Emilija Tverijonaite Finishes Third at ITA Southwest Regionals
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – For the second year in a row, junior Emilija Tverijonaite finished third at the ITA Southwest Regionals in San Diego, with a three-set win (6-0, 2-6, 10-4) over San Diego State’s Jo-Yee Chan on Tuesday.
Ranked No. 52 at the start of the fall season, Tverijonaite earned four straight-set wins and went 5-1 over the weekend, dropping only two sets for the entire tournament. In the semifinals, Tverijonaite and Pepperdine's No. 37 Anastasiia Grechkina were tied one set apiece, but Tverijonaite ultimately fell to Grechkina after losing 1-6 in the final set. During the tournament, Tverijonaite won her 50th career singles match, becoming the 44th different Sun Devil to reach the mark.
5️⃣0️⃣ singles wins!
— Arizona State Women’s Tennis (@sundevilwtennis) October 19, 2025
After winning her round of 16 matchup at @ita_tennis SW Regionals yesterday! Emilija Tverijonaite has reached 50 career singles wins as a Sun Devil! 🔱
She becomes the 47th Sun Devil to reach the mark. #ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/npP7cyS4Gq
The junior defeated UC Santa Barbara’s Shachf Lieberman in the opening round of the tournament on Oct. 17, before moving on to beat Daniela Borrue of USC that same day in the second round.
Tverijonaite advanced to the semifinals with a victory over UCLA’s Ahmani Guichard in the third round on Oct. 18 and another win against USC’s Imogen Haddad on Oct. 19 during the quarterfinals.
Tverijonaite also went 2-1 in doubles play with her partner, Vivian Ovrootsky, over the course of the weekend, falling in the quarterfinals.
Below is the full match-by-match recap of how Emilija and the Sun Devils performed at ITA Southwest Regionals this past weekend.
Emilija’s Singles Tournament performance:
First Round: No. 4 Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Shachf Lieberman (UCSB) – 6-3, 6-3
Second Round: No. 4 Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Daniela Borruel (USC) – 6-3, 6-4
Round of 16: No. 4 Tverijonaite (ASU) def. No. 9 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) – 6-1, 6-1
Quarterfinal: No. 4 Tverijonaite (ASU) def. No. 5 Imogen Haddad (USC) – 6-1, 6-2
Semifinal: No. 2 Anastasiia Grechkina (Pepperdine) def. No. 4 Tverijonaite (ASU) – 2-6, 6-3, 1-6
Third-place match: No. 4 Tverijonaite (ASU) def. No. 9 Jo-Yee Chan (SDSU) – 6-0, 2-6, [10-4]
TUESDAY, THIRD-PLACE MATCH, OCT. 21:
No. 4 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) def. No. 9 Jo-Yee Chan (SDSU) – 6-0, 2-6, [10-4]
RESULTS FROM MONDAY, OCT. 20:
Singles Main Draw: Semifinals
No. 2 Anastasiia Grechkina (Pepperdine) def. No. 4 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) – 2-6, 6-3, 1-6
RESULTS FROM SUNDAY, OCT. 19:
Singles Main Draw: Quarterfinals
No. 4 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) def. No. 5 Imogen Haddad (USC) – 6-1, 6-2
Doubles main draw: Quarterfinals
West/Ho (CSUN) def. Ovrootsky/Tverijonaite (ASU) – 6-8
Singles Consolation Draw:
Maria Garcia (Arizona) def. Karin Altori (ASU) – 5-7, 3-6
Vivian Ovrootsky (ASU) def. Hannah Read (San Diego) – 6-3, 2-6, [10-6]
RESULTS FROM SATURDAY, OCT. 18
Singles Main Draw: Round of 16
No. 9 Jana Hossam Salah (USC) def. No. 7 Vivian Ovrootsky (ASU) – 2-6, 6-0, 4-6
No. 4 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) def. No. 9 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) – 6-1, 6-1
Doubles main draw: Round of 32
Mahendran/Hossam Salah (USC) def. Taylor/Altori (ASU) – 8-6
Ovrootsky/Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Zahraj/Samel Druz (LMU) – 8-6 (7)
Doubles main draw: Round of 16
Ovrootsky/Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Guichard/Chung (UCLA) – 8-0
Singles Consolation Draw:
Karin Altori (ASU) def. Candela Aparisi (Cal Poly) – 6-1, 7-5
RESULTS FROM FRIDAY, OCT. 17
Singles main draw: Round of 64
No. 7 Vivian Ovrootsky (ASU) def. Vilma Krebs Hyllested (San Diego) – 77-65, 2-6, 6-2
No. 9 Lily Taylor (ASU) def. Kristina Nordikyan (San Diego) – 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Shachf Lieberman (UCSB) – 6-3, 6-3
Singles main draw: Round of 32:
No. 7 Vivian Ovrootsky (ASU) def. Emma Tutoveanu (UCSB) – 77-63, 6-3, 6-1
Eugenia Zozaya Menendez (USC) def. No. 9 Lily Taylor (ASU) – 2-6, 5-7
No. 4 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Daniela Borruel (USC) – 6-3, 6-4
Doubles main draw: Round of 64
Taylor/Altori (ASU) def. Mlouk/Chung (Cal Poly) – 8-2
RESULTS FROM THURSDAY, OCT. 16: (Qualifying)
No. 8 Karin Altori (ASU) def. Olivia Mlouk (Cal Poly) – 6-4, 6-3
Emma Moratalla Sanz (CSUN) def. No. 8 Altori (ASU) – 6-1, 3-6, [9-11]