COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The LSU women’s tennis team finished day three of the ITA Southwest Regionals with one doubles team advancing to the quarterfinals in the main draw and several singles players earning wins.
“We have a lot of players battling hard,” said coach Tony Minnis. “I am really pleased with the progress as we continue to move down the stretch. They are all giving great effort and I have seen a lot of improvement.”
The duo of Marina Chiarelli and Tiffany Tucker rolled past Yolandi Terblanche and Tiffany McLaughlin of Houston by and 8-5 score to earn a spot in the quarterfinal round.
In singles, Camila Caliari’s streak of five match wins in the tournament came to end. She was able to fight off Tara Browning of Texas Tech for a win in the morning. She then fell in her next match to Zuzana Cerna of Baylor.
Amanda Mang also won her first match of the day before falling to Helena Besovic of TCU. She and Caliari will both play consolation matches tomorrow.
Also ending a streak of four match wins was Staten Spencer. Spencer, along with Lauren Seaman and Tiffany Tucker, lost in her first match of the morning. All three then went on to win consolation matches later in the day.
Espinal and Mang picked up a win in their doubles consolation match over Hayley Bakker and Kendall Gibbs from Lamar. After losing Sunday in the main draw to Petra Dizdar and Ristine Olson of Texas, Seaman and Spencer join them in the consolation bracket.
Chiarelli and Tucker will try for a spot in the doubles semifinals and the other players will continue consolation play as the tournament resumes Monday.
ITA SOUTHWEST REGIONALS — Day three results
Singles
Main draw
(Round of 32)
Camila Caliari (LSU) def. Tara Browning (TA&M), 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Amanda Mang (LSU) def. Kimberly Patenaude (Rice), 6-3, 6-4
Lana Kouzmenko (SMU) def. Lauren Seaman (LSU), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Blair Disesa (Rice) def. Staten Spencer (LSU), 6-0, 6-3
Tea Spirta (UTEP) def. Tiffany Tucker (LSU), 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
(Round of 16)
Zuzana Cerna (Baylor) def. Camila Caliari (LSU), 6-1, 6-2
Helena Besovic (TCU) def. Amanda Mang (LSU), 6-1, 6-1
Consolation matches
Lauren Seaman (LSU) def. Iva Mihaylova (Baylor), 6-4, 7-5
Staten Spencer (LSU) def. Courtney Zauft (Texas), 7-5, 6-0
Tiffany Tucker (LSU) def. Mia Marovic (Texas), 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
Main draw
Dizdar/Olson (Texas) def. Seaman/Spencer (LSU), 8-6
Chiarelli/Tucker (LSU) def. McLaughlin/Terblanche (Houston), 8-5
Consolation matches
Espinal/Mang (LSU) def. Bakker/Gibbs (Lamar), 8-1