Ladies reach final rounds at ITA Regional

RESULTS

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Members of the Kenyon College women's tennis team reached the semifinal round in singles play and the final round in doubles play during weekend competition in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Central Region Championship held at Kalamazoo College.

In the singles bracket, it was sophomore Victoria Vasquez who worked through the bracket of 64 players to make it to the semifinals. In doubles, it was Vasquez and senior Daria Beshentseva who went one step farther, reaching the finals in the 32-team bracket.

Additionally, senior Anna Winslow lost her first singles match, but tore through the consolation bracket, making it all the way to the final.

Vasquez, who was the No. 9 seed in the singles tournament whipped through straight-set wins over Saige Jost of Albion (6-0, 6-0) Monique Brual of Denison (6-4, 6-3) and No. 7-seeded Randi Hendricks of Washington University in St. Louis (6-3, 7-5). In the quarterfinal round, Vasquez faced her stiffest challenge, but managed to knock off No. 2-seeded Shianna Guo of University of Chicago (4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2).

When Vasquez advanced to Sunday's semifinal match she was finally upended by Miranda Yuan, also from the University of Chicago. Yuan won the match 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

In doubles play, Vasquez and Beshentseva opened play as the No. 4 seeded duo. They got through their first two matches with winning scores of 8-3 and 8-4. In the quarterfinals, they upended the No. 5-seeded team of Hannah Hougland and Alaina Kanthaphixay out of North Central College by an 8-3 score.

In the doubles semifinal,Vasquez and Beshentseva kept cruising, as they posted an 8-4 win over Karen Gao and Ainsley Heidbreder, the No. 2-seeded team out of Washington University in St. Louis. Their successful run came to an end, however, in the finals, where they faced the top-seeded tandem of Guo and Sylwia Mikos from Chicago. Vasquez and Beshentseva gave all they had before falling by a close 4-6 7-6 (1), 10-4 decision.

Back in singles play, after dropping her opening match, Winslow combined one bye and four wins to reach the consolation final. None of her matches were even close, as she allowed only one of her opponents to win four games in a set. In the semifinal round she defeated Nikol Obradovic of Millikin University 6-0, 6-1. In the final match, she ran out of steam and fell to Ashley Isaac of Wittenberg University 6-1, 6-4.

Other notable highlights for the Ladies included Beshentseva going 2-1 in the singles bracket and sophomore Eleni Dakos reaching the quarterfinal round of the singles consolation bracket before falling to Isaac, the eventual consolation champ.

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Players Mentioned

Daria Beshentseva: Senior

Eleni Dakos: Sophomore

Anna Winslow: Senior

Players Mentioned

Daria Beshentseva
: Senior

Eleni Dakos
: Sophomore

Anna Winslow
: Senior