Utah State's Terezia Mlkva is first Aggie woman to qualify for NCAA tennis individual championship
The sophomore won three straight-set matches at the ITA Conference Masters in Rome, Georgia.
LOGAN - Utah State sophomore Terezia Mlkva is the first player in Aggie women's tennis history to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships, according to the USU Athletics release. The tournament is Nov. 17-22 in Athens, Georgia.
Mlkva earned the bid with three straight-set wins at the ITA Conference Masters Championship in Rome, Georgia: 7-5, 7-6 (3) over Omaha's Katelynn Kock, 6-4, 6-3 over Buffalo's Sarah Hartel and 6-3, 6-4 over FIU's Sofia Fernandez Figueras. USU says she won seven straight singles matches, counting a four-match run at the Pac-12 Qualifier several weeks earlier.
Utah State men's junior Xavier Calvelo also qualified. It is the first time the Aggies will send both a men's and a women's player, and USU's first entrant on either side since 1970, according to the release.
Why this matters
Two Utah State tennis players will represent Logan's university at the national individual tournament, the first Aggie entrants since 1970.