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Ole Miss women’s tennis reaches two ITA tournament semifinals

Ole Miss women’s tennis completed competition at the ITA Sectional Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the ITA Conference Masters in Rome, Georgia. Andrea Nova advanced to the Sectional semifinals, while Riley Crowder and Sarah Victoria Majesty Nita reached the Masters doubles semifinals.

At the Sectional Championships, Nova beat Vanderbilt’s Sophia Webster 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 32 on Thursday. Alice Soulie also played in the round of 32, losing to UCF’s Marta Mariia Makarova 6-1, 2-6, 7-6. Nova then defeated Makarova 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 on Friday to reach the quarterfinals.

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Nova earned her semifinal berth with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Reese Frank on Saturday.

At the Conference Masters, Crowder and Nita opened with a 6-2, 6-1 doubles win over Quinnipiac’s Flower and Renton. They followed with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Hostakova and Yaguchi, then beat Hawkins and Mircheva 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

Their run ended in the semifinals, where Murphy and Warren defeated Crowder and Nita 4-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Source: Ole Miss Athletics.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."