MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Oct. 15, 2024) – The ETSU women's tennis team wrapped up play at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals on Tuesday. Highlighting ETSU's trip to Murfreesboro was the play of Daniela Rivera as the senior from Venezuela won four singles matches to reach the tournament's semifinal round.
 
Rivera's run in singles came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Carmen Gallardo Guevara of Purdue. In addition to her stellar play in singles, Rivera also teamed up with Alessandra Caceres for a successful doubles run. The tandem won three straight matches to advance to the quarterfinal before they bowed out with an 8-3 loss to a team from Xavier.
 
Overall, ETSU went a combined 14-9 in singles and 4-4 in doubles during their time at the Regionals. Every Buc that competed picked up at least one victory.
 
All the results involving ETSU from the ITA Regionals can be found below.
 
Singles Results – Qualifying
Ralitsa Alexandrova (ETSU) def. Anais Negrail (Southern Indiana) – 6-4, 6-2
Elena Noguero (Louisville) def. Ralitsa Alexandrova (ETSU) – 6-4, 6-2
Julia Millan (ETSU) def. Lauren Joyce (Miami – OH) – 6-3, 6-2
Julia Millan (ETSU) def. Milica Popovski (Cincinnati) – 6-3, 6-3
Ksenija Rage (ETSU) def. Luca Bohlen (Austin Peay) – 6-1, 6-1
Madeleine Rexroat (Xavier) def. Ksenija Rage (ETSU) – 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Jana Rovira (ETSU) def. Yu-Hua Cheng (Austin Peay) – 6-2, 6-4
Jana Rovira (ETSU) def. Li Hsin Lin (Indiana) – 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
 
Singles Results – Main Draw
Neena Katauskas (Dayton) def. Ksenija Rage (ETSU) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Alessia Truden (Middle Tennessee State) def. Jana Rovira (ETSU) – 6-0, 2-6, 6-4
Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Denise Torrealba (Austin Peay) – 6-0, 6-1
Yilin Yan (Tennessee) def. Julia Millan (ETSU) – 6-2, 6-3
Alessandra Caceres (ETSU) def. Rachel Hermanova (Western Kentucky) – 6-3, 6-1
Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Teas Bucher (Kentucky) – 6-2, 6-1
Catherine Aulia (Tennessee) def. Alessandra Caceres (ETSU) – 6-1, 6-0
Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Sophia Webster (Vanderbilt) – 7-5, 6-2
Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Elizabeth Pendergast (Xavier) – 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Carmen Gallardo Guevara (Purdue) def. Daniela Rivera (ETSU) – 7-5, 6-4
Catherine Aulia (Tennessee) def. Daniela Rivera (ETSU) – 6-1, 6-2
 
Singles Results – Main Draw Consolation
Ksenija Rage (ETSU) def. Chase Metcalf (Butler) – 4-6, 6-2, [10-6]
Vanesa Suarez (Tennessee) def. Jana Rovira (ETSU) – 6-2, 6-2
Julia Millan (ETSU) def. Lara Schneider (Indiana) – 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, [10-6]
 
Singles Results – Extra Matches
Ralitsa Alexandrova (ETSU) def. Hana Sokolovic (Belmont) – 5-0 (ret.)
 
Doubles Results – Main Draw
Warona Mdlulwa/Francisca Gomez-Weiss (Tennessee St.) def. Jana Rovira & Ralitsa Alexandrova (ETSU) – 8-3
Tara Katarina Milic & Carmen Gallardo Guevara (Purdue) def. Julia Millan & Ksenija Rage (ETSU) – 8-6
Alessandra Caceres & Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Zoe Hammond & Asuncion Jadue (Kentucky) – 8-0
Alessandra Caceres & Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Annika Planinsek & Alana Bristow (Ball State) – 8-4
Alessandra Caceres & Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Sofia Blanco & Rachel Hermanova (Western Kentucky) – 8-7 (7-5)
Abby Nugent & Clara Owen (Xavier) def. Alessandra Caceres & Daniela Rivera (ETSU) – 8-3
 
Doubles Results – Consolation
Teas Bucher & Julia Zhu (Kentucky) def. Jana Rovira & Ralitsa Alexandrova (ETSU) – 8-7 (7-3)
Julia Millan & Ksenija Rage (ETSU) def. Elle Kotre & Calli Sokolowski (Indiana Indianapolis) – 8-2
 
ETSU will compete in its final competition of the fall season on November 1-2 when it heads to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for the Roberta Alison Invitational.
 
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