Women's Tennis

UK senior Aibika Kalsarieva and sophomore teammates Kim Coventry and Sarah Foster earned a trip to the singles quarterfinal round of the ITA Southeast Regional Championships with round-of-16 victories Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The top-seeded Kalsarieva posted a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Jenny Klaschka of Middle Tennessee State and will meet N.C. State?s Barbara Orlay in the quarterfinals. The unseeded Coventry turned in a solid 6-3, 6-2 win over Wake Forest?s Katie Martzolf to set up a meeting with North Carolina?s Kendall Cline in the quarterfinals. Fifth-seeded Sarah Foster defeated Duke?s Clelia Deltour by a 6-4, 7-6 (3) margin and will battle Wake Forest?s third-seeded Karin Coetzee in Sunday?s quarterfinal. Kentucky is the only school with three players remaining in the quarterfinal field.

Kentucky also has a pair of doubles tandems in the doubles quarterfinals. Kalsarieva and Sarah Foster ousted Furman?s Caroline Bentley and Mary Hagood by an 8-5 count and will take on Duke?s Kristin Cargill and Jenny Zika on Sunday. Coventry and sophomore Joelle Schwenk dealt an 8-1 defeat to Katie Martzolf and Jenna Loeb of Wake Forest and will meet North Carolina?s Kendall Cline and Aniela Mojzis on Sunday.

ITA Southeast Regional Championships ? Winston-Salem, N.C.
Singles
(1) Aibika Kalsarieva (UK) def. Jenny Klaschka (MTSU) ? 6-4, 6-3
Kim Coventry (UK) def. Katie Martzolf (WF) ? 6-3, 6-2
(5) Sarah Foster (UK) def. Clelia Deltour (DU) ? 6-4, 7-6 (3)

Doubles
(1) S. Foster/Kalsarieva (UK) def. Bentley/Hagood (FU) ? 8-5
Coventry/Schwenk (UK) def. Loeb/Martzolf (WF) ? 8-1

Friday?s Results
Singles
(1) Aibika Kalsarieva (UK) def. Kristin Cargill (Duke) ? 7-6 (2), 6-3
(1) Aibika Kalsarieva (UK) def. Jenna Long (UNC) ? 6-3, 6-2
Christine Simpson (UK) def. Ioana Paun (Clemson) ? 7-5, 6-0
Barbara Orlay (NCSU) def. Christine Simpson (UK) ? 6-2, 7-5
Kim Coventry (UK) def. Lauren Archer (Duke) ? 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Kim Coventry (UK) def. Vicky Jones (Tennessee) ? 6-4, 6-1
Danielle Petrisko (UK) def. Tazi Meryam (Charleston Southern) ? 6-0, 6-1
(4) Jackie Carleton (Duke) def. Danielle Petrisko (UK) ? 6-2, 7-6 (4)
(5) Sarah Foster (UK) def. Blakely Offutt (WF) ? 6-1, 6-4
(5) Sarah Foster (UK) def. Shannon Moore (Furman) ? 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
(1) S. Foster/Kalsarieva (UK) def. Suggs/Cabkar (UNC-G) ? 8-1B
Coventry/Schwenk (UK) def. Lesaldo/Paun (Clemson) ? 8-6

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