Sumter, S.C. — Catawba College senior Sofia Antolini earned the ITA Southeast Regional Women's Tennis Singles championship on Monday before Lili Drukerova and Ami Miya bested Catawba teammates in the Women's Doubles final for the first ITA Regional winners in program history on Monday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Women's Open Singles
- Rin Igarashi earned the 16-seed in the women's singles and reached to the round of 16 following wins over opponents from Coker and Emmanuel before falling to the eventual finalist from North Georgia
- Drukerova fell in her opening round match to the third-seeded Anastasiia Opolska of UNG
- Antolini earned the fourth seed heading into the ITA Regional; she earned a sweep victory over Claudia Vallejos of Wingate before taking touch matchups in a tie-break victory over a Coker opponent and coming back from a set behind to top Laura Pesickova of Columbus State
- She would once again come back from a set behind to defeat eight-seed Sofia Giraldo of North Georgia before topping teammate Ami Miya in the semis
- In the final on Monday, bested Vasilissa Kupriyanova from UNG 6-2, 6-3
- Miya was the two seed entering the weekend, sweeping through opponents from UVA Wise, Lincoln Memorial and Carson-Newman en route to the quarterfinal
- She topped Elena Ondobo of Flagler in the quarterfinal before falling to Antolini in an all-Catawba semifinal
 
Women's Open Doubles
- Miya and Drukerova earned the top seed heading into the Regional and looked the part, rolling to the quarterfinal in wins over duos from Coker and Middle Georgia State
- They topped a pair from Young Harris in a tiebreak to earn a spot in the semis
- Miya and Drukerova bested a pair from North Georgia before taking home the title in a win over fellow teammates Antolini and Igarashi
- Tina Gomes and Nika Dundovic were ousted in the opening round to a duo from Flagler
- Antolini and Igarashi earned wins over duos from Wingate, Francis Marion and Lenoir-Rhyne on their way to the semis
- They defeated familiar foes in North Georgia in the semis before bowing out to teammates Miya and Drukerova in the final
 
UP NEXT
- Catawba returns to action in their championship season in the spring, taking part in the season opener at home versus Converse on Feb. 14