Keiser women's tennis will have only themselves to deal with on the final day of the ITA Regional Championships. The ladies finished day three with a 2-2 record in singles play and a 2-1 record in doubles.
With just Seahawks remaining in singles,
Violet Apisah matched up with
Eloise de Mooij while
Cato Tangkau faced
Destinee Martins. Apisah and Martins would advance to the final to be played on Sunday. In doubles, the finals pairing would team up to take down Carlotta Nonnis Marzano and Alessia Ciampi 8-3. On the other side of the bracket, de Mooij and
Vanja Vidanovic defeated
Yeva Kononovych and Tangkau. The reigning doubles champions Apisah and Vidanovic will now face off in the doubles championship on Sunday. At the conclusion of the tournament, the Seahawks will have completed a run of matches where they only took losses from each other. The run is the first of its kind in women's tennis program history.
Head Coach
Daniel Finn said, "Really proud of the girls and their efforts again today. Watching them put on another dominant performance today was great to see. Being officially able to go into an all-Keiser finals in singles and doubles tomorrow definitely makes things easy on the coaching side, but I have no doubt that just like today, the girls will get after each other and bring out the best they have for the opportunity to get a regional title. I can't stress enough how tough this week has been on these ladies, and they continue to impress me with how they have been able to focus and get through the entire field undefeated against anyone other than their own teammates. It will be exciting to see some high-level tennis tomorrow in a pair of all-Keiser finals."
(1)
Violet Apisah
Rd. 64: BYE
Rd. 32: Def. Caterina Antonini (STU) (6-0, 6-1)
Rd. 16: Def. Camila Matos (WARNER) (6-0, 1-0 ret.)
QF: Def. (8) Carlotta Nonnis Marzano (SEU) (6-0, 6-2)
SF: Def. (5)
Eloise de Mooij (KU) (6-0, 6-0)
C: Vs. (2)
Destinee Martins (KU)
(2)
Destinee Martins
Rd. 64: BYE
Rd. 32: Def. Karlie Scott Kersey (CCGA) (6-3, 6-0)
Rd. 16: Def. Irene Lopez Suero (SEU) (6-2, 6-1)
QF: Def. Anita Chornei (STU) (6-2, 6-0)
SF: Def. (3)
Cato Tangkau (KU) (1-6, 6-1, 6-3)
C: Vs. (1)
Violet Apisah (KU)
(3)
Cato Tangkau
Rd. 64: BYE
Rd. 32: Def. Clotilde Cobianchi (SCAD) (6-2, 6-0)
Rd. 16: Def. Lauren Seemann (STU) (6-0, 6-0)
QF: Def. Adeline Flanagan (SCAD) (6-4, 6-0)
SF: Lost to (2)
Destinee Martins (KU) (6-1, 1-6, 3-6)
(5)
Eloise de Mooij
Rd. 64: BYE
Rd. 32: Def. Clara Penido (AMU) (6-4, 6-3)
Rd. 16: Def. Alessia Ciampi (SEU) (3-6, 6-2, 7-5)
QF: Def. Yue Yu (SCAD) (3-6, 6-4, 6-3)
SF: Lost to (1)
Violet Apisah (KU) (0-6, 0-6)
(1) Apisah/Martins
Rd. 32: BYE
Rd. 16: Def. Chornei/Antonini (STU) (8-2)
QF: Def. Abad//Karadza (FNU) (8-0)
SF: Def. (4) Marzano/Ciampi (SEU) (8-3)
C: Vs. (2) de Mooij/Vidanovic
(2) de Mooij/Vidanovic
Rd. 32: BYE
Rd. 16: Def. Bolivar/Lopez (SEU) (8-5)
QF: Def. Burgos/Fullerton (STU) (8-6)
SF: Def. (3) Kononovich/Tangkau (KU) (8-2)
C: Vs. (1) Apisah/Martins
(3) Kononovich/Tangkau
Rd. 32: BYE
Rd. 16: Def. Fedyaeva/Valera (WARNER) (8-3)
QF: Def. Puig Llompart/Flanagan (SCAD) (8-4)
SF: Lost to (2) de Mooij/Vidanovic (KU) (2-8)
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