Box Score CONWAY, Ark. – Romana Tarajova, Teona Velkoska, Cosima Trinity Calinescu, Lera Valeeva, and Vivian Lai all captured singles titles this past weekend as Southeast Missouri women's tennis kicked off its 2022 fall tournament season at the Central Arkansas Fall Invitational (Sept. 16-17).
 
Romana Tarajova, a 2022 All-OVC First Team selection, won all three of her Flight 2 singles matches for the Championship. Her round one match was an epic three-set victory, winning 6-1, 6-7 (5), (10-4) over Missouri State's Juliette Robinson.
 
In the second round, Tarajova bounced back from a second-set loss to for a three-set win, 6-0, 2-6, (10-5), over Reagan Miley of Oral Roberts.
 
Tarajova, a graduate student from Dolný Kubín, Slovakia, wrapped up her third-round matchup with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Konomi Miyakawa of Central Arkansas to kick off her fall singles season with a perfect record. 
 
For Cosima Trinity Calinescu, the Invitational marked her Redhawks debut. The freshman from Verrières Le Buisson, France, competed in Flight 5 winning all three of her matches. 
 
Calinescu won her first match 6-2, 6-2 over Missouri State's Alyson Piskulic.
 
She followed that up with back-to-back victories winning 2-6, 6-4, (10-8) against Sumomo Hamanaga (UCA) and a 6-4, 6-1 third match victory over Olivia Gaston of Ouachita Baptist. 
 
Lera Valeeva returned to action following a season-ending injury suffered this past January with three Flight 6 singles victories. 
 
Valeeva picked up her first win 6-2, 7-6 (3) over Missouri State's Sandra Lukacova. She then defeated host UCA's Ting-An Chen 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 for her second victory. Valeeva, an Ekaterinburg, Russia native, secured her third and final singles win by a final score of 6-4, 6-4, besting Ali May (Ouachita Baptist).
 
Teona Velkoska and Vivian Lai swept Flight 4 and Flight 8, respectively to continue the successful weekend for the Redhawks. 

Velkoska won 6-3, 6-2 in round one over Mary Houston (Missouri State). She followed that up with a 6-4, 6-4 victory in round two against Luna Morini of Oral Roberts and closed out Flight 4 with a 6-4, 6-1 win past Natalia Zamora Caprirolo (Ouachita Baptist).
 
Lai took round one 6-0, 6-3 in Flight 8 of the UCA Invitational over Amy Henning (MSU). Lai won round two 6-1, 6-1 over UCA's Nicole Ross and finished up with a 6-0, 6-0 drubbing of Ouachita Baptist's Carla Gallart Polo in round three. 
 
Daniela Hlacikova played in Flight One for SEMO, dropping her first two matches in rounds one and two (6-3, 2-6, (10-5) and 6-0, 2-6, 10-5). Ending strong, Hlacikova picked up a round three victory, defeating Central Arkansas' Jaeun Lee 6-1, 7-5. 
 
Ksenia Shikanova also competed for the Redhawks at the Invitational in Flight 3. 
 
Shikanova won her first-round match over Chara Grammatikaki (Oral Roberts) 6-4, 6-1, before dropping round two 6-2, 6-4. Shikanova, a Nizhny Novgorod, Russia native, wrapped up the flight with a victory, winning the match 6-4, 6-2 on Austynn Crocker (Ouachita Baptist).
 
On the doubles side, Daniela Hlacikova and Teona Velkoska won two of their three matches in Flight 1 with wins over Oral Roberts (7-6 (4), Sasha Lebedeva and Reagan Miley) and Missouri State (Diana Cabrera and Piskulic, 6-0) in the first two rounds. 
 
In Doubles Flight 2, Shikanova and Valeeva picked up a round two victory over Nonoka Kazama and Maja Gledic of Central Arkansas, 7-6 (8).
 
Tarajova and Calinescu captured a third-round win over Clarisa Valenzuela and Taylor Hansard of Ouachita Baptist via retirement in Flight 3. 
 
SEMO will be back in action on Saturday, September 24 when they take on both Lindenwood and Saint Louis in St. Charles, Missouri. 
 
2022 UCA Fall Invitational Results
 
FLIGHT 1 DOUBLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Hamanaga / Miyakawa (UCA) defeated Cabrera / Piskulic (MSU) 6-2
o   Hlacikova / Velkoska (SEMO) defeated Lebedezva / Miley (ORU) 7-6 (4)
-          ROUND 2
o   Hamanaga / Miyakawa (UCA) defeated Lebedezva / Miley (ORU) 6-2
o   Hlacikova / Velkoska (SEMO) defeated Cabrera / Piskulic (MSU) 6-0
-          ROUND 3
o   Hamanaga / Miyakawa (UCA) defeated Hlacikova / Velkoska (SEMO) 7-6 (3)
o   Lebedezva / Miley (ORU) defeated Cabrera / Piskulic (MSU) 6-1
 
 
FLIGHT 2 DOUBLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Kazama / Gledic (UCA) defeated Crocker / Zamora (OBU) 6-4
o   Robinson / Lukacova (MSU) defeated Shikanova / Valeeva (SEMO) 6-4
-          ROUND 2
o   Crocker / Zamora (OBU) defeated Shikanova / Valeeva (SEMO) 6-4
o   Shikanova / Valeeva (SEMO) defeated Kazama / Gledic (UCA) 7-6 (8)
-          ROUND 3
o   Kazama / Gledic (UCA) defeated Robinson / Lukacova (MSU) 6-2
o   Robinson / Lukacova (MSU) defeated Crocker / Zamora (OBU) 7-6 (1)
 
