EDMOND, Okla. – The Arkansas Tech women's tennis team took part in the ITA Central Regional Tournament over the past weekend and fared well across all flights in both singles and double play as they racked up 20 wins.
Some of the highlights from main draw action saw
Sofia Beggiatto advance to the semifinals of Flight B. In her run to the semis, Beggiatto had wins over Henderson State's Haariini Balakrishnan, Emporia States' Anatasia Pesic, Central Oklahoma's seven-seeded Ayaka Koga and teammate
Elis Gergel. The first three wins for Beggiatto were in straight sets while her clash with Gergel went to a tie-break.
In playing Beggiatto in the quarterfinals, Gergel also had some success with wins over Washburn's Martine Carroll, Harding's Georgia Plunkett and Nebraska Kearney's Mariya Hatouka.
Highlights from doubles action saw the pairing of
Maria Krite and
Elis Gergel advance to the finals of Flight C.
Aastha Dargude and
Monica Balau bounced back from an opening match loss and advanced to the finals of Flight A Consolation, but withdrew.
Below is a breakdown of the results from the ITA Central Region Tournament:
Singles Flight A
Aastha Dargude
R64 – Aastha Dargude vs. [9-16] Dana Issabayeva (Newman) | W – 2-6, 6-1 (10-4)
R32 –
Aastha Dargude vs. Cristina Granero Boj (Missouri Western) | L – 2-6, 4-6
Madalena Amil
R64 –
Madalena Amil vs. [7] Maria Saez (Missouri Western) | L – 3-6, 6-4 (6-10)
C-R32-Q – Madalena Amil vs. Lara Schmid (Washburn) | W – 4-1, 5-3
C-R32 –
Madalena Amil (Bye)
C-R16 –
Madalena Amil vs. Margarita Chouliara (Augustana) | L – 4-1, 2-4 (8-10)
Monica Balau
R64 –
Monica Balau vs. Karli Roux (Harding) | L – 3-6, 2-6
C-R32-Q –
Monica Balau vs. [5] Anya Chavez (Missouri Western) | L 1-4, 1-4
Singles Flight B
Melanie Griffiths
R64 –
Melanie Griffiths vs. [9-16] Issabella Pensavalle (Washburn) | L – 2-6, 4-6
C-R32-Q –
Melanie Griffiths vs. Isabella Serrano (Arkansas-Fort Smith) | L 4-1, 2-4 (9-11)
Maria Krite
R64 – Maria Krite vs. Isabella Serrano (Arkansas-Fort Smith) | W – 1-6, 6-3 (10-7)
R32 –
Maria Krite vs. [9-16] Issabella Pensavalle (Washburn) | L – 6-2, 1-6 (5-10)
Kristyna Dvorakova
R64 – Kristyna Dvorakova vs. Reka Pecsi (Harding) | W – 6-2, 6-2
R32 –
Kristyna Dvorakova vs. [9-16] Amber Young (Southern Arkansas) | L – 6-7(3), 6-3 (10-12)
Meaghan Butler
R64 – Meaghan Butler vs. Marlee Bledsoe (Ouachita Baptist) | W – 6-4, 6-4
R32 –
Meaghan Butler vs. [4] Cady Lynn (Washburn) | L – 3-6, 1-6
Sofia Beggiatto
R64 – Sofia Beggiatto vs. [9-16] Haarini Balakrishnan (Henderson State) | W – 7-5, 6-1
R32 – Sofia Beggiatto vs. Anastasia Pesic (Emporia State) | W – 6-2, 6-4
R16 – Sofia Beggiatto vs. [7] Ayaka Koga (Central Oklahoma) | W – 6-3, 6-3
QF – Sofia Beggiatto vs. Elis Gergel (Arkansas Tech) | W – 6-3, 3-6 (10-7)
SF –
Sofia Beggiatto vs. [9-16] Leah Gonzales-Edwards (Northeastern State) | L – 3-6, 4-6
Elis Gergel
R64 – Elis Gergel vs. [9-16] Martine Carroll (Washburn) | W – 6-1, 3-6 (10-7)
R32 – Elis Gergel vs. Georgia Plunkett (Harding) | W – 4-6, 6-3 (10-5)
R16 – Elis Gergel vs. [2] Mariya Hatouka (Nebraska Kearney) | W – 6-2, 5-7 (10-8)
QF –
Elis Gergel vs.
Sofia Beggiatto (Arkansas Tech) L – 3-6, 6-1 (7-10)
Singles Flight C
Nabilah Dunn
R16 – [3]
Nabilah Dunn (Bye)
QF – [3]
Nabilah Dunn vs. Daphney Koutsofta (Washburn) | L – 4-6, 5-7
C-QF – [3]
Nabilah Dunn (Bye)
C-SF – [3] Nabilah Dunn vs. Keelan Williams (Ouachita Baptist) | W – 4-2, 5-4
C-F – [3]
Nabilah Dunn vs. Julia Wartecka (Nebraska Kearney) | L – 1-4 , 2-4
Doubles Flight A
Sofia Beggiatto/Melanie Griffiths
R32 – Beggiatto/Griffiths vs. [3] Maja Jung/Lara Schmid (Washburn) | L –1-8
C-16-Q – Beggiatto/Griffiths vs. Sara Gonzalez/Larissa Giraldi Correa | L – 0-6
Aastha Dargude/Monica Balau
R32 –Dargude/Balau vs. [5-8] Alisha Moldakhmetova/Tegan Heaton (Northeastern State) | L – 4-8
C-R16-Q – Dargude/Balau vs. Petra Csizmadia/Arianna DeBernardo (Arkansas-Fort Smith) | W-WD
C-R6 -Dargude/Balau (Bye)
C-QF – Dargude/Balau vs. Grace Dodd/Madison Stafford (Harding) | W – 6-3
C-SF – Dargude/Balau vs. Antonia Ramos/Dana Issabayeva (Newman) | W-WD
C-F – Dargude/Balau vs. Maria Saez/Anya Chavez (Missouri Western) | L-WD
Doubles Flight B
Meaghan Butler/Nabilah Dunn
R32 – Butler/Dunn vs. Natalia Zamora/Ruxandra Tolescu (Ouachita Baptist) | W – 8-3
R16 – Butler/Dunn vs. [1] Cady Lynn/Peyton Koper (Washburn) | L 4-8
Madalena Amil/Kristyna Dvorakova
R32 – Amil/Dvorakova vs. Amber Young/Inna Serpukhova (Southern Arkansas) | W – 8-2
R16 – Amil/Dvorakova vs. [2] Greta Langiu/Lucia Casas Blas (Missouri Western) | L – 6-8
Doubles Flight C
Maria Krite/Elis Gergel
QF – Krite/Gergel vs. Carla Polo Gallart (Ouachita Baptist) | W – 8-0
SF – Krite/Gergel vs. Isabella Serrano/Antonietta Bocache (Arkansas-Fort Smith) | W – 8-3
F – Krite/Gergel vs. Martina Lolli/Marie Brunet (Newman) | L – 5-8
