PROVO, Utah (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV women's tennis saw one player win twice Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals after Day 3 of the ITA Mountain Regional being staged on the campus of BYU.
 
Members from western teams are facing off each day in both singles and doubles through the finals on Saturday.
 
Two of three Rebels still alive going into the Round of 32 won their matches but only Nikol Mircheva advanced through the Round of 16. Seeded ninth, she rallied past Karina Mohamed of host BYU, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, in the morning and then knocked off Petra Janigova of rival UNR, 6-1, 6-1.
 
Mircheva will now take on fourth-seeded Amahee Charier, also from the Wolf Pack, in Friday's quarterfinal matchup.
 
As the second qualifying tournament for the 2025 NCAA Individual Championships, following the ITA Men's All-American Championships and the ITA Women's All-American Championships, the ITA Division I Regional Championships will continue over the next two weeks on college campuses across the country. With 13 regional tournaments being hosted on the men's and women's sides of play, the two singles finalists from each region (26 total) as well as the doubles champion from each region (13 total) will qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships through these Regional Championships.
 
2025 ITA MOUNTAIN REGIONAL

Thursday
Singles Main Draw Round of 32
(9) Nikol Mircheva (UNLV) def. Karina Mohamed (BYU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Kennedy Robinson (UNR) def. Eszter Kis-Czako (UNLV) 6-2, 6-1
Veronika Kliutch (UNLV) def. (9) Allison Isaacs (BSU) 6-4, 6-4
 
Singles Main Draw Round of 16
(9) Nikol Mircheva (UNLV) def. Petra Janigova (UNR) 6-1, 6-0
(4) Amahee Charier (UNR) def. Veronika Kliutch (UNLV) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1