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How women's tennis did at the ITA Regionals
SHELBY DUFOUR
@shelbsdu456
Kansas women's tennis has been preparing for the ITA Regionals, and the team's effort showed with the number of wins it picked up.
DAY1
Freshman Anastaysia Rychagova advanced to Monday's championship title match in the singles competition. She beat tough competitors to earn the spot, including the No. 12 NCAA player.
"I do not even know where to begin with Anastasiya, I am so impressed with her," head coach Todd Chapman said in a news release. "It is amazing how poised and mature she is on the court in pressure situations, especially as a freshman."
Thursday began the first day of the ITA Regionals. The Jayhawks won eight of their 11 matches of the day. In the singles competition, five Kansas players advanced to the Singles Main Draw.
Sophomore Summer Collins won a match against Missouri State, sophomore Smith Hinton defeated Iowa, and freshman Janet Koch beat out Arkansas State.
DAY 2
Nina Khmelnitckaia won against Vasanti Shinde from Nebraska 6-3, 6-1. Rychagova defeated Anne Marie Emme of Minnesota 6-2, 6-4, keeping a winning streak for the Jayhawks.
A winning streak carried on for Kansas in the second day of the tournament as Collins, Hinton, Rychagova and Khmelnitchkaia all faced back-to-back matches, bringing Kansas all around victories.
Highlights from the day included Collins defeating Kansas State's Sara Castellano 6-4, 7-6. Rychagova also won 6-0, 6-1 against Lily Miyazaki from Oklahoma.
DAY3
"We had a great day today. It was really nice to see the girl's hard work paying off," Chapman said. "To have four players advance to the Main Draw fourth round is really exciting. The girls played some great tennis today."
On the third day of the competition Rychagova advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Kelsey Laurente of Oklahoma State 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.
"I am very proud of Anastasiya because she found a way to win today despite not playing her best tennis," Chapman said. "She showed a lot of maturity for a freshman today."
DAY4
On Sunday, Rychagova competed in the singles quarterfinals against Carolina Ryba of Minnesota. Rychagova beat Ryba 6-2, 6-1, advancing Kansas to the semifinals. Facing off the No. 12 ranked NCAA player, Viktoriya Lushkova from Oklahoma State, Rychagova won 6-4, 6-3.
Rychagova will now compete for the ITA Regionals singles championship title on Monday against Oklahoma State's Katarina Adamovic.
DOUBLES
On the first day, Koch and Rychagova had back-to-back wins. During their first round they knocked off Drake's Summer Brills and Adrienne Jensen 8-6. Then they defeated Anastasia Reimchen and Annette Dochanics of Iowa 8-6, advancing to the round of 16.
Maria Jose Cardona and Khmelitckaia also had back-to-back matches. They defeated their first opponents, Monique Krutak and Madeline Hill from SIU-Edwardsville, 8-5. However, Kansas lost to Keli Hine and Bea Machado Santos of Missouri 8-5.
On Saturday, Koch and Rychagova advanced to the Doubles Main Draw and faced off against Lushkova and Carla Tur Mari. The Oklahoma State duo defeated Kansas 8-2.
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