SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Oct. 21, 2023) – Noesjka Brink advanced to Sunday's ITA Mountain Regional Singles Final Sunday as she picked up her fifth win of the week Saturday at the Mountain Regional Championships hosted by the University of Utah. Brink also punched her ticket to the ITA Fall National Championships at the beginning of November after her 6-1, 6-3 victory over Utah's Kaila Barksdale.
Brink headlined another six-win day for the Cowgirls at the tournament. Wyoming tallied a pair of doubles wins and three other singles wins Saturday.
In doubles action, the teams of Serina Abriola and Adel Ismagulova and Violetta Borodina and Sophie Zehender both picked up wins. Abriola and Ismagulova were victorious 6-3 over Ava Neyestani and Dolavee Tumthong of Northern Arizona. Borodina and Zehender won 6-4 over Anya Nelson and Carri Hayes of Colorado. Borodina and Zehender close their week going 3-1 at the regional.
Besides Brink's win, the Cowgirls got wins from Jeselle Ante, Abriola and Ismagulova. Ante defeated BYU's Pope in a thriller, 6-4, 5-7 and 10-3. Abriola also got a super set victory, winning 6-3, 4-6 and 10-6 over Nelson of CU. Ismagulova rounded-out the three-set thrillers, winning 3-6, 6-4 and 10-8 over UNLV's Matovic.
Brink will be UW's lone match Sunday. Brink will face another Ute in the title match, Marcela Lopez at 10 a.m.
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