NORMAL, Ill. – In Monday's final day of action at the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Individual Championship, the University of Evansville women's tennis team saw Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga and Theodora Soldatou take the championships in their respective flights.
Pascual-Larrinaga took top honors in flight four as she defeated Ivon Mihaleva from Illinois State, 6-1, 6-1. Soldatou was the top finisher in the sixth flight. She beat Drake's Megan Webb, 6-2, 6-4, in the final. Both went a perfect 3-0 on their way to the conference championships.
Final Results
Nicoli Pereira made it to the finals of flight five, but dropped her finals match-up against DU's Elizaveta Petushkova, 6-3, 6-0.
Other action in the final day of play saw Diana Tkachenko earn third place at flight one. Facing off against Missouri State's Alye Darter, Tkachenko won, 6-2, 6-2. Marie Kapelevich also earned a third place win, topping MSU's Abbey Belote, 6-1, 6-1. They squared off in flight seven.
Daria Pentsova and Tkachenko played Drake in the finals of flight two doubles with the Bulldogs coming out on top, 8-6. At flight one, Chieko Yamada and Soldatou came home in fourth place, falling by an 8-3 final to Drake on Monday. Pascual-Larrinaga and Pereira earned the 6
th spot at #3 doubles.
This weekend, the Aces will be back on the courts at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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