TicketsMURFREESBORO, Tenn. –– The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team rounded out its weekend with action at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships on Sunday.
Cincinnati picked up a total of 10 singles wins and four doubles wins over the three-day event.
Sophomore Gabrielle Guenther advanced into the singles main draw round of 16 for the Bearcats, where she fell against Tennessee's Catherine Aulia, 6-3, 6-2.
En route to the round of 16, the Mishawaka, Ind., native picked up a win over Vanderbilt's Amy Stevens, 7-5, 6-0. Guenther then secured another straight set win over Indiana's Nicole Sifuentes, 7-5, 6-2 in the second round.
Sophomore Sakurako Watanabe made it all the way through the qualifying singles into the main draw bracket, where she fell in the first round to Murray State's Valeria Chaikovskaia, 7-6(7), 6-1.
In the qualifying rounds, Watanabe picked up impressive wins, defeating Butler's Emma Beavin, 6-1, 6-4. The Edgewood, Ky., native then secured her spot in the main draw after clinching a tough three-set battle against Lipscomb's Sonya Zhylchuk, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
In the doubles main draw, the duo of graduate student Zeynep Erman and junior Rozalia Gruszczynska beat Southern Indiana's Antonia Ferrarini and Anais Negrail, 8-2.
The other pair of Bearcats in the doubles main draw to seal a win was junior Isabel Pacheco and freshman Milica Popovski. The Cincinnati pair got a win over Southeast Missouri State's Kristina Kozakova and Lera Valeeva, 8-4.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats travel to compete at the TCU Jae Foundation Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The event is set from Thursday, Oct. 31 – Sunday, Nov. 3.
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//RESULTS
DAY ONE RESULTS
Round 1 Qualifying Singles
Pedretti (UTC) def. Pyrz (UC), 6-4, 6-3
Flanagan (UC) def. Campigotto (Murray St.), 6-2, 6-4
E. Valentinsson (MOH) def. Pacheco (UC), 7–6(5), 6-2
Popovski (UC) def. Dell (IUPUI), 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Watanabe (UC) def. Beavin (BU), 6-1, 6-4
Round 2 Qualifying Singles
Davis (UL) def. Flanagan (UC), 6-3, 6-3
Millan (ETSU) def. Popovski (UC), 6-3, 6-3
Watanabe (UC) def. Zhylchuk (LU), 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
DAY TWO RESULTS
Round 1 Doubles Main Draw
Erman/Gruszczynska (UC) def. Ferrarini/Negrail (SUI), 8-2
Pacheco/Popovski (UC) def. Kozakova/Valeeva (SEMO), 8-4
Miret/Pyrsypkina (UL) def. Pyrz/Watanabe (UC), 8-7(11)
Blanco/Hermanova (WKU) def. Flanagan/Guenther (UC), 8-6
Round 2 Doubles main draw
Raidt/Yll-Piipari (UT) def. Erman/Gruszczynska (UC), 8-4
Aulia/Tomase (UT) def. Pacheco/Popovski (UC), 8-1
Doubles Consolation
Pyrz/Watanabe (UC) def. Brown/Dell (IU), 8-1
Flanagan/Guenther (UC) def. Chaphalkar/Sposetti (MTSU), 8-6
Round 1 Singles Main Draw
Guenther (UC) def. Stevens (VU), 7-5, 6-0
Webster (VU) def. Erman (UC), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)
Pyrsypkina (UL) def. Gruszczynska (UC), 6-0, 7-5
Chaikovskaia (Murray St) def. Watanabe (UC), 7-6(7), 6-1
Round 2 Singles main draw
Guenther (UC) def. Sifuentes (IU), 7-5, 6-2
Singles Consolation
Flowers (XU) def. Watanabe (UC), 6-4, 6-2
Flanagan (UC) def. Peyer (MTSU), 6-0, 6-4
Pyrz (UC) def. Dell (IUPUI), 6-2, 6-0
Gruszczynska (UC) def. Milic (PU), 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
Popovski (UC) def. Pedretti (UTC), 6-1, 6-3
DAY THREE RESULTS
Singles Round of 16
Aulia (UT) def. Guenther (UC), 6-3, 6-2
Cincinnati picked up a total of 10 singles wins and four doubles wins over the three-day event.
Sophomore Gabrielle Guenther advanced into the singles main draw round of 16 for the Bearcats, where she fell against Tennessee's Catherine Aulia, 6-3, 6-2.
En route to the round of 16, the Mishawaka, Ind., native picked up a win over Vanderbilt's Amy Stevens, 7-5, 6-0. Guenther then secured another straight set win over Indiana's Nicole Sifuentes, 7-5, 6-2 in the second round.
Sophomore Sakurako Watanabe made it all the way through the qualifying singles into the main draw bracket, where she fell in the first round to Murray State's Valeria Chaikovskaia, 7-6(7), 6-1.
In the qualifying rounds, Watanabe picked up impressive wins, defeating Butler's Emma Beavin, 6-1, 6-4. The Edgewood, Ky., native then secured her spot in the main draw after clinching a tough three-set battle against Lipscomb's Sonya Zhylchuk, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
In the doubles main draw, the duo of graduate student Zeynep Erman and junior Rozalia Gruszczynska beat Southern Indiana's Antonia Ferrarini and Anais Negrail, 8-2.
The other pair of Bearcats in the doubles main draw to seal a win was junior Isabel Pacheco and freshman Milica Popovski. The Cincinnati pair got a win over Southeast Missouri State's Kristina Kozakova and Lera Valeeva, 8-4.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats travel to compete at the TCU Jae Foundation Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The event is set from Thursday, Oct. 31 – Sunday, Nov. 3.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati women's tennis, please visit GoBEARCATS.com and follow @GoBearcatsWTEN on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
//RESULTS
DAY ONE RESULTS
Round 1 Qualifying Singles
Pedretti (UTC) def. Pyrz (UC), 6-4, 6-3
Flanagan (UC) def. Campigotto (Murray St.), 6-2, 6-4
E. Valentinsson (MOH) def. Pacheco (UC), 7–6(5), 6-2
Popovski (UC) def. Dell (IUPUI), 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Watanabe (UC) def. Beavin (BU), 6-1, 6-4
Round 2 Qualifying Singles
Davis (UL) def. Flanagan (UC), 6-3, 6-3
Millan (ETSU) def. Popovski (UC), 6-3, 6-3
Watanabe (UC) def. Zhylchuk (LU), 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
DAY TWO RESULTS
Round 1 Doubles Main Draw
Erman/Gruszczynska (UC) def. Ferrarini/Negrail (SUI), 8-2
Pacheco/Popovski (UC) def. Kozakova/Valeeva (SEMO), 8-4
Miret/Pyrsypkina (UL) def. Pyrz/Watanabe (UC), 8-7(11)
Blanco/Hermanova (WKU) def. Flanagan/Guenther (UC), 8-6
Round 2 Doubles main draw
Raidt/Yll-Piipari (UT) def. Erman/Gruszczynska (UC), 8-4
Aulia/Tomase (UT) def. Pacheco/Popovski (UC), 8-1
Doubles Consolation
Pyrz/Watanabe (UC) def. Brown/Dell (IU), 8-1
Flanagan/Guenther (UC) def. Chaphalkar/Sposetti (MTSU), 8-6
Round 1 Singles Main Draw
Guenther (UC) def. Stevens (VU), 7-5, 6-0
Webster (VU) def. Erman (UC), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)
Pyrsypkina (UL) def. Gruszczynska (UC), 6-0, 7-5
Chaikovskaia (Murray St) def. Watanabe (UC), 7-6(7), 6-1
Round 2 Singles main draw
Guenther (UC) def. Sifuentes (IU), 7-5, 6-2
Singles Consolation
Flowers (XU) def. Watanabe (UC), 6-4, 6-2
Flanagan (UC) def. Peyer (MTSU), 6-0, 6-4
Pyrz (UC) def. Dell (IUPUI), 6-2, 6-0
Gruszczynska (UC) def. Milic (PU), 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
Popovski (UC) def. Pedretti (UTC), 6-1, 6-3
DAY THREE RESULTS
Singles Round of 16
Aulia (UT) def. Guenther (UC), 6-3, 6-2