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Women’s Tennis Turns in a Successful Weekend at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals
October 13, 2024 | Women's Tennis
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Ball State women's tennis team competed at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Ohio Valley regionals this past weekend which was hosted by Middle Tennessee.
Annika Planinsek highlighted the tournament for Ball State as she advanced to the singles main draw final round of 16.
In the round of 64, Planinsek defeated Chase Metcalf of Butler in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. She then claimed a three-set thriller in the round of 32 against Dayton's Neena Katauska, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 which allowed her to move forward to the final 16. Planinsek was eliminated after losing a tightly contested match to Purdue's Carmen Gallardo Guevara, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).
In doubles, the Cardinals' twosome of Sarah Shahbaz and Isabelle Tanjuatco found success in the main draw as the duo made it to the quarterfinal round. Shahbaz and Tanjuacto started the event Friday with an 8-6 victory versus Xavier's Sofia Mazzucato and Ellie Brotherton.
After that, the doubles tandem took down Vanderbilt's Trinetra Vijayakumar and Sonya Macavei in the round of 32 and then continued their successful journey with an 8-5 win over Lipscomb. Unfortunately, the BSU duo would drop their quarterfinals match to Middle Tennessee State by an 8-2 decision.
Middle Tennessee also hosted a separate tournament at the same time called the Blue Raider Invitational which crowned Ball State's Chloe Brown the singles winner of that bracket. Brown faced Tennessee State's Francisca Gomez-Weiss in the title match defeating her in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
All-in-all it was a successful weekend for the Cardinals as the team posted a combined 15-9 record in both singles and doubles.
The Ball State women's tennis team will conclude its fall play when it competes at the MAC Individuals which will be hosted by the Miami RedHawks in Oxford, Ohio from Oct. 24-27
Annika Planinsek highlighted the tournament for Ball State as she advanced to the singles main draw final round of 16.
In the round of 64, Planinsek defeated Chase Metcalf of Butler in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. She then claimed a three-set thriller in the round of 32 against Dayton's Neena Katauska, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 which allowed her to move forward to the final 16. Planinsek was eliminated after losing a tightly contested match to Purdue's Carmen Gallardo Guevara, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).
In doubles, the Cardinals' twosome of Sarah Shahbaz and Isabelle Tanjuatco found success in the main draw as the duo made it to the quarterfinal round. Shahbaz and Tanjuacto started the event Friday with an 8-6 victory versus Xavier's Sofia Mazzucato and Ellie Brotherton.
After that, the doubles tandem took down Vanderbilt's Trinetra Vijayakumar and Sonya Macavei in the round of 32 and then continued their successful journey with an 8-5 win over Lipscomb. Unfortunately, the BSU duo would drop their quarterfinals match to Middle Tennessee State by an 8-2 decision.
Middle Tennessee also hosted a separate tournament at the same time called the Blue Raider Invitational which crowned Ball State's Chloe Brown the singles winner of that bracket. Brown faced Tennessee State's Francisca Gomez-Weiss in the title match defeating her in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
All-in-all it was a successful weekend for the Cardinals as the team posted a combined 15-9 record in both singles and doubles.
The Ball State women's tennis team will conclude its fall play when it competes at the MAC Individuals which will be hosted by the Miami RedHawks in Oxford, Ohio from Oct. 24-27
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