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Rams Advance Two Doubles Teams to Semifinals
10/15/2021 9:56:00 PM | Women's Tennis
First time team has had a doubles semifinalist at ITA Regionals
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The doubles are not only good, they're doubling up at the ITA Mountain Regionals.
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The Colorado State's women's tennis team not only sent a doubles team to an ITA regional tennis tournament for the first time, the Rams did it twice in the same bracket as the tandems of Sarka Richterova and Somer Dalla-Bona, as well as Radka Buzkova and Matea Mihaljevic both reached Saturday's semifinal round with a pair of victories at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the UNLV campus. Matches are set to begin at 10 a.m. (MT) on Saturday.
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Buzkova and Mihaljevic had to take down a pair of seeded team on their way to the semis, starting with No. 7 Mimi Bland and Ellie Millard of Northern Arizona. They triumphed there 8-5, then followed up by taking down the No. 2-seeded UNLV pairing of Izumi Asano and Sasha Aher, 8-7.
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Richterova and Dalla-Bona started the day by beating another UNLV squad, Molly Helgesson and Shir Azran, 8-5, then came back with a win over New Mexico State's Harsha Challa and Lisa Zhu, 8-6.
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"Today was a great day for the Rams. The girls' confidence really shined through," CSU head coach Mai-Ly Tran said. "The chemistry between both pairs has reached another level, which helped the beat two top teams. I'm pleased to see their results reflect their hard work this fall. I can't wait to see both pairs battle it out tomorrow."
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On the singles side, Mihaljevic reached the quarters in Flight 2, where she dropped a 0-6, 6-0, 6-2 decision to Karina Chao of Air Force. I additional singles matches, Richterova beat Madison Tattini of Utah, 6-2, 6-; and Somer Dalla-Bona dropped a 6-2, 6-1 set to Sydney Fitch of Air Force.
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CSU Day 3 Results
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Doubles
Sarka Richterova/Somer Dalla-Bona d. Molly Helgesson/Shir Azran, UNLV, 8-5
Radka Buzkova/Matea Mihaljevic d. (7) Mimi Bland/Ellie Millard, NAU, 8-5
Quarterfinals
Richterova/Dalla-Bona d. Harsha Challa/Lisa Zhu, NMSU, 8-6
Buzkova/ Mihaljevic d. (2) Izumi Asano/Sasha Aher, UNLV, 8-7
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Flight 2 Singles
Quarterfinals
Karina Chao, AFA, d. Matea Mihaljevic. 0-6, 6-0, 6-2
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Additional Singles Matches
Sarka Richterova (CSU) def. Madison Tattini (UU) 6-2, 6-3
Sydney Fitch (AFA) def. Somer Dalla Bona (CSU) 6-2, 6-1
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The Colorado State's women's tennis team not only sent a doubles team to an ITA regional tennis tournament for the first time, the Rams did it twice in the same bracket as the tandems of Sarka Richterova and Somer Dalla-Bona, as well as Radka Buzkova and Matea Mihaljevic both reached Saturday's semifinal round with a pair of victories at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the UNLV campus. Matches are set to begin at 10 a.m. (MT) on Saturday.
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Buzkova and Mihaljevic had to take down a pair of seeded team on their way to the semis, starting with No. 7 Mimi Bland and Ellie Millard of Northern Arizona. They triumphed there 8-5, then followed up by taking down the No. 2-seeded UNLV pairing of Izumi Asano and Sasha Aher, 8-7.
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Richterova and Dalla-Bona started the day by beating another UNLV squad, Molly Helgesson and Shir Azran, 8-5, then came back with a win over New Mexico State's Harsha Challa and Lisa Zhu, 8-6.
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"Today was a great day for the Rams. The girls' confidence really shined through," CSU head coach Mai-Ly Tran said. "The chemistry between both pairs has reached another level, which helped the beat two top teams. I'm pleased to see their results reflect their hard work this fall. I can't wait to see both pairs battle it out tomorrow."
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On the singles side, Mihaljevic reached the quarters in Flight 2, where she dropped a 0-6, 6-0, 6-2 decision to Karina Chao of Air Force. I additional singles matches, Richterova beat Madison Tattini of Utah, 6-2, 6-; and Somer Dalla-Bona dropped a 6-2, 6-1 set to Sydney Fitch of Air Force.
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CSU Day 3 Results
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Doubles
Sarka Richterova/Somer Dalla-Bona d. Molly Helgesson/Shir Azran, UNLV, 8-5
Radka Buzkova/Matea Mihaljevic d. (7) Mimi Bland/Ellie Millard, NAU, 8-5
Quarterfinals
Richterova/Dalla-Bona d. Harsha Challa/Lisa Zhu, NMSU, 8-6
Buzkova/ Mihaljevic d. (2) Izumi Asano/Sasha Aher, UNLV, 8-7
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Flight 2 Singles
Quarterfinals
Karina Chao, AFA, d. Matea Mihaljevic. 0-6, 6-0, 6-2
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Additional Singles Matches
Sarka Richterova (CSU) def. Madison Tattini (UU) 6-2, 6-3
Sydney Fitch (AFA) def. Somer Dalla Bona (CSU) 6-2, 6-1
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