PHILADELPHIA - Junior Alena Mukdaprakorn (Hartford, Conn.) reached the semifinals of the A singles draw at the Wilson/ITA East Regional held this weekend. She will face Sara Burinato of NYIT in Monday morning's semifinal round, with the winner of that match facing the winner of the match between Yuliya Plevako of Concordia (N.Y.) and Nastia Shcherbakova of Chestnut Hill later Monday.
After receiving a first-round bye, Mukdaprakorn, seeded fifth, defeated Taylor Barber of Queens (N.Y.) 6-2, 6-0. In the round of 16 she bested Jin Querubin of Holy Family 3-6, 6-1 (10-6), and in the quarterfinals topped Anna Rodionova of Queens 6-2, 7-5. Rodionova had earlier defeated top-seeded Jessica Nunez of the University of the District of Columbia.
In the A doubles draw, Mukdaprakorn and Amanda Albuquerque (Weymouth, Mass.) reached the semifinals before bowing out to Burinato and Gabriela Rodriguez of NYIT 8-5. The duo defeated Shcherbakova and Kelly Dennis of Chestnut Hill 9-8 (2) before topping Philadelphia University's Sayre Limburg and Stephanie Reinke 9-7 in the quarterfinals.
In B singles, Kara Pease (Falmouth, Mass.) reached the quarterfinals before bowing out to Stonehill's Jen Denyes 8-3. Pease topped Alexis Tyson of NYIT 8-1 in the first round before reaching the round of 16 with a 8-0 win over Lexis Puhl of Chestnut Hill. In the third round she topped Gabrielle DiCroce of Molloy 8-5.
The freshman duo of Jamie Hann (Westhampton, N.Y.) and Diana Vamvakitis (Wading River, N.Y.) reached the quarterfinals of the B doubles draw. In the first round the pair topped Maja Pantelic and Chelsea Brown of Holy Family 8-2 before defeating Concordia's Maria Ortiz and Camilla Gomes Xavier 8-4. In the quarterfinals they fell to Maria Parapouras and Morgan Oechsle of Chestnut Hill 9-8 (1).
A SINGLES DRAW
A DOUBLES DRAW