RESULTS
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MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team had another strong showing on day two of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Atlantic Region Championships Sunday.
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Leading the way for Slippery Rock was
Lois Page, whose title hopes are still alive after winning two matches Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the Championship singles bracket.
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The day opened for Page in the Round of 16 as she rallied to defeat Arnal West of West Liberty 3-6, 6-4, 10-8. She followed that victory up by beating Mercyhurst's Kayla Dean 7-6 (4), 6-3 in the quarterfinals to setup Monday's semifinal match against Isabella Tiscornia of Charleston.
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Should Page earn a victory over Tiscornia she would then advance to the Championship bracket.s finals to face either Karolin Kirchtag or Katy Graydon, both of which are from Indiana University (Pa.).
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No stranger to success at the ITA Atlantic Region Championships, Page previously teamed up with Viola Lugmayr to win the 2019 doubles regional title.
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Page is not the only member of the SRU women's tennis team to advance to day three of the regional championships as
Georgie Lancaster posted a great performance of her own Sunday in the B singles bracket.
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Lancaster made quick work of Carter Nettina of Davis & Elkins in the Round of 16 via a 6-2, 6-0 victory followed by a quarterfinal triumph over Edinboro's Marina Zottele 6-3, 6-1. She will next play Mathilde Simon of Charleston with the winner of the match advancing to the finals to face Bluefield State's Virginia Zanotti.
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Also competing on Sunday for The Rock were
Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez,
Gabriela del Val del Toro,
Teddi Isherwood and
Nuria Martin Lopez.
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Gonzalez Sanchez and Martin Lopez both lost their Round of 16 matches in the Championship bracket with Gonzalez Sanchez falling to Graydon 6-1, 6-4 and Lopez dropping a 6-2, 6-1 decision to the tournament's top seed Prinkle Singh of Charleston.
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Isherwood also lost her Round of 16 match in the B bracket to West Liberty's Ishika Agarwal 6-4, 6-0 while also teaming up with del Val del Toro in the Championship doubles bracket quarterfinals in a losing effort to Idoia Huerta and Lydia Vlachou of IUP, 8-1.
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Gonzalez Sanchez and Page advanced to the semifinals of the Championship doubles tournament, but were ultimately edged 8-5 in the semifinals by Indiana's Joanna Stralka and Natasha Munday.
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Closing the day for The Rock was the team of Lancaster and Martin Lopez in the B doubles bracket. The duo bested Agarwal and Kavya Singh with an 8-0 shutout in the quarterfinals before losing a tight 8-4 semifinal match to Nathalia Valencia Daria Shchoma of West Liberty.
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Page's semifinal match will get underway 10:30 a.m. Monday while Lancaster will compete at either 9 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. Both bouts will take place on the campus of Millersville University. Â
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