In Monday’s final day of action at the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Individual Championship, the University of Evansville women’s tennis team saw Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga and Theodora Soldatou take the championships in their respective flights.

Pascual-Larrinaga took top honors in flight four as she defeated Ivon Mihaleva from Illinois State, 6-1, 6-1.  Soldatou was the top finisher in the sixth flight.  She beat Drake’s Megan Webb, 6-2, 6-4, in the final.  Both went a perfect 3-0 on their way to the conference championships.

Final Results

Nicoli Pereira made it to the finals of flight five, but dropped her finals match-up against DU’s Elizaveta Petushkova, 6-3, 6-0.

Other action in the final day of play saw Diana Tkachenko earn third place at flight one.  Facing off against Missouri State’s Alye Darter, Tkachenko won, 6-2, 6-2.  Marie Kapelevich also earned a third place win, topping MSU’s Abbey Belote, 6-1, 6-1.  They squared off in flight seven.

Daria Pentsova and Tkachenko played Drake in the finals of flight two doubles with the Bulldogs coming out on top, 8-6.  At flight one, Chieko Yamada and Soldatou came home in fourth place, falling by an 8-3 final to Drake on Monday.  Pascual-Larrinaga and Pereira earned the 6^th spot at #3 doubles.

This weekend, the Aces will be back on the courts at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Aces continue stellar MVC Championship

 Three University of Evansville women’s tennis players will represent their singles flights in the finals as the Purple Aces women’s tennis team had another great day at the Missouri Valley Conference Individual Championship.

Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga, Nicoli Pereira and Theodora Soldatou each made the singles finals while Diana Tkachenko and Daria Pentsova will be in the finals at second-flight doubles.

Pascual-Larrinaga advanced in the fourth flight as she beat Stony Brook’s Elizabeth Pam, 6-0, 6-3.  She faces Illinois State’s Ivon Mihaleva on Monday.  In flight 5, Pereira defeated Bradley’s Victoria Gonzalez, 6-4, 6-1 and will take on Drake’s Elizaveta Petushkova in the finals.

Soldatou got past Stony Brook’s Nolwenn Cardoso in the semifinals, 1-6, 6-3 (6-2) and takes on Megan Webb of the Bulldogs on Monday in flight six.

Flight one singles saw Tkachenko fall to Elizabeth Tsvetkov of Stony Brook, 6-2, 6-4.  She is slated to face MSU’s Alye Darter in Monday’s third-place contest.  In the second flight, Chieko Yamada clinched fifth place, topping Missouri State’s Anelisse Torrico, 6-1, 6-1.

At #3 singles, Daria Pentsova also earned a 5th place finish as she got past Bradley’s Alexa Brandt, 6-1, 2-6 (10-7).  Marie Kapelevich was defeated in flight seven by SB’s Amanda Foo and will play for third on Monday. Also in flight seven, Leah Helpingstine fell to Valparaiso’s Halle Roach.

In doubles, Pentsova and Tkachenko hung on for a hard-fought win over Stony Brook, 8-7 (7-5).  They face Drake in Monday’s finals in the second flight.  Top doubles saw Soldatou and Yamada fall to Bradley by an 8-5 final and they will face Drake on Monday for 3rd place.

Pascual-Larrinaga and Pereira beat MSU, 8-4, and take on UNI for 5th place in the final day at flight three.

University of Southern Indiana freshman forward Taylor McCormick (Rapid City, South Dakota) netted a pair of goals to lead the Screaming Eagles to a 2-1 Great Lakes Valley Conference women’s soccer victory over visiting Truman State University Sunday afternoon at Strassweg Field.

McCormick’s first goal came in the 37th minute as her rebound on a shot by sophomore Lauren Willis (Cynthiana, Indiana) found the back of the net to tie the score at 1-1. Willis was credited with her first assist of the year on the play.

After playing the Bulldogs to a 1-1 draw throughout the first 70 minutes of the game, USI took the 2-1 lead when McCormick put the ball in the back of the net off her own rebound. McCormick, who scored her third goal of the year and second of the game unassisted, used a feed from freshman forward Ashley Hayes (St. Charles, Illinois) to fire off her first shot, which ricocheted off of Truman State goalkeeper Katie Mattingly and back to the foot of McCormick.

USI (5-3-4, 3-2-4 GLVC), which lost to the Bulldogs (4-4-4, 4-3-3 GLVC) in the opening round of the GLVC Tournament a year ago, fell into a 1-0 deficit early in the match as Truman State’s Laura Ney scored on a corner kick in the 22nd minute.

Despite the goal, USI dominated the flow of the contest as the Eagles outshot the Bulldogs 18-7 and held an 8-2 edge in corner kicks. Junior goalkeeper Emily Hopkins (Greenfield, Indiana) earned the win between the posts for the Eagles after recording three saves on the day.

The Eagles return to action Fri