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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 On the opening day of play at the 2025 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Ohio Valley Regional Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Belmont University women’s tennis team had three Bruins in action. Freshman Mia Jones<\/a>, sophomore Jessica Popiol<\/a> and graduate Cielo Tapia-Cruz<\/a> were all in the qualifying draw for singles.
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\nHighlighting Belmont’s action Thursday at the University of Tennessee, Jones earned a first-round win in three sets. After dropping the opening set, 6-2, against Austin Peay’s Pauline Bruns, Jones stormed back and took sets two and three in convincing fashion, 6-1, 6-0.
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\nIn the second and final round of singles qualifying, Jones couldn’t get past fifth-seeded Rufaro Magarira of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
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\nThe opening round of doubles begins Friday’s play with Popiol teaming up with redshirt freshman Savannah Webster<\/a> at 9 a.m. CT\/10 a.m. ET. Jones and Tapia-Cruz will also see a 9 a.m. CT\/10 a.m. ET first serve for their first-round doubles match Friday morning.
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\nWebster earned automatic entry into the singles main draw and will take on Chattanooga’s Addison Iacono in the first round Friday at 11:30 a.m. CT\/12:30 p.m. ET.
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\nAll of the Bruins’ match scores from Thursday can be found below.
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\nITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships \u2013 Thursday Results
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\nQR64 – Mia Jones<\/a> (Belmont) def. Pauline Bruns (Austin Peay), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
\nQR64 – (4) Addison Iacono (Chattanooga) def. Jessica Popiol<\/a> (Belmont), 7-5, 6-1
\nQR64 – (9) Audelie Lesauvage (ETSU) def. Cielo Tapia-Cruz<\/a> (Belmont), 6-2, 6-1
\nQR32 – (5) Rufaro Magarira (Chattanooga) def. Mia Jones<\/a> (Belmont), 6-4, 6-3
\nC-QR32 – Chase Boyer (Indiana) def. Jessica Popiol<\/a> (Belmont), 6-3, 6-4
\nC-QR32 – Li Hsin Lin (Indiana) def. Cielo Tapia-Cruz<\/a> (Belmont), 6-1, 6-7 (4), (10-7)
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