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Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis Competes at ITA Tournament

ALLENDALE, Mich. -- The Lewis University women's tennis team competed at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Tournament hosted by Grand Valley State University from Saturday (Sept. 24)-Monday (Sept. 26). 

Grace Sueflohn (Delafield, Wis./KM Global Charter School) and Sage Hills (Bloomingdale, Ill./Glenbard North) advanced to the Round of 16 in Draw B Doubles then fell to Illinois-Springfield's Piper Schrepferman and Eva Rubio.

In Draw B Doubles, Jovana Vujanic (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Elk Grove) and Anabel Aguilar made it to the quarterfinals after defeating Saginaw Valley State's Sara Neves and Adriana Barrio in the tie-breaker 9-8 (7-4) then advanced against Grand Valley State's Anna Soteras and Olivia Huang. 

Anastasiya Salenko (Kyiv, Ukraine/Louisiana Tech) and Casey Smith (Portage, Mich./Portage Central) in Draw A were able to advance to the semifinals before falling to Grand Valley State's Vasileia Griva and Taylor Barnett in the tie-breaker 9-8 (8-6). In route to the semifinals to duo defeated Indianapolis's Maissane Aik and Lea Cakarevic, 8-6. 

In the round of 16, Salenko and Smith defeated Maryville's Billur Gonlusen and Carolina Velazquez, 8-4. During the quarterfinals, the Lewis duo defeated Wayne State's Marta Komar and Anais Ruyssen, 8-6. 

In Draw B singles, Aguilar suffered a defeat in the round of 32 to Hillsdsle College's Melanie Zampardo, 6-1, 6-0. 

Vujanic lost to Grand Valley State's Anna Soteras, 6-2, 6-0, in the round of 32. 

Hills dropped her match in the round of 64 to Findlay's Anamarija Kovacevic, 6-2, 6-2. 

Sueflohn lost her match to Ferris State's Ana Sofia Hernandez Ferrer, 7-5, 6-3 during the round of 64. 

In Draw A singles, Salenko was unable to come away with the victory in her matchup against Southwest Baptist's Lola Cincunegui, 6-0, 6-0. 

Smith made it all the way to the Round of 16 before losing to Malak Arafat 2-6, 6-4, 10-8. In route to the round of 16, Smith defeated Davenport's Skye Vandeleur, 6-1, 6-2. During the Round of 32 matchup. Smith defeated Lake Superior State's Madeleine Whip, 6-3, 6-4. 
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Players Mentioned

Sage Hills

Sage Hills

Sophomore
Anastasiia  Salenko

Anastasiia Salenko

Graduate Student
Casey Smith

Casey Smith

Junior
Grace Sueflohn

Grace Sueflohn

Junior
Jovana Vujanic

Jovana Vujanic

Senior

Players Mentioned

Sage Hills

Sage Hills

Sophomore
Anastasiia  Salenko

Anastasiia Salenko

Graduate Student
Casey Smith

Casey Smith

Junior
Grace Sueflohn

Grace Sueflohn

Junior
Jovana Vujanic

Jovana Vujanic

Senior