Cowley advances three singles players to the finals

Trailing Hillsborough College (39 points) by four points entering the final day of the NJCAA Division I Tennis Championships in Tyler, TX, the Cowley College women's tennis team (35 points) had three of its five remaining singles players win semifinal matches on Wednesday morning.

Serena Pereyra, Cynthia Wanjala, and Naghely Garcia Galian will play for singles titles and are joined by the Tigers' No. 3 doubles team of Wanjala and Garcia Galian in Wednesday afternoon's final round of play.

Results:

WOMEN

DOUBLES

*No. 1 – Serena Pereyra/Kendra Arostegui (CC) defeated Pawarada Thaimuangphol/Pawarapa Thaimuangphol/ (USC-Sumter) 6-3, 6-0; lost to Maria Moskaltsova/Rima Yoshida (St. Petersburg) 3-6, 6-2, 3-6 in the quarterfinals.

*No. 2 – Akari Tomoyose/Chiho Takada (CC) received a bye; defeated Mary Catherine Cameron/Maeva Chambon (USC-Sumter) 6-2, 6-1; defeated Nikoletta Pytel/Marie-Alix Urcun (Collin) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals; lost 6-4, 4-6, 2-6 to Yui Suzuki/Daniela Vivas Valencia (St. Petersburg) in the semifinals.

*No. 3 – Cynthia Wanjala/Naghely Garcia Galian (CC) received a bye; defeated Chloe Baines/Joslyn Newton (Wallace) 6-0, 6-0; defeated Allie Rawles/Mattie Sanders (NW Mississippi) 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals; defeated Sara Valentina Ladino/Laura Yand (Eastern Florida) 7-6, 7-5 in the semifinals.

SINGLES

*No. 1 – Pereyra (CC) received a bye; defeated Noelle D'Angelillo (Wallace) 6-0, 6-0; defeated Emma Petton (Seward) 6-0, 6-4 in the quarterfinals; defeated Cany Wei (Tyler) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the semifinals.

*No. 2 – Tomoyose (CC) received a bye; defeated Oriana Roldan (Bevill) 6-0, 6-0; won by default in the quarterfinals; lost to Sydney Stark 7-5, 5-7, 6-7 in the semifinals.

*No. 3 – Wanjala (CC) received a bye; defeated Rosalina Akombo (Meridian) 6-1, 6-0; defeated Jinsol Yang, 6-0, 6-4 (Collin) in the quarterfinals; defeated Maria Gento (E. Florida State College) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in the semifinals.

*No. 4 – Garcia-Galian (CC) received a bye; defeated Macie Curtis (Hinds) 6-1, 6-0; defeated Josefina Bailetti (Seward) 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals; defeated Daniela Vivas Valencia (Collin) 6-4, 6-7, 6-2in the semifinals.

*No. 5 – Takada (CC) received a bye; defeated Elizabeth Shirley 6-0, 6-1 (Meridian); lost to Nikoletta Pytel (Collin) 3-6, 2-6 in the quarterfinals.

*No. 6 – Arostegui (CC) received a bye; defeated Gabriela Dabrowski (Moraine Valley) 6-0, 6-0; defeated Dasha Moskalenko (E. Florida State) 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals; lost to

Solomea Jasiczek 2-6, 3-6 in the semifinals.