Smagina advances in ITA All-American Championships qualifying draw

By Staff Report     Oct 7, 2019

Sofia Smagina won her first match in the qualifying draw of the Saint Francis Health Systems ITA All-American Championships on Monday. The sophomore defeated Denver’s Taylor Melville by a score of 6-4, 6-4.

Smagina will square off with Chloe Beck of Duke at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday as she looks to advance to the main draw of the ITA All-American Championship. Beck downed Maria Linares of K-State in her opening match on Monday morning.

Malkia Ngounoue and Maria Toran Ribes began doubles play in the qualifying round Monday as well. The pair fell to Ena Babic and Csilla Fodor from Purdue, 8-7 (6).

Ngounoue and Ribes continued play in the qualifying doubles consolation draw. The senior and sophomore duo defeated Tulsa’s Lian Benedejcic and Megan Hopton, 8-4. Up next for Ngounoue and Ribes is a pair from Arkansas, Jackie Carr and Martina Zerulo.

Smagina advances to ITA All-American Championships qualifying draw

By Staff Report     Oct 6, 2019

Kansas sophomore Sofia Smagina advanced to the qualifying draw of the Saint Francis Health Systems ITA All-American Championships on Sunday.

Smagina won three matches this weekend to advance. On Sunday, she earned her spot in the qualifying draw after a dominant performance over Alana Wolfberg (Oklahoma State), winning in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. Smagina improved to 5-1 this fall.

Smagina will face Syracuse’s Polina Kozyreva to kick off the qualifiers Monday.

Malkia Ngounoue and Maria Toran Ribes both dropped their final match of the day, which prevents them from moving forward in singles action.

Ngounoue fell to Akanksha Bhan from Columbia, but did not go out without a fight in the 6-4, 7-6 (8) battle. Ribes dropped a heartbreaker against Iowa State opponent, Thasaporn Naklo. Ribes bested Naklo taking the first set, 3-6, but could not keep the lead as Naklo took the last two sets (6-4, 6-4).

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