Spartans Finish First Day At ITA Southeast Regionals
10/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 22, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The USC Upstate women's tennis team opened play at the ITA Southeast Regionals on Wednesday afternoon at Wake Forest University's Indoor Tennis Center. Sophomore Emilia Milovanovic (Paris, France/CNED) fell in her prequalifying match to North Carolina's Haley Hemm, 6-4, 6-2.
The Spartans will be back in action on Thursday at the regionals, with senior Daniela Lovera (Caracas, Venezuela/Santa Rosa de Lima) beginning play in the qualifying draw. Lovera will face the winner of one of the four prequalifying draws in the first round and will need to win one more match to advance to Friday's main draw.
In doubles play, Milovanovic and senior Anna Novo (Caracas, Venezuela/El-Angel) and Lovera and freshman Cinthya Lazaro (Lima, Peru/University of Lima) will open play with matches on Thursday.
Novo, ranked 124th in the nation, will begin play on Friday in the singles main draw.
