Highlighting the third day of the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals for the University of Evansville women’s tennis team was a pair of victories by Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga as she heads to the B draw singles finals on Sunday.
Pascual-Larrinaga opened the day by defeating Zala Dovnik of Purdue, 6-4, 6-0, before taking on Austin Peay’s Fabienne Schmidt. UE’s sophomore won again, 6-4, 6-3 and will take on Louisville’s Mia Schmidt-Jorgens in the finals on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Daria Pentsova took on APSU’s Helena Kuppig in the B draw quarterfinals on Saturday, falling 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles play saw Pentsova and Diana Tkachenko win the B draw finals in exciting fashion. Evansville’s duo defeated Schmidt/Covington of APSU, 8-2, to take the victory. Theodora Soldatou and Chieko Yamada played consolation doubles against Belmont in the third day, taking an 8-5 win.
In consolation action, Yamada and Tkachenko each racked up a win on Saturday. Yamada picked up the victory over Wright State’s Luisa Pelayo, 6-4, 7-5. Tkachenko took on Eastern Kentucky’s Alexandra Belle, winning 6-4, 6-2.
Marie Kapelevich fell in her consolation against Miami Ohio, 6:0, 6:2.
