Ole Miss had semifinalists at two ITA events, with Andrea Nova advancing in singles at the Sectional Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Riley Crowder and Sarah Victoria Majesty Nita reaching the doubles semifinals at the Conference Masters in Rome, Georgia.
Nova won her first three matches in Knoxville. She opened with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Vanderbilt’s Sophia Webster, then beat UCF’s Marta Mariia Makarova 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the round of 16. Nova defeated Reese Frank 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals.
Makarova had eliminated Ole Miss’ Alice Soulie in the round of 32, winning 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 in a three-set match.
At the Conference Masters, Crowder and Nita opened with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Quinnipiac’s Flower and Renton. They followed with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Hostakova and Yaguchi, then beat Hawkins and Mircheva 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
Their run ended in the semifinals against Murphy and Warren. Crowder and Nita took the first set 6-4, but lost the next 6-4 and the deciding tiebreaker 10-5.
