KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Heading into the fourth day of main draw competition of the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional, the Vanderbilt women’s tennis team has three singles players still vying for a spot at the National Intercollegiate Championships in November.
Jackie Wu, Chelsea Preeg and Lauren Mira all won their third round matches at the Knoxville Racquet Club on Saturday and will play in the quarterfinals on Sunday morning. Wu advanced to the fourth round after a 6-4, 6-4, win over Tennessee’s Brynn Boren, and Preeg picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win over Stephanie Danesis of Miami (Ohio). Mira had a tougher time advancing to the semifinal round after dropping her first set to Millie Nichols of Tennessee, 4-6, but bounced back to win the match with 7-5, 6-4, victories in the next two sets.
Should Wu and Preeg prevail in their quarterfinal matches, they will face each other in the semifinal round.
After being knocked out of the main draw on the first day of competition, Nelly Radeva bounced back and won the consolation round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kentucky’s Khristina Blajkevitch in the final round. 4
The `Dores were knocked out of doubles competition after Mira and Preeg lost to Rosalia Alda and Millie Nichols of Tennessee, 8-6, in the semifinal round. En route to the semifinal match, Mira and Preeg, defeated Mandy Brown and Julia Fellerhoff of Louisville, 9-7, in the quarterfinals. Erica Robertson and Alex Leatu lost a tough, 9-8 (22-20), match in the quarterfinals to Kentucky’s Megan Broderick and Jessica Stiles.
Check vucommodores.com tomorrow afternoon for results from the singles quarterfinals.
