KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Miami University tennis team competed in the ITA DI Women's Ohio Valley Regional Championships this past weekend. The tournament took place over four days with 200 athletes participating in the competition. Nishitha Saravanan had a strong week upsetting the No. 9 seed from Vanderbilt, Sonya Macavei, eventually making it to the singles round of 32 as well as getting through to the round of 16 with her doubles partner Lauren Joyce.
 
How it Happened:

Thursday Results
Doubles
Sarah Dev/Lovisa Valentinsson (M-OH) def. Victorie de Samucewicz/Callie Flanagan (U Cin.), 8-4
Nishitha Saravanan/Lauren Joyce (M-OH) def. Lena Peyer/Lilly-Sophie Schmidt (MTSU), 8-3
Sara Zalukar/Emilia Valentinsson (M-OH) def. Natalie Boesing/Chase Metcalf (But. U), 8-5
Asia Fontana/Yu-Hua Cheng (APSU) def. Sarah Dev/Lovisa Valentinsson (M-OH), 8⁷-7³
Nishitha Saravanan/Lauren Joyce (M-OH) def. Marit Kreugel/Natalie Slezakova (Mur. SU), 8-3
Mariia Hlahola/Anastasiya Zholdakova (Bel. U) def. Sara Zalukar/Emilia Valentinsson (M-OH), 8-6
 
Singles
Sasha Parkhomenko (EKU) def. Lauren Joyce (M-OH), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Emilia Valentinsson (M-OH) def. Nicole Teodosecu (IU), 6-4, 6-4
Nishitha Saravanan (M-OH) def. Sonya Macavei (VU), 7-5, 6-3
Sophia Cabezas (U Ten.) def. Sara Zalukar (M-OH), 6-4, 6-2
 
Friday Results
Doubles
Kennedy Gibbs/Csilla Fodor (PU) def. Nishitha Saravanan/Lauren Joyce (M-OH), 8-2
 
Singles
Anessa Lee (VU) def. Emilia Valentinsson (M-OH), 6-1, 6-1
Nishitha Saravanan (M-OH) def. Sara Watanabe (U Cin.), 6-2, 6-1
Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PU) def. Nishitha Saravanan (M-OH), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1