EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Six out of eight University of Evansville women's tennis players are headed to Sunday's finals as the Purple Aces wrapped up the first day of the Evansville Metro Collegiate Invite on Saturday at Wesselman Park.
At flight one singles, Sunday will feature an all-Evansville final as Diana Tkachenko and Chieko Yamada will square off. Tkachenko opened the day with a win over Asel Jumamukhambetova of UT Martin, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0. In round two, she got past Jennifer Skonieczny of Bellarmine, 6-0, 6-4.
Yamada's path to the finals started with a triumph over USI's Lauren Hambrock, 6-4, 6-0.