Women's Tennis Travels to Knoxville for ITA Ohio Valley Regional

Thursday, October 20

Knoxville, Tenn.

Xavier University

ITA Fall Regional

Women's Tennis Travels to Knoxville for ITA Ohio Valley Regional

10.19.22 | Women's Tennis

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Musketeers one of 24 teams taking part in tournament at Tennessee

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis travels to Knoxville, Tenn., to take part in the 2022 ITA Ohio Valley Regional this weekend. The Musketeers are one of 24 teams competing at the University of Tennessee to wrap up the Fall Tournament schedule.

TOURNAMENT INFO

ITA Ohio Valley Regional
Knoxville, Tenn.

TEAMS
Austin Peay
Ball State
Belmont
Butler
Cincinnati
Dayton
Eastern Kentucky
ETSU
Indiana
IUPUI
Kentucky
Lipscomb
Louisville
Miami OH
Memphis
MTSU
Murray State
Northern Kentucky
Purdue
Tennessee
Tennessee State
UT Chattanooga
Xavier
Vanderbilt

FALL RESULTS

Last weekend, four Musketeers Imani Graham, Kat Lyman, Blessing Nwaozuzu and Abigail Siminski combined to collect six wins at the Buckeye Invite, playing in a hidden dual format, with two double matches and four singles matches each day.
On day one, Xavier collected three wins, with Abigail Siminski and Blessing Nwaozuzu combining to pick up a 6-2 win over Alina Lebedeva and Danielle Alamo of Penn State to start the day in doubles play.
Imani Graham and Kat Lyman each picked up a singles win on day one, with Graham defeating Ohio State's Lucia Marzal, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, and Lyman Taking a 6-2, 7-5 win over Karly Friedland of Penn State.
On day two, Graham and Lyman combined to pick up a doubles win over Penn State's Karly Friedland and Olivia Dorner, 7-6 (6). In singles play, Nwaozuzu picked up a 6-1, 7-5 win over Karly Friedland of Penn State.
Kat Lyman picked up a second singles win for the weekend on the final day, topping Ohio State's Danielle Willson, 7-5, 6-3.

THE MUSKETEERS

The Musketeers wrapped up the 2022 spring season at 14-10 overall, brought home the program's third overall and second-straight BIG EAST Championship and earned Xavier's third bid to the NCAA Championships.
Xavier returned five letterwinners from last season's BIG EAST Championship squad, including All-BIG EAST selection Imani Graham, who went 14-6 in dual play last year, playing primarily in the No. 2 spot.
The Musketeers also bring back Kat Lyman, Anna Roggenburk, Blessing Nwaozuzu and Bella Kirby from last season's BIG EAST Championship squad.
Xavier also adds four-person freshman class, Emily Flowers, Paulina Franco Martinessi, Abby Nugent and Abigail Siminski.