 
FLIGHT 3 DOUBLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Chen / Lee (UCA) defeated Valenzuela / Hansard – (OBU) 6-0
o   Grammatikaki / Mornin (ORU) defeated Tarajova / Calinescu (SEMO) 6-2
-          ROUND 2
o   Chen / Lee (UCA) defeated Tarajova / Calinescu (SEMO) 6-3
o   Grammatikaki / Mornin (ORU) defeated Valenzuela / Hansard – (OBU)
-          ROUND 3
o   Grammatikaki / Mornin (ORU) defeated Chen / Lee (UCA) 6-2
o   Tarajova /Calinescu (SEMO) defeated Valenzuela / Hansard – (OBU) retire
 
FLIGHT 4 DOUBLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Houston / Avakian (MSU) defeated May / Gallart (OBU) 7-5
  
FLIGHT 1 SINGLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Lee (UCA) defeated Cabrera (MSU) 6-4, 6-4
o   Lebedezva (ORU) defeated Hlacikova (SEMO) 6-3, 2-6, (10-5)
-          ROUND 2
o   Lebedezva (ORU) defeated Lee (UCA) 6-2, 6-1
o   Cabrera (MSU) defeated Hlacikova (SEMO) 6-0, 2-6, (10-5)
-          ROUND 3
o   Hlacikova (SEMO) defeated Lee (UCA) 6-1, 7-5
o   Cabrera (MSU) defeated Lebedezva (ORU) 6-2, 6-2
 
FLIGHT 2 SINGLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Miyakawa (UCA) defeated Miley (ORU) 4-6, 6-3, (10-8)
o   Tarajova (SEMO) defeated Robinson (MSU) 6-1, 6-7 (5), (10-4)
-          ROUND 2
o   Miyakawa (UCA) defeated Robinson (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
o   Tarajova (SEMO) defeated Miley (ORU) 6-0, 2-6, (10-5)
-          ROUND 3
o   Tarajova (SEMO) defeated Miyakawa (UCA) 6-3, 6-2
o   Miley (ORU) defeated Robinson (MSU) 7-6 (3), 3-6, (10-7)
 
FLIGHT 3 SINGLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Gledic (UCA) defeated Crocker (OBU) 6-3, 6-1
o   Shikanova (SEMO) defeated Grammatikaki (ORU) 6-4, 6-1
-          ROUND 2
o   Gledic (UCA) defeated Shikanova (SEMO) 6-2, 6-4
o   Grammatikaki (ORU) defeated Crocker (OBU) 6-3, 6-2
-          ROUND 3
o   Grammatikaki (ORU) defeated Gledic (UCA) 6-4, 6-3
o   Shikanova (SEMO) defeated Crocker (OBU) 6-4, 6-2
 
FLIGHT 4 SINGLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Morini (ORU) defeated Zamora (OBU) 6-3, 6-2
o   Velkoska (SEMO) defeated Houston (MSU) 6-3, 6-2
-          ROUND 2
o   Velkoska (SEMO) defeated Morini (ORU) 6-4, 6-4
o   Zamora (OBU) defeated Houston (MSU) retire
-          ROUND 3
o   Morini (ORU) defeated Houston (MSU) retire
o   Velkoska (SEMO) defeated Zamora (OBU) 6-4, 6-1
 
FLIGHT 5 SINGLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Hamanaga (UCA) defeated Gaston (OBU) 6-0, 6-4
o   Calinescu (SEMO) defeated Piskulic (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
-          ROUND 2
o   Calinescu (SEMO) defeated Hamanaga (UCA) 2-6, 6-4, (10-8)
o   Piskulic (MSU) defeated Gaston (OBU) 6-0, 6-0
-          ROUND 3
o   Hamanaga (UCA) defeated Piskulic (MSU) 6-4, 3-6, (10-7)
o   Calinescu (SEMO) defeated Gaston (OBU) 6-4, 6-1
 
FLIGHT 6 SINGLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Chen (UCA) defeated May (OBU) 6-0, 6-1
o   Valeeva (SEMO) defeated Lucakova (MSU) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
-          ROUND 2
o   Valeeva (SEMO) defeated Chen (UCA) 6-2, 3-6, (10-8)
o   Lucakova (MSU) defeated May (OBU) 6-0, 6-2
-          ROUND 3
o   Lucakova (MSU) defeated Chen (UCA) 2-6, 7-6 (8), (10-7)
o   Valeeva (SEMO) defeated May (OBU) 6-4, 6-4
 
 FLIGHT 7 SINGLES:
-          ROUND 1
o   Kazama (UCA) defeated Valenzuela (OBU) 6-3, 6-0
o   Avakian (MSU) defeated Isakova (ORU) 6-2, 6-2
-          ROUND 2
o   Kazama (UCA) defeated Isakova (ORU) retire
o   Avakian (MSU) defeated Valenzuela (OBU) 6-2, 6-0
-          ROUND 3
o   Kazama (UCA) defeated Avakian (MSU) 6-0, 6-1
 
FLIGHT 8
-          ROUND 1
o   Ross (UCA) defeated Gallart (OBU) 6-0, 6-1
o   Lai (SEMO) defeated Henning (MSU) 6-0, 6-3
-          ROUND 2
o   Lai (SEMO) defeated Ross (UCA) 6-1, 6-1
o   Henning (MSU) defeated Gallart (OBU) 6-1, 6-2
-          ROUND 3
o   Ross (UCA) defeated Henning (MSU) 6-1, 6-3
o   Lai (SEMO) defeated Gallart (OBU) 6-0, 6-0