SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Semifinal action for the 2024 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Women’s Tennis Championship Tournament has been set for Saturday, following four quarterfinal matches on Friday at Cooper Tennis Complex.
Three of the four higher-seeded teams advanced after quarterfinal victories from Drury University, University of Indianapolis, and Southwest Baptist University. Rockhurst University was the lone school to pull off an upset in the quarterfinals.
All four contests began at 12:00 p.m. CT at Cooper Tennis Complex.
No. 1E INDIANAPOLIS 4, No. 4E LEWIS 0
BOX | RECAPS:
UINDY, LEWIS
- Doubles
- No. 3 Maissane Aik/Valentine Colin (UIndy) vs. Sage Hills/Benedetta Luccone (Lewis) 6-3
- No. 2 Tyffaine Pais/Ana Hollweg (UIndy) def. Sofiia Vdovychenko/Sreevally Medishetti (Lewis) 7-6 (7-3)
- No. 1 Benedetta Sensi/Maria Fiacan (UIndy) vs. Brooklyn Ross/Casey Smith (Lewis) 6-6 unfinished
- Singles
- No. 3 Hollweg (UIndy) def. Vdovychenko (Lewis) 1-6, 6-0, 6-1
- No. 2 Sensi (UIndy) def. Ross (Lewis) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
- No. 4 Fiacan (UIndy) def. Medishetti (Lewis) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
- No. 1 Pais (UIndy) vs. Smith (Lewis) 6-4, 4-6, 4-2 unfinished
- No. 5 Luccone (Lewis) vs. Colin (UIndy) 3-0 unfinished
- No. 6 Hernando (UIndy) vs. Hills (Lewis) 3-0 unfinished
No. 2W SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 4, No. 3E MCKENDREE 1
BOX | RECAPS:
SBU, McK
- Doubles
- No. 1 Paula Ballestros/Ghada Dirninger (SBU) def. Camilla Fonseca/Viola Ciprani (McK) 6-2
- No. 3 Elsa Pascual/Giselle Garcia (SBU) def. Rhyan Cook/Maria Vitoria Salomao 6-3
- No. 2 Leticia Luiz/Polina Paunova (SBU) vs. Iva Poleksic/Sofija Djunisijevic (McK) unfinished
- Single
- No. 2 Cipriani (McK) def. Dirninger (SBU) 6-4, 6-3
- No. 4 Paunova (SBU) def. Poleksic (McK) 6-4, 6-4
- No. 1 Ballestros (SBU) def. Fonseca (McK) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- No. 3 Pascual (SBU) def. Cook (McK) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
- No. 6 Garcia (SBU) vs. Salomao (McK) 6-1 unfinished
- No. 5 Djunisijevic (McK) vs. Luiz (SBU) 6-4 unfinished
No. 1W DRURY 4, No. 4W QUINCY 1
BOX | RECAPS:
DU, QU
- Doubles
- No. 1 Blanca Salas Cruz/Mahi Panchal (QU) def. Alma Abazi/Ewa Samberger (DU) 6-2
- No. 2 Maria Fernanda De La Torre/Antanina Novik (DU) def. Steffi Lao/Mar Sarda Marti (QU) 6-4
- No. 3 Leana Chanove/Eliana Weichel (DU) def. Ana Alvarez/Anna Matino (QU) 6-1
- Singles
- No. 1 Samberger (DU) def. Panchal (QU) 6-2, 6-0
- No. 3 Chanove (DU) def. Sarda Marti (QU) 6-1, 6-0
- No. 2 Lao (QU) def. Abazi (DU) 6-2, 6-1
- No. 4 Fernanda De La Torre (DU) def. Katrin Ismailova (QU) 7-6, 6-0
- No. 5 Novik (DU) vs. Salas Cruz (QU) 6-3 unfinished
- No. 6 Weichel (DU) vs. Alvarez (QU) 4-4 unfinished
No. 3W ROCKHURST 4, No. 2E MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS 2
BOX | RECAPS: RU,
UMSL
- Doubles
- No. 1 Anna Domingo/Maja Lietzau (UMSL) def. Sofia Valdespino/Marina Magai (RU) 6-2
- No. 3 Dani Lentisco/Maria Baez (RU) def. Anna Favaron/Lauren Sweeney (UMSL) 6-3
- No. 2 Hannah Tse/Aleksandra Lopez (UMSL) def. Ella Coleman/Zuzanna Szmyd (RU) 6-4
- Singles
- No. 1 Coleman (RU) def. Domingo (UMSL) 6-0 6-1
- No. 6 Baez (RU) def. Sweeny (UMSL) 7-5, 6-3
- No. 2 Magai (RU) def. Lietzau (UMSL) 7-5, 6-4
- No. 3 Tse (UMSL) def. Valdespino (RU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- No. 4 Szmyd (RU) def. Lopez (RU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
- No. 5 Lentisco (RU) vs. Favaron (UMSL) 7-6 (7-3), 4-1 unfinished
In the top half of the bracket, UIndy and SBU will compete in the semifinals, while Drury and Rockhurst will face off in the bottom half of the semifinal bracket. Match times are set to take place at 12 p.m.
Semifinal winners will advance to Sunday’s championship contest, with the start time set for 12 p.m.
Streaming on the GLVCSN will occur for the UIndy-SBU match on
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