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Abby Dean

Women's Tennis Savanna Disbrow, Assistant Manager of Athletic Communications

Panthers Make Deep Runs at ITA Midwest Regional

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Alice Maccani and Addison Lind reached the Flight B doubles final, Lotte Federski advanced to the Flight B singles semifinals and Sienna Opray earned a Flight A singles quarterfinal appearance to lead the Davenport University women's tennis team at the ITA Division II Midwest Regional Championship.

Hosted by Grand Valley State Oct. 10–12, the three-day tournament featured all nine Panthers competing across three singles flights and two doubles flights. Opening rounds began Saturday, followed by additional main and consolation draw competition Sunday. Federski, Maccani and Lind carried Davenport into Monday's final day.

Maccani and Lind put together four consecutive victories in the Flight B doubles main draw. The third-seeded sophomores opened with a 9–8 win over McKendree's Sezim Sagynbaeva and Katie Woods, taking the tiebreaker 7–4. They followed with an 8–5 victory over Rockhurst's Parmida Kalali and Elise Nunn before defeating Ferris State's Aimee Reynoso and Kalyna Nichita, 9–7, in the quarterfinals.

An 8–4 semifinal win over Hillsdale's Julia Zlateva and Emma Palus secured their spot in the championship match. Maccani and Lind pushed Michigan Tech's Caoimhe McDonnell and Emily Rose to a tiebreaker in the final but fell 9–8, with the deciding tiebreaker finishing 7–5.

Federski also recorded four wins in the Flight B singles main draw. The eighth-seeded junior defeated McKendree's Sezim Sagynbaeva, 6–2, 6–4, then edged Northwood's Brigitte Gomez, 7–6, 6–7, 10–6. She won both matches Sunday in straight sets, defeating Michigan Tech's Claudia Calabuig Patiño, 6–3, 6–1, and Tiffin's Erna Brdarevic, 6–1, 6–2.

In Monday's semifinal, Federski recovered from an opening-set loss against Indianapolis' Linya Chen to force a match tiebreaker. Her run ended in a narrow 6–1, 2–6, 10–8 defeat.

Opray led Davenport in the Flight A singles main draw with three victories. She opened with a 6–0, 6–0 win over Saginaw Valley State's Mar Miramontes before defeating Tiffin's Francesca Milani, 6–0, 5–7, 10–2. Opray then earned a 7–5, 7–5 victory over Grand Valley State's Lauren Burkett to reach the quarterfinals, where she fell to top-seeded and eventual Flight A champion Natasha Sengphrachanh, 6–0, 6–0.

Maja Sandstrom added a Flight A singles victory over 12th-seeded Elisoa Andriantefihasina of Rockhurst, 6–1, 6–3, before falling to Findlay's Simone Cameron, 7–5, 6–3. Barbora Hermanova dropped a closely contested opening match to Southwest Baptist's Mia Milsavljevic, 6–3, 5–7, 12–10, then fell to Indianapolis' Silvia Zappoli, 7–5, 6–3, in the consolation draw.

Andrea Bilden earned two wins in the Flight B singles consolation draw. After falling to Findlay's Claudia Pastor Sancho, 6–1, 6–0, in the main draw, the freshman rallied past Missouri–St. Louis' Alexandra Cedeno Hernandez, 4–6, 7–5, 10–2. Bilden followed with a 6–1, 7–5 victory over Purdue Northwest's Monserrat Gay Coello before dropping an 11–9 match tiebreaker to Michigan Tech's Emily Rose in the consolation quarterfinals, 2–6, 6–2, 11–9.

Erin Hack earned a Flight B singles main-draw win over Tiffin's Anisha Sivakumar, 6–4, 2–6, 10–5. She then fell to McKendree's Alessia Baiardi, 6–7, 6–4, 10–7, in the round of 32. Maccani lost her opening singles match to Grand Valley State's Andra Farmache, 6–1, 6–0, before defeating Quincy's Sofia Tesic, 6–0, 6–1, in consolation play. Maccani's singles run ended against Rose, 4–6, 6–3, 11–9.

Lind competed in both Flight B singles draw stages, falling to Maryville's Maria Mateos Melian, 6–4, 6–2, in the main draw and McKendree's Kristina Bogomazova, 6–1, 6–2, in consolation play.

Angelica Montano represented Davenport in the Flight C singles main draw. She defeated McKendree's Diana Calzada, 6–2, 6–0, before falling to Rockhurst's Cecilia Ulrich, 6–2, 6–4, in the round of 16. Davenport had no entries in Flight C consolation singles or either doubles draw.

In Flight A doubles, Hack and Sandstrom defeated Walsh's Margara de Villar de la Pena and Aleksandra Chmir, 8–6, before falling to Ferris State's Madeline Peisley and Ainzley Zulueta, 8–4, in the main-draw round of 16.

Opray and Hermanova dropped their opening doubles match to Findlay's Maria Caroline Depablos and Roksana Kokocha, 8–0, then responded with an 8–3 consolation quarterfinal win over Walsh's Olesya Ivashchuk and Taira Abildayeva. Their consolation run ended in the semifinals with an 8–5 loss to Saginaw Valley State's Miramontes and Fatimah Butt.

Federski and Bilden also competed in Flight B doubles, falling 8–6 to Northwood's Valeria Amorocho Hernandez and Nanami Fukushima in the main draw and 8–6 to Rockhurst's Andriantefihasina and Anna Borovytska in consolation competition.

Up Next
Davenport will conclude it's fall competition on Oct. 23 against Spring Arbor at their home court. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Lotte Federski

Lotte Federski

5' 3"
Sophomore
Erin Hack

Erin Hack

5' 7"
Sophomore
Angelica Montano

Angelica Montano

5' 3"
Junior
Sienna Opray

Sienna Opray

5' 7"
Sophomore
Alice Maccani

Alice Maccani

5' 4"
Freshman
Maja Sandstrom

Maja Sandstrom

5' 5"
Freshman
Addison Lind

Addison Lind

5' 9"
Freshman
Andrea Bilden

Andrea Bilden

5' 8"
Freshman
Barbora Hermanova

Barbora Hermanova

5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Lotte Federski

Lotte Federski

5' 3"
Sophomore
Erin Hack

Erin Hack

5' 7"
Sophomore
Angelica Montano

Angelica Montano

5' 3"
Junior
Sienna Opray

Sienna Opray

5' 7"
Sophomore
Alice Maccani

Alice Maccani

5' 4"
Freshman
Maja Sandstrom

Maja Sandstrom

5' 5"
Freshman
Addison Lind

Addison Lind

5' 9"
Freshman
Andrea Bilden

Andrea Bilden

5' 8"
Freshman
Barbora Hermanova

Barbora Hermanova

5' 7"
Junior