CSUF) def. Galatescu (POR)  6-2, 6-3
Maria Ramos (CSUF) def. Arbaizar Martinez (POR) 6-4, 6-1
Brady (UCI) def. Kiss (POR) 6-4, 1-6, 11-9
Gee (UCI) def. Harris (POR) 6-4, 6-1
Anderson (POR) def. Kim (UCI) 4-6, 7-6, 10-4
Roman (CSUF) def. Flores (POR) 7-5, 6-4

Sunday Doubles
Arbaizar Martinez/Velasco (POR) def. Yeseniia Ovcharova/Vasiliki Goraniti (YSU) 6-2
Duru Kuscu/Hanna Telzynska (YSU) def. Harris/Galatescu (POR) 7-6 (1)
Buqai/Alice Petrache (YSU) def. Flores/Kiss (POR) 6-3
Lorena Cedeno/Lydia Foster (YSU) def. Anderson/Tio (POR) 6-0
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