Women's Tennis Scores Upset in 1st Day of ITA Regional

Saturday, October 18

Knoxville, Tenn.

All Day

University of Louisville

ITA Ohio Valley Regional Chammpionships

Women's Tennis Scores Upset in 1st Day of ITA Regional

October 18, 2014 | Women's Tennis

Oct. 18, 2014

Alexandra Mally's upset of Vanderbilt's No. 3 ranked Marie Caseares was the highlight in a strong first day at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals held on the campus of the University of Tennessee Saturday afternoon.

''Today was a good day with wins against Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Vanderbilt. With a team that is so young, it's great to get these kinds of wins early in their career," said Mark Beckham, UofL head coach. "I want it to be a normal thing to beat players from these schools with great tennis tradition. The biggest win was definitely Alexandra's win against the the #3 seed from Vanderbilt. For a freshman to beat a nationally-ranked senior really shows her potential. Hopefully we can get a few more wins tomorrow.''

Elle Stokes took down rival Kentucky's Kirsten Lewis 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (6) and Olivia Boesing beat Indiana's Stephanie Smith 6-3, 6-1.

In doubles, Ariana Rodrigues and Manuela Velasquez defeated Tiffany Tavares and Laurence Guevremont, the No. 6 pair from Tennessee 8-4.

Play continues tomorrow in Knoxville.

Singles(1) Sydney Campbell (Vanderbilt) def. Jessie Lynn Paul 6-1 6-1Elle Stokes def. Kirsten Lewis (UK) 6-3 1-6 7-6(6)(8) Ashley Antal (Vanderbilt) def. Cassie Pough 6-1 7-5Olivia Boesing def. Stephanie Smith (IU) 6-3 6-1Aleksandra Mally def. (3) Marie Caseares 6-4 1-6 6-3
DoublesRodriguez/Velasquez def 6 Tavares/Guevremont (Tenn)  8-4Antal/Sharma (Vanderbilt) def Rodriguez/Velasquez 8-4(3) Colton/Campbell def. Boesing/Mally 8-2