Princeton, N.J - The Duquesne women's tennis team competed at the 2026 ITA Division I Women's Northeast Regional Championship, hosted by Princeton University, with Junior Denisse Arinez Guilarte leading the Dukes in qualifying singles action by advancing to the round of 16.

Arinez Guilarte opened qualifying singles play with a hard-fought 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Yasmin Vavrova of Stony Brook in the round of 64. She followed with another three-set win in the round of 32, rallying past Columbia's Sabrina Lin, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, to secure her spot in the round of 16.

Junior Naomi Lalonde also picked up a qualifying singles victory, defeating Stony Brook's Yasmin Vavrova, 6-4, 6-4, in the opening round. Lalonde's run came to an end in the round of 32 with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 setback against Delaware's Isabella Kellenberger.

Senior Mila Badics earned a win in qualifying singles consolation play, taking the opening set against Vavrova, 6-2, before the match ended in retirement due to injury.

In the main singles draw, Denisse Arinez Guilarte fell to Princeton's Tsehay Driscoll, 6-3, 6-0, while junior Dasha Chichkina dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Princeton's Alice Ferlito. Chichkina later competed in consolation play, falling to Columbia's Margaret Hui, 7-5, 6-4.

Duquesne also competed in doubles action, with the pairings of Lalonde and Chichkina, along with Arinez Guilarte and Badics, competing in the opening round. Lalonde and Chichