TicketsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Cincinnati women’s tennis program finished play for the weekend at the ITA/UTSA Fall Ohio Valley Regional Championships.
The Bearcats picked up a total of nine total victories across singles and doubles play.
Freshman Tara Kurepa led the team tallying three singles wins and a doubles win with partner junior Gabrielle Guenther.
Junior Sakurako Watanabe and Guenther each collected two singles victories on the weekend. Watanabe advanced to the second round of the main draw, while Guenther made a strong run to the singles main draw round of 16 before falling to Tennessee.
The duo of Kurepa and Guenther were the only pair to advance in the main draw doubles. Kurepa and Guenther powered past Kentucky with an 8-1 win in the first round of the main-draw doubles before falling 8-2 to Vanderbilt in the second round.
// RESULTS
Day 1
Qualifying Singles
Devas (Purdue) def. Pryz (UC) 7-5, 6-3
Popovski (UC) def. Cherniakova (EKU) 6-2, 6-3
Gutierrez (Purdue) def. Greco (UC) 6-3, 7-6 (1)
Molla Pons (Kentucky) def. Arsic (UC) 6-1, 6-2
Olcer (EKU) def. Pacheco (UC) 4-6, 6-6, retired due to injury
Kurepa (UC) def. Issakova (Murray State) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Singles Consolation
Arington (Butler) def. Greco (UC) 6-3, 6-2
Arsic (UC) def. Oliviera (Miami OH) 6-4, 1-2, retired due to injury
Second round Qualifying
Miret (Louisville) def. Popovski (UC) 7-6 (5), 6-2
Watanabe (UC) def. Owen (Xavier) 6-4, 6-3
Kurepa (UC) def. Estrella (ETSU) 6-2, 6-4
Day 2
First Round Main Draw Doubles
Kolyssko/K Wilson (Purdue) def. Pryz/Watanabe (UC) 8-3
Pedretti/Presson (Chattanooga) def. Arsic/Popovski (UC) 8-6
Guenther/Kurepa (UC) def. Molla Pons/Myers (Kentucky) 8-1
Butavand/Thiel (Austin Peay) def. Greco/Pacheco (UC) 8-2
First Round Main Draw Singles
Watanabe (UC) def. Ipek (EKU) 6-1, 6-1
Kurepa (UC) def. Ferrarini (Southern Indiana) 6-1, 6-0
Guenther (UC) def. Margarita (Chattanooga) 6-2, 6-2
Day 3
Second Round Main Draw Doubles
Pearce/Yamakita (Vanderbilt) def. Guenther/Kurepa (UC) 8-2
Second Round Main Draw Singles
Guenther (UC) def. Flowers (Xavier) 6-2, 6-2
Yan (Tennessee) def. Watanabe (UC) 6-3, 7-6 (7)
Webster (Vanderbilt) def. Kurepa (UC) 7-6 (5)
Day 4
Third Round Main Draw Singles
Britez-Risso (Tennessee) def. Guenther 6-1, 6-1
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will travel to compete at the Purdue Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind. at the Schwartz Tennis Center on October 31.