Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis at Colorado State Invite on September 12, 2025

10/17/2014 12:00 AM | Women's Tennis
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – After a successful third day at the USTA/ITA Regional Championships, the University of Utah women’s tennis team will send two doubles duos to the semifinals and two singles competitors to the quarterfinals Saturday.
Four Utes competed in the singles round of 16 today with half of them collecting victories. Senior Tereza Bekerova defeated teammate Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa in two sets (6-3, 6-4) to move on to the singles quarterfinals tomorrow while Sarah Richter downed New Mexico States’s Susana Alcaraz (6-2, 7-5). Jena Chang was topped by Utah State’s McKenzie Davis (6-2, 6-2).
Bekerova teamed up with Lucia Kovarcikova to win a pair of matches, as did da Rosa and Richter. Both Utah duos are slated for quarterfinal matches tomorrow.
Check back with UtahUtes.com for updates.
Friday’s Results
Doubles Round of 16
Tereza Bekerova/Lucia Kovarcikova (UT) def. Rachana Bhat/Meredith Hopson (UNM) 8-0
Sarah Richter/Luisa Gerstner da Rosa (UT) def. Nicolette Tran/Savannah Ware (BYU) 8-7(4)
Doubles Quarterfinals
Tereza Bekerova/Lucia Kovarcikova (UT) def. Rimpledeep Kaur/Ashvarya Shrivastava (NMSU) 8-4
Sarah Richter/Luisa Gerstner da Rosa (UT) def. Galina Bykova/Sophie Vickers (Idaho) 8-7(4)
Singles Round of 16
Tereza Bekerova (UT) def. Luisa Gerstner Da Rosa (UT) 6-3, 6-4
Sarah Richter (UT) def. Susana Alcaraz (NMSU) 6-2, 7-5
McKenzie Davis (USU) def. Jena Cheng (UT) 6-2, 6-2
Saturday’s Matchups
Doubles Semifinals
Tereza Bekerova/Lucia Kovarcikova (UT) vs. Mayci Jones/Toby Miclat (BYU)
Sarah Richter/Luisa Gerstner da Rosa (UT) vs. Julyette Steur/Kyra Wojcik (CU)
Singles Quarterfinals
Sarah Richter (UT) vs. Mayci Jones (BYU)
Tereza Bekerova (UT) vs. Jonas (Wyo)