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Nebraska Kearney UNK-W (21-6)
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Winner Barry BARRY-W (22-4)
Nebraska Kearney UNK-W
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Final
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Barry BARRY-W
(22-4)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Dennis Jezek, Jr.

Women's Tennis Vaults Into the Semifinals Over the 'Lopers

Barry one match away from playing for their seventh straight title

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. --  The top-ranked and top-seeded Barry University Buccaneers swept 15th-ranked and eighth-seeded Nebraska-Kearney Antelopes in the quarterfinal round of the 2024 NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championships at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: No. 1 Barry 4, No. 15 Nebraska-Kearney 0
Records: Barry (22-4), UNK (20-7)
Series: Barry lead 4-0

SUMMARY:

Doubles

  1. #34 Dinara Alloiarova / Viktoriia Dema (BARRY) vs. #31 Melisa Becerra / Narindra Ranaivo (UNK) 6-0
  2. Clara Versier / Ailen Crespo (BARRY) vs Fabiana Gamboa / Tany Midzi (UNK) 5-2, unf.
  3. Nathalia Gasparin / Angela Leweurs (BARRY) def. Alexis Bernthal / Jazmin Zamorano (UNK) 6-2

Singles

  1. #38 Alina Michalitsch (BARRY) vs. Melisa Becerra (UNK) 6-2, 3-6, unf.
  2. #20 Viktoriia Dema (BARRY) def. Narindra Ranaivo (UNK) 7-5, 6-0
  3. Ailen Crespo (BARRY) vs. #45 Fabiana Gamboa (UNK) 6-2, 1-6, unf.
  4. Dinara Alloiarova (BARRY) vs. Alexis Bernthal (UNK) 6-0, 3-6, 1-0 unf.
  5. Angela Leweurs (BARRY) def. Tanya Midzi (UNK) 6-2, 6-2
  6. #70 Clara Versier (BARY) def. Masha Hatouka (UNK) 6-2. 6-2

HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • The Buccaneers took two doubles matches quickly, leaving the final match at 5-2.
  • Barry's Alloiarvoa and Dema shutout the top pair from UNK, Becarra and Ranaivo, who had beaten the nations top duo from Azusa Pacific yesterday.
  • Needing just three singles victories to complete the win, Barry won all six first sets.
  • At No. 6 singles, #70 Versier steam-rolled Hatouka 6-2, 6-2.
  • At the second flight, #20 Dema made it 3-0 with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Ranaivo.
  • Leweurs clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Midzi at No. 5.
  • The other three match all split sets, as the 'Lopers did not go down without a fight.

NOTEWORTHY:

  • For Barry, it is their seventh time in a row to advance to the NCAA semifinals and the 16th time overall. 
  • Barry has won eight national championships, including the last six in a row, both figures the best in NCAA D-II history.
  • The Bucs beat the Antelopes for the second time this season, both matches coming in the quarterfinals of tournaments. They won 5-1 in the quarters of the ITA Indoor Championship as well.
  • All eight titles have come under head coach Avi Kigel in the last 13 years.

ON THE HORIZON

Top-seeded Barry advances to face the winner of #4 Wingate vs. #5 Midwestern State in a semifinal match on Thursday, May 23 (9 a.m.) at Sanlando Park.

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