ROME, Georgia – Utah State women's tennis sophomore
Terezia Mlkva posted three-consecutive wins all in straight sets at the ITA Conference Masters Championship, reaching the semifinals and earning the program's first-ever bid to the NCAA Individual Championships in Athens, Georgia, on Nov. 17-22.
Complete with her four-match run at the Pac-12 Qualifier several weeks ago to reach the ITA Conference Masters, Mlkva won seven-straight singles matches to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championship. The ITA Conference Masters Championship featured entries from each NCAA AQ-eligible, Division I conference, most of whom won their conference singles title in order to qualify.
The product of Piestany, Slovakia, first took down Omaha's Katelynn Kock in the opening round with a 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory. The match proved to be Mlkva's tightest of the tournament as she then defeated Buffalo's Sarah Hartel in the second round, 6-4, 6-3. In the quarterfinals with a spot in the NCAA Championship on the line, Mlkva defeated FIU's Sofia Fernandez Figueras, 6-3, 6-4, to book her ticket to Athens.
Mlkva will join Utah State men's tennis junior Xavier Calvelo at the NCAA Individual Championship as the Aggies will be represented by both a men's and women's player for the first time in school history. USU last sent a player on either the men's or women's side to the NCAA Individual Championship in 1970 when the Aggies sent three singles players and one doubles team to the tournament held that year in Salt Lake City.
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ITA Conference Masters Championship
Rome, Georgia
Nov. 4-7, 2026
RESULTS
Singles
Terezia Mlkva (Utah State) def. Katelynn Kock (Omaha) 7-5, 7-6(3)
Terezia Mlkva (Utah State) def. Sarah Hartel (Buffalo) 6-4, 6-3
Terezia Mlkva (Utah State) def. Sofia Fernandez Figueras (FIU) 6-3, 6-4
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