Racers continue their excellent fall at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals

Thursday, October 16

Knoxville, Tenn.

TBA

Murray State

ITA Ohio Valley Regional

Racers continue their excellent fall at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals

10/19/2025 6:09:00 PM | Women's Tennis

The Racers won three matches over power four schools this weekend, as they competed in the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals in Knoxville, Tenn.

Facing strong competition, the Racers battled through three days of competition, having Yu Kikawa and Yuna Kadowaki advance to the round two on Thursday.

Thursday 10/16

Qualifying Singles Draw - Players had to win 2 rounds to advance to the main draw.

Rd1

Yu Kikawa (MSU) def. Lucia Gallegos (Louisville) - 7-6, 6-2

Yuna Kadowaki (MSU) def. Naomi Katz (Vanderbilt) - 6-3, 6-0

Tara Kurepa (Cincinnati) def. Sofia Issakova (MSU) - 2-6, 6-3, 7-6

Rufaro Magarira (UT Chattanooga) def. Bruna Melato - 6-1, 6-2

Rd 2

Ida Clement (Purdue) def. Yuna Kadowaki (MSU) - 6-0, Retired

Marina Fuduric (UK) def. Yu Kikawa (MSU) - 4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Consolation Singles

Kallyhan Kadzinski (IU Indianapolis) def. Bruna Melato (MSU) - 6-3, 6-3

Sofia Issakova (MSU) def. Sadbaroy Kholdarova (MTSU) - 7-5, 1-6, 10-7

Friday 10/17

Main Draw Doubles and Singles

Rd of 64

Yu Kikawa/Yuna Kadowaki (MSU) def. Chase Boyer/Magdalena Swierczynska (Indiana) 8-4

Lena Peyer/Sadbaroy Kholdarova (MTSU) def. Sofia Issakova/Valeria Chaikovskaia (MSU) - 8-3

Rd of 64

(3) Bridget Stammel (Vanderbilt) def. Valeria Chaikovskaia (MSU) - 6-2, 6-2

Saturday 10/18

Main Draw Doubles

Rd of 32

Alessandra Caceres/Ksenia Rage (ETSU) def. Yu Kikawa/Yuna Kadowaki (MSU) 8-7

Quote:

"The new format of the ITA Regionals just takes the top players from our region so when you go there you know it will be tough competition no matter who you face. Overall we got 3 wins over Power 4 Schools and had match points on another one to make it 4 so we know we can compete with those types of players which shows we keep going in the right direction. We know the things we need to continue to work on in order to make it to the next level and we will use the rest of the Fall to get better for the spring dual match season."