ATLANTA - A successful day two at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Southeast Regionals saw
Kit Gulihur advance through two rounds of the main singles draw, while
Isabel Oliveira joined Gulihur in defeating the third-seeded pair from Georgia in the doubles main draw round of 32.
Gulihur and Oliveira pulled out a thrilling tiebreaker victory against Guillermina Grant and Dasha Vidmanova of Georgia, taking the one-set match, 8-7 (7-5). By knocking off the bracket's three seed, UNF's pair moves on to face Sierra Berry and Grace Schumacher of USF tomorrow at 9 a.m.
Gulihur followed up that big win by taking two singles matches, advancing to the round of 16 in the process. The No. 43 nationally-ranked singles player and four seed in the regional tournament took care of Florida State's Anna Arkadianou, 6-1, 6-4. Gulihur felled another in-state opponent in FAU's Martina Kudelova, grinding out an impressive comeback win. The round of 16 decision went to Gulihur, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8).
Megan Forster and Annabelle also competed in the main draw, but dropped their respective matches to power five opponents in Georgia and Miami.
Results
Doubles
Main Draw - Round of 32
Kit Gulihur/
Isabel Oliveira def. #3 Guillermina/Vidmanova (UGA) 8-7 (7-5)
Singles
Main Draw - Round of 64
#4
Kit Gulihur def. Anna Arkadianou (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
#3 Lea Ma (UGA) def.
Megan Forster (6-2, 6-4)
#2 Alexa Noel (Miami) def.
Annabelle Davis (6-3, 6-2)
Main Draw - Round of 32
#4
Kit Gulihur def. Martina Kudelova (FAU) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8)
Consolation Round of 32
Cliona Walsh (USF) def.
Megan Forster 6-4, 6-0
Annabelle Davis def. Nandini Sharma (UCF), WO
Tomorrow
Doubles Main Draw - Round of 16
Kit Gulihur/
Isabel Oliveira v. Grace Schumacher/Sierra Berry (USF)
Singles Main Draw - Round of 16
Kit Gulihur v. #14 Audrey Boch-Collins (Miami)