Box Score LAKELAND, Fla. – Olivia Lindestaf advanced to the round of 16 in singles competition to highlight the Eckerd women's tennis team's performance at the ITA South Regional, hosted by Florida Southern October 16-18.
Lindestaf, seeded ninth in the singles draw, opened the tournament with a commanding 6-0, 6-1 victory over Florida Southern's Elona Simonov. She followed with a three-set victory over Tampa's Rebecca Presley, taking the opening set 6-2 before dropping the second 4-6. Lindestaf responded in the deciding tiebreaker, claiming a 10-6 victory to advance to the round of 16.
Her run concluded Saturday against fifth-seeded Sofiia Nagornaia of Barry, falling 6-3, 6-3.
Maialen Idiakez, Valentina Sanchez Bronzetti, and Catherine Cole also represented the Tritons in singles competition. Idiakez fell to Mississippi College's Mariana Munoz in the opening round before advancing in the consolation bracket following an injury retirement by Embry-Riddle's Amelie Gindl. Idiakez's tournament concluded with an 8-2 setback to Mississippi College's Ann Cabot Stockett.
Sanchez Bronzetti battled Saint Leo's Sofia Hadab in a three-set opening-round contest. After dropping the first set 6-4, Sanchez Bronzetti responded with a 6-2 victory in the second before falling 10-6 in the deciding tiebreaker. She later dropped an 8-5 decision to Lynn's Sophia Gache in consolation play.
Cole fell to Rollins' Amina Taibi in her opening singles match before concluding consolation competition against Lynn's Mathilde Frumholz.
In doubles action, Lindestaf teamed up with Cole, while Idiakez paired with Sanchez Bronzetti. Lindestaf and Cole opened against Nova Southeastern's top-seeded tandem of Kristyna Hranacova and Katja Markus, falling 8-1. The duo later dropped an 8-6 decision to Florida Southern's Diana Volkov and Elena Samuelsson in the consolation draw.
Idiakez and Sanchez Bronzetti pushed Lynn's Mathilde Frumholz and Emma Bousquet to a tiebreaker in their opening doubles match, narrowly falling 8-7 (7-4). The pair concluded the tournament with an 8-4 setback to Lee's Maria Duarte and Aliyah Dwyer in consolation competition.
This concludes the fall season for the Tritons.
