St. John’s Livianu Wins Singles Title at Columbia Invitational

St. John’s junior Jessica Livianu captured the singles title at the Columbia Invitational for the second straight year this past weekend.

Livianu won all three of her matches in the Brooklyn Singles Draw, never dropping a set in her three wins over Hofstra’s Michal Kaplan in the quarterfinals, Columbia’s Melissa Sakar in the semifinals and, lastly, Jennifer Kerr of Columbia 6-4, 7-5 in the finals.

Next weekend, Livianu heads to Malibu, Calif. to compete in the Oracle/ITA Masters Tournament, which takes place at Pepperdine University and the Malibu Racquet Club. Livianu reached the quarterfinals of the tournament a year ago.

Click Here to see the full results from the Columbia Invitational.