Gumerova Rolls to Four Wins to Advance to ITA Super Regionals - Seton Hall University Athletics
Gumerova went 4-0 down at Princeton to be one of the final eight competitors from the region that will head to the ITA Super Regionals Oct. 21-24 at Yale.
Princeton, N.J. - Senior Arina Gumerova won four singles matches in three days at the ITA Regional Championship held at Princeton's Lenz Tennis Center, including three wins over seeded opponents, to advance to the ITA Super Regional. Gumerova will move on to compete in the quarterfinals of the tournament Oct. 21-24 at Yale.
Gumerova, one of 95 players competing in singles, toppled a pair of players ranked in the [17-32] range and one player in the [9-16] range to ensure she is one of the final eight women in the tournament. She was one of five Pirates who competed on the weekend. Senior Aina Plana Ventosa and junior Oliwia Kempinski each advanced to the second round of the singles tournament, and Gumerova teamed with sophomore Arabella Moen to advance to the second round of the doubles tournament.
Gumerova, who has been a stalwart at No. 1 singles for the Pirates, competed against Lalita Devarakonda of St. John's in the first round and overcame a first set loss to take set two and the tiebreaker. She moved on to face [17-32] ranked Arina Valitova of Rutgers, who had a first-round bye. Gumerova again lost the first set, 6-2, but then won the second set 6-1 and took the tiebreaker to get into the third round.
Next up was [9-16] ranked Veronika Kulhava from Temple, and Gumerova went up 3-0 before Kulhava had to retire. Then in the fourth round, she went up against Princeton's Grace Joyce, ranked [16-32] and came away with a straight sets, 6-3, 6-1 victory, to clinch her spot in the final eight.
Gumerova is now 9-2 in fall competition, including an A singles championship at Siena.
Seton Hall is next scheduled to head to the Fordham Invitational in the Bronx, Oct. 22-23, and Gumerova will head to New Haven, Conn., Oct. 21-24, where she will compete against Princeton's Zoe Howard in the ITA Super Regional quarterfinals.
RESULTS
Singles First Round
Arina Gumerova (SHU) def. Lalita Devarakonda (STJ), 3-6, 6-2, 1-0(8)
Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU) def. Amelia Haley (SBO), 7-6(3), 4-6, 1-0(6)
Bente Vandeputte (STF) def. Arabella Moen (SHU), 6-1, 6-3
Oliwia Kempinski (SHU) def. Anastasia Gubanova (SBO), 6-2, 6-2
Singles Second Round
Arina Gumerova (SHU) def. [17-32] Arina Valitova (RU), 2-6, 6-1, 1-0(8)
[17-32] Jayden Nielsen (STJ) def. Aina Plana Ventosa (SHU), 6-3, 6-4
[17-32] Shivani Ingle (NJIT) def. Oliwia Kempinski (SHU)
Singles Third Round
Arina Gumerova (SHU) def. [9-16] Veronika Kulhava (TEM), 3-0 ret.
Singles Fourth Round
Arina Gumerova (SHU) def. [17-32] Grace Joyce (PRIN), 6-3, 6-1 (Gumerova advances to ITA Super Regionals)
Doubles First Round
Kelly Dowouna/Anoek Pruijmboom (STF) def. Aina Plana Ventosa/Chloe Hamlin (SHU)
Arina Gumerova/Arabella Moen (SHU) def. Ananyaa Bhargava/Kaitlyn Ferguson (HOF)
Doubles Second Round
Elinor Storkaas/Leopoldine Boisseau (LIU) def. Arina Gumerova/Arabella Moen (SHU)
