Gell and Mandma Advance to Metro Conference Masters Finals

Indi DelRocco Women's Tennis 10/3/2026 9:58:00 PM Gell and Mandma Advance to Metro Conference Masters Finals The duo will compete for the championship on Sunday at 9:30 AM in Hamden HAMDEN, Conn. – Maria Gell and Victoria Mandma won two matches on Saturday to advance to Sunday's championship round of the Metro Conference Masters Tournament. Regina Herrera also won a quarterfinal match on Saturday but was upended in the semifinal round. Gell and Mandma started their day with a 6-3 win over Niagara's duo of Valeria Margarita Mora Alvarez and Larisa Kotok. In the semifinal round, the Fairfield pair downed Quinnipiac's Nola Jones and Caroline, also by a 6-3 tally. The third-seeded duo in the tournament, Gell and Mandma will challenge top-seeded Quinnipiac tandem Willow Renton and Caitlin Flower in Sunday's final round. The match is set for 9:30 AM and will be followed by the singles final featuring the Bobcats' Renton and Flower going head-to-head. Also on the doubles courts on Saturday, Sophia Harris and Anna Neyestani were bested by Siena's Zaara Omar and Andrea Vargas, 6-1. In singles play, sixth-seeded Regina Herrera downed Marist's third-seed Caterina Assi by a 7-6 (5), 6-2 tally ...