SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Sun Devil Women’s Tennis is playing at ITA Southwest Regionals at the University of San Diego in its second ITA event of the fall season, which provides the opportunity to qualify for NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships in November.
Junior Lily Taylor won her quarterfinal match 6-0, 6-4 to earn a spot in the semifinals and one win away from clinching a spot in the NCAA Singles Championship. Senior Sara Svetac earns a spot in the semifinal defeating the No. 3 seed, Ziva Falkner 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 to face her teammate, Taylor on Monday.
Notabily, both teammates will face off against each other for the second time this fall with the winner earning the spot to nationals in November. Svetac earned the win last month, 6-3, 6-4 to earn the singles title at USTA SoCal Championships.
Below are day-by-day updates of results and actions from the team. Through two days of play, the Sun Devils are 4-0 combined in doubles and have four individuals in the round of 16 entering Saturday.
Day 4: (Sunday, Oct. 18)
Singles (2-0)
- Sara Svetac def. Ziva Falkner (PEPP) - 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 (Quarterfinals)
- Lily Taylor def. Isabella Wong (UCSB) - 6-0, 6-4 (Quarterfinals)
Doubles (0-1)
- Kiara/Wolf (USC) def. Bartanusz/Tverijonaite - 6-4
Day 3: (Saturday Oct. 17)
Singles (3-2)
- Sara Svetac def. Ekua Youri - 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 (Round of 16)
- Lily Taylor def. Charlotte Keitel - 6-2, 6-1 (Round of 16)
- Isabella Wong def. Zlata Bartanusz - 6-3, 7-5 (Round of 16)
- Ziva Falkner (PEPP) def. Nanami Goto - Withdrawn (Round of 16)
- Emilija Tverijonaite def. Yeluzaveta Chainykova (LMU) – 6-2, 3-6, [10-8]
Doubles (1-2)
- Bernales/Center (UCLA) def. Svetac/Taylor – 8-7 (2)
- Svetac/Taylor def. Bozova/Schnack (LMU) - 8-5 (Round of 16)
- Turley/Lukic def. Bartanusz/Goto - Withdrawn
Day 2: (Friday, Oct. 16)
Doubles (2-0)
- Nanami Goto/Zlata Bartanusz def. Emily Deming/Hannah Read (USD) - 8-5 (2nd Round)
- Sara Svetac/Lily Taylor def. Beatrice Veltri/Aniela Odrobina (GCU) - 8-5 (2nd Round)
Singles (9-1)
- Emilija Tverijonaite def. Marianna Angel (UCSB) – 6-0, 6-2 (First Round)
- Emily Deming (USD) def. Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) – 7-6 (4), 6-2 (Second Round)
- Sara Svetac def. Olivia Center (UCLA) – 6-0. 6-4 (First Round)
- Sara Svetac def. Vesa Gjinaj (SDSU) – 6-1, 6-1 (Second Round)
- Nanami Goto def. Yelyzaveta Chainykova (LMU) – 6-3, 6-4 (First Round)
- Nanami Goto def. Alexandra Wolf (USC) – 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1 (Second Round)
- Lily Taylor def. Isabella Crossman (GCU) – 6-3, 6-0 (First Round)
- Lily Taylor def. Tallia Harper (CSUN) – 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 (Second Round)
- Zlata Bartanusz def. Carolina Beard (UCSB) – 6-3, 6-1 (First Round)
- Zlata Bartanusz def. Clara Moore (Arizona) – 7-6 (4), 6-3 (Second Round)
Day 1: (Thursday, Oct. 15)
Doubles (1-0) - Nanami Goto/Zlata Bartanusz def. Aspen Chung/Candela Aparisi (Cal Poly) - 8-5 (1st Round)
Singles (2-0)
- Nanami Goto def. My-Anh Holmes (UCSB) - 6-0, 4-6 [10-8] (First round, qualifying)
- Nanami Goto def. Seha Yu (Cal St. Fullerton) - 6-2, 4-6 [10-8] (Second round, qualifying)
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