Two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis players are in the semifinals of the Singles B Flight at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Junior
Bogdana Zaporozhets and sophomore
Polina Goloputova both won two matches on Friday to move into Saturday's semis.
Goloputova opened with a three-set win over Cincinnati's Anna Phillip (6-2, 2-6, 6-2). She followed that with a [6-1, 7-6 (1)] win against Xavier's Anna Letto.
Zaporozhets scored a three-set win of her own against Memphis's Hannah Davies (6-5, 2-6, 6-1). That set up a Final 8 match against teammate and classmate
Emma Van Hee. That was a tought three set match, with Zaopozhets winning 6-5, 5-7, 7-5.
Van Hee scored a 6-2, 6-0 win over Miami-Ohio's Milana Lysova to advance to the Final 8. Freshman
Grace Anne Dunavant had UTC's other win on the day, a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Northern Kentucky's Hannah Watton in the B Flight Consolations.
The Mocs are back in action on Saturday to wrap up their participation in the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals.
Singles A Flight
Emily Thomas (Xavier) def.
Callie Billman (UTC) – 7-5, 6-0
Raquel Amaro (ETSU) def.
Jessie Young (UTC) – 7-5, 6-4
Singles A Flight – Consolation
Margita Sunjic (NKU) def.
Callie Billman (UTC) – 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (11)
Doubles A Flight
#2 Akvile Parazinskaite/Lesedi Jacobs (Kentucky) def.
Emma Van Hee/
Jessie Young (UTC) – 8-6
Singles B Flight
Anna Letto (Xavier) def.
Caroline Gibbens (UTC) – 7-6 (2), 6-2
Polina Goloputova (UTC) def. Anna Phillip (Cincinnati) – 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Polina Goloputova (UTC) def. Anna Letto (Xavier) – 6-1, 7-6 (1)
Emma Van Hee (UTC) def. Milana Lysova (Miami-Ohio) – 6-2, 6-0
Bogdana Zaporozhets (UTC) def. Hannah Davies (Memphis) – 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
Bogdana Zaporozhets (UTC) def.
Emma Van Hee (UTC) – 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
Singles B Flight – Consolation
Grace Anne Dunavant (UTC) def. Hannah Watton (NKU) – 6-2, 6-2