LAKELAND, Fla. – Barry University’s Sonja Larsen and Emma Onila remain in the hunt for the United States Tennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis Association NCAA Division II South Region Championships women’s singles tournament title.
Larsen, a freshman from Verden, Germany, beat Michelle Fischer of Valdosta State, 6-1, 6-0, in the quarterfinals Sunday. Onila, a junior from Twin Falls, Idaho, beat Rosie Willig of Lynn, 6-4, 6-4, in the quarters.
Barry senior Linda Fritschken, a senior from Berlin, Germany, lost to West Florida’s Monika Kochanova, 6-2, 3-6, 10-6, in the quarters.
Larsen’s semifinal match with top-seeded Val Confalonieri was halted by rain Sunday, as was Onila’s match with Kochanova.
Fritschken and Onila defeated Palm Beach Atlantic’s Valerila Nagoviticina and Veena Vasquez, 8-3, in the doubles quarterfinals. Barry’s Ana Pain and Larsen were 8-2 winners over Lynn’s Alina Jane and Willig to advance to the semifinals.
Fritschken and Onila will meet Confalonieri and Martina Gledacheva of Lynn in the semis. Pain and Larsen play Florida Southern’s Magda Riutort and Miroslava Mensikova.