The University of Tennessee women’s tennis team defeated Kentucky 4-0 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament at the Billingsley Tennis Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Tennessee advances to the semifinals, where they will take on Georgia today, Saturday.
Tennessee coach Alison Ojeda explained, “Kentucky has done a great job competing over the last couple of days, so we made sure to prepare our team for the best version of Kentucky possible. That meant we had to be ready from the first point in double and make sure our intensity lasted all the way to the final point.
That’s exactly what our team did.”
Women’s Doubles
1. #22 Carlota Molina/Elizabeth Stevens (UK) final. #40 Esther Adeshina/Rebeka Mertena (TENN) 6-4
2. Catherine Aulia/Lauren Anzalotta (TENN) final Lidia Gonzalez/Maialen Morante (UK) 6-3
3.
Daria Kuczer/Eleonora Molinaro (TENN) final Ellie Eades/Makayla Mills (UK) 6-3
Women’s Singles
1. #26 Elza Tomase (TENN) vs. #42 Florence Urrutia (UK) 7-6 (7-2), 2-3, unfinished
2. #27 Rebeka Mertena (TENN) vs. #118 Elizabeth Stevens (UK) 6-3, 5-5, unfinished
3.
#46 Daria Kuczer (TENN) final. Ellie Eades (UK) 6-3, 6-2
4. Eleonora Molinaro (TENN) final Carlota Molina (UK) 6-2, 6-0
5. Lauren Anzalotta (TENN) final. Lidia Gonzalez (UK) 6-3, 6-3
6. Esther Adeshina (TENN) vs. Zoe Hammond (UK) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished
About Tennessee University
The University of Tennessee is a public university located in Knoxville.
Founded in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington, it has approximately 28,000 students from more than one hundred nations. The University of Tennessee Medical Center, administered by University Health Systems and affiliated with the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, partners with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to attract and train the majority of its staff doctor.
Many UTMC physicians and nurses have integrated careers as teachers and health care professionals. The University of Tennessee was ranked 46th among public universities and 103rd among national universities in the United States by US News & World Report in its 2022 rankings.
The University of Tennessee is a member of the SEC Academic Consortium. The total research endowment of the UT Knoxville campus was $127,983,213 for fiscal year 2006. The University of Tennessee Space Institute, located in Tullahoma, TN, is an extension of the Knoxville campus that supports research and graduate studies in aerospace engineering and related fields.
Tennessee competes in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), along with Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. The only UT team that does not compete in the SEC is the women’s rowing program, which competes as a single-sport member of the Big 12 Conference.
