Women’s tennis earns two wins in Florida

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Aces off to nice start on road trip

ORLANDO, Fla. – Two more victories saw the University of Evansville women’s tennis team improve to 7-7 on the season as the Purple Aces earned a 4-3 win over Creighton before grabbing a 7-0 victory against Norfolk State in Orlando, Fla.

“We didn’t play particularly well in doubles against Creighton, and gave up multiple chances to secure the doubles point. We did do a great job of rebounding in singles and were able to secure the win with four singles victories. Chieko did a fantastic job of closing out her 3rd set at #1 Singles to clinch the win,” head coach Jayson Wiseman said.

“Our focus and effort was much better against Norfolk St. and we did a great job setting the time in doubles. It also carried over to singles and we were able to secure the sweep,” Wiseman added.  “Hopefully we can carry over that effort and intensity when we play on Thursday.”

Chieko Yamada picked up a pair of wins at #1 singles while Diana Tkachenko a 2-time MVC Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week, went 2-0 in the second flight. Theodora Soldatou and Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga also had two solid performances, bringing home singles wins in two different flights in the wins over the Blue Jays and Spartans.

Tennis Match Results

Creighton vs University of Evansville

Mar 08, 2017 at Orlando, Fla.

(Lake Cane Tennis Center)

University of Evansville 4, Creighton 3

 

Singles competition

  1. Chieko Yamada (UE) def. Ashley Ishimura (CU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
  2. Diana Tkachenko (UE) def. Katherine Nelsen (CU) 6-1, 6-2
  3. Michaela Henne (CU) def. Daria Pentsova (UE) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
  4. Theodora Soldatou (UE) def. Darby Rosette (CU) 6-4, 6-3
  5. Andrea Pascual-Larri (UE) def. Hylan Miller (CU) 7-5, 6-2
  6. Claire Embree (CU) def. Andjela Brguljan (UE) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5

 

Doubles competition

  1. Ashley Ishimura/Darby Rosette (CU) def. Chieko Yamada/Theodora Soldatou (UE) 6-4
  2. Michaela Henne/Katherine Nelsen (CU) def. Diana Tkachenko/Nicoli Pereira (UE) 7-6 (5-0)
  3. Andrea Pascual-Larri/Daria Pentsova (UE) def. Hylan Miller/Claire Embree (CU) 6-2

 

Tennis Match Results

Norfolk State vs University of Evansville

Mar 08, 2017 at Orlando, Fla.

(USTA National Campus)

 

University of Evansville 7, Norfolk State 0

 

Singles competition

  1. Chieko Yamada (UE) def. CVJETKOVIC,Dajana (NSUW) 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (5-0)
  2. Diana Tkachenko (UE) def. GORDEEVA,Liza (NSUW) 3-0
  3. Nicoli Pereira (UE) def. POPOVIC,Ana (NSUW) 6-1, 6-1
  4. Daria Pentsova (UE) def. GONCALVES,BRUNA (NSUW) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (6-0)
  5. Theodora Soldatou (UE) def. FORTUNO,Paula (NSUW) 6-2, 6-1
  6. Andrea Pascual-Larri (UE) def. MELLET,Aranza (NSUW) 6-3, 6-1

 

Doubles competition

  1. Chieko Yamada/Theodora Soldatou (UE) def. CVJETKOVIC,Dajana/GORDEEVA,Liza (NSUW) 7-6
  2. Andjela Brguljan/Daria Pentsova (UE) def. POPOVIC,Ana/GONCALVES,BRUNA (NSUW) 6-1
  3. Diana Tkachenko/Andrea Pascual-Larri (UE) def. FORTUNO,Paula/MELLET,Aranza (NSUW) 6-0

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