CINCINNATI, Ohio (Oct. 12, 2026) – The ETSU women's tennis team wrapped up play at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships over the weekend in Cincinnati.
Overall, the Bucs won 11 matches during the three days they played at in the Championships. Five of the six Bucs won at least one singles match, and two of their three doubles squads came away with victories as well. The duos of
Alessandra Caceres/
Audelie Lesauvage and
Niyati Kukreti/
Uta Asakura both won a pair of matches and reached the round of 16.
In singles, meanwhile, both Caceres and Millan both won matches in the main draw for singles before getting knocked out by players from Vanderbilt and Purdue, respectively.
For the full results of matches involving Buccaneers for the Championships, see below.
Singles Qualifying Matches
Gabriella Davydov (Purdue) def.
Niyati Kukreti (ETSU) – 7-5, 7-5
Danielle Forte (Cincinnati) def.
Ksenija Rage (ETSU) – 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 6-1
Julia Millan (ETSU) def. Mansi Vadyala (Indiana) – 6-4, 6-2
Uta Asakura (ETSU) def. Emme Bulle (Cincinnati) – 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
Julia Millan (ETSU) def. Julie Bedard (Louisville) – 6-4, 7-5
Audrey Aulia (Tennessee) def.
Uta Asakura (ETSU) – 6-1, 6-3
Singles Qualifying Consolation Matches
Niyati Kukreti (ETSU) def. Zara Burns (Chattanooga) – 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), [10-1]
Doubles Match Draw Matches
Alessandra Caceres/
Audelie Lesauvage (ETSU) def. Georgia Kulevich/Donna Le Roux (Kentucky) – 8-6
Niyati Kukreti/
Uta Asakura (ETSU) def. Christian Chin/Bianca Gherghe (Dayton) – 8-4
Yi-Ching Huang (Austin Peay) def.
Julia Millan/
Ksenija Rage (ETSU) – 8-6
Alessandra Caceres/
Audelie Lesauvage (ETSU) def. Serafima Bobrovnikova/Sarah Stoyanov (Lipscomb) – 8-0
Niyati Kukreti/
Uta Asakura (ETSU) def. Ella Mancuso/Jordan Fenton (Chattanooga) – 8-7 (9-7)
Valeria Ray/Sophia Webster (Vanderbilt) def.
Alessandra Caceres/
Audelie Lesauvage (ETSU) – 8-2
Allie Faulkner/Maria Olivera (Miami (OH)) def.
Niyati Kukreti/
Uta Asakura (ETSU) – 8-3
Doubles Main Draw Consolation Matches
Alyssa Giupponi/Anastassia Cherniakova (Eastern Kentucky) def.
Julia Millan/
Ksenija Rage (ETSU) – 8-6
Singles Main Draw Matches
Julia Zhu (Kentucky) def.
Audelie Lesauvage (ETSU) – 6-2, 6-3
Julia Millan (ETSU) def. Ellie Myers (Kentucky) – 6-1, 6-4
Alessandra Caceres (ETSU) def. Alyssa Giupponi (Eastern Kentucky) – 7-5, 6-3
Nehir Dogan (Purdue) def.
Julia Millan (ETSU) – 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
Mia Yamakita (Vanderbilt) def.
Alessandra Caceres (ETSU) – 6-0, 7-5
Singles Main Draw Consolation Matches
Audelie Lesauvage (ETSU) def. Allie Faulkner (Miami (OH)) – 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), [10-5]
ETSU will be back in action on October 30-31 when it competes at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
For more information on Buccaneer women's tennis, visit
ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's tennis tab.
