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Boltinskaya and Kimhi Pick Up Day 1 Wins
10/17/2019 7:59:00 PM | Women's Tennis
BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University women's tennis team traveled to Tallahassee, Florida for the 2019 ITA Southeast Regional Championship, host by Florida State. The tournament is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 17 through Monday, Oct. 21.
Day one of play saw returners Natalia Boltinskaya defeat Georgia State's Andreea Stanescu 6-4, 6-3 after Boltinskaya drew a first-round bye and Stanescu downed her first-round matchup.
Boltinskaya was not the only Owl to walk away victorious on Thursday. Sophomore May Kimi defeated Elizabeth Goines from Georgia Southern, 6-0, 6-2. Kimhi also received a first-round bye while Goines defeated her first opponent to earn the right to face Kimhi.
The tournament is one of the 12 regional championships occurring throughout the country which will help to determine preseason individual rankings. The Owls are one of 17 teams represented at the Southeast Regional Championships. Teams include host FSU, UCF, Florida, FGCU, Mercer, UNF, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Miami, FAMU, FAU, FIU USF, and Stetson.
The main draw for singles features a 64 player draw and the doubles draw consists of 32 doubles pairs. Qualifying matches began today, Thursday. Play concludes on Monday (Oct. 21) with the singles and doubles main draw and consolation finals.
The singles and doubles champions from each of the ITA Division I Regional championships held across the country will earn an automatic bid into the 2019 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships Nov. 6-10 in Newport Beach, Calif.
Day one of play saw returners Natalia Boltinskaya defeat Georgia State's Andreea Stanescu 6-4, 6-3 after Boltinskaya drew a first-round bye and Stanescu downed her first-round matchup.
Boltinskaya was not the only Owl to walk away victorious on Thursday. Sophomore May Kimi defeated Elizabeth Goines from Georgia Southern, 6-0, 6-2. Kimhi also received a first-round bye while Goines defeated her first opponent to earn the right to face Kimhi.
Scheduled to Play
- Both Boltinskaya and Kihmi have advanced as qualifiers and will continue to play
- FAU's Radka Buzkova is scheduled to play Florida Gulf Coast's Sara Kelly
- FAU's Louie Mclelland will face Daevenia Achong from Miami
- FAU's Martina Kudelova is scheduled to play a qualifier, which is determined by today's matches
- Doubles Play will get underway on Friday as well. Boltinskaya/Kudelova will face Stetson's Katie Kubicz/Brooke Miller while Buzkova/Kimhi will face Nadia Gizdova/Sophia Sassoli from Georgia Tech
The tournament is one of the 12 regional championships occurring throughout the country which will help to determine preseason individual rankings. The Owls are one of 17 teams represented at the Southeast Regional Championships. Teams include host FSU, UCF, Florida, FGCU, Mercer, UNF, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Miami, FAMU, FAU, FIU USF, and Stetson.
The main draw for singles features a 64 player draw and the doubles draw consists of 32 doubles pairs. Qualifying matches began today, Thursday. Play concludes on Monday (Oct. 21) with the singles and doubles main draw and consolation finals.
The singles and doubles champions from each of the ITA Division I Regional championships held across the country will earn an automatic bid into the 2019 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships Nov. 6-10 in Newport Beach, Calif.
Tournament Results
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