The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team scored two wins in the main draw of the ITA Ohio Valley Championships at the Champions Club today. Sophomore
Bogdana Zaporozhets and freshman
Polina Goloputova both scored wins in the 128-player field.
Zaporozhets posted a three set victory against Miami's (Ohio) Priyana Kalita (6-4, 1-6, 6-2). Goloputova won a pair of tiebreakers to defeat Lipscomb's Deinse Buberl [7-6 (5), 7-6 (0)].
Those were the only wins on the day for the Mocs, who competed well in other matches. Senior
Caroline Hall lost in three sets in the main draw, while junior
Annie Tarwater also took her opponent to the third frame in the B Flight.
UTC is back in action tomorrow at the Champions Club. Be sure to check the women's tennis schedule page on GoMocs.com for a link to the online brackets.
UTC Results
Main Flight Singles
Alexia Coutino (Cincinnati) def.
Delaney Edwards (UTC) – 7-5, 6-3
Maddie Brooks (Lipscomb) def.
Caroline Hall (UTC) – 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-1
Katherine Cao (Memphis) def.
Emma Van Hee (UTC) – 6-2, 6-4
Bogdana Zaporozhets (UTC) def. Priyana Kalita [Miami (Ohio)] – 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Polina Goloputova (UTC) def. Denise Buberl (Lip) – 7-6 (5), 7-6 (0)
Main Flight Doubles
Schmidt/Nikolaeva (APSU) def. Goloputova/Van Hee (UTC) – 8-7 (5)
Magazzini/Bernard (MTSU) def. Edwards/Zaporozhets (UTC) – 8-4
Flight B Singles
Gabrielle Ochalik (IUPUI) def.
Annie Tarwater (UTC) – 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Flight B Doubles
Pessina/Howard (IUPUI) def. Tarwater/Didkovskaya (UTC) – 8-5
Johnson/Brackin (Bel) def. Hall/Holmes (UTC) – 8-5