San Diego – After the second day of ITA regionals taking place on the campuses of San Diego and San Diego State. Sun Devil Women’s Tennis had Emilija Tverijonaite and Sara Svetac advance to the round of 16. All three Doubles pairs for the Sun Devils are in the round of 32, which continues at 9 a.m. AZT Saturday.
Ada Piestrzynska upset the No. 4 Grace Piper of USC in three sets, who’s ranked No. 36 in the nation 1-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4 to advance to the round of 32. Patricija Spaka also won in three sets, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 to move into the round of 32. But both were unable to move into Saturday’s round of 16 matches.
In singles play, the Sun Devils went 4-0 in three-set matches, with Ada and Emilija both having to come from behind to win the final two sets to win their round of 64 matches.
In doubles, No. 6 seeded Spaka/Svetac automatically advanced due to a first-round bye. The pair of Karsyn Evans & Piestrzynska won their match 8-5 to move into the round of 32, along with the ASU pair of Nupbay/Tverijonaite winning easily 8-2. All three pairs will look to move into the round of 16.
Nupbay, Evans, Piestrzynska and Spaka all will play singles matches from the consolidation side of the draw tomorrow.
RESULTS FROM FRIDAY’S MATCHES:
Singles main draw: Round of 64
No. 6 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Diana De Simone (SD) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 9-16 Sara Svetac (ASU) def. Sein Myoung (Cal Fullerton) – 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Patricija Spaka (ASU) def. Payton Dunkle (Cal Poly) – 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
Ada Piestrzynska (ASU) def. No. 4 Grace Piper (USC) – 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
No. 9-16 Julia Hayes (SD) def. Karsyn Evans (ASU) – 1-6, 0-6
No. 1 Savannah Broadus (Pepperdine) def. Aiya Nupbay (ASU) – 1-6, 0-6
Round of 32:
No. 6 Emilija Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Peppi Ramstedt (Hawaii) – 6-0, 6-1
No. 9-16 Sara Svetac (ASU) def. Fiona Arrese (LMU) – 6-4, 6-3
Liam Oved (Pepperdine) def. Ada Piestrzynska (ASU) – 1-6, 4-6
No. 5 Bianca Fernandez def. Patricija Spaka (ASU) – 6-7 (5), 4-6
Doubles main draw: Round of 64
Evans/Piestrzynska (ASU) def. Hayes/Kunza (CSUN) – 8-5
No. 9-16 Nupbay/Tverijonaite (ASU) def. Chen/Jorniak – 8-2
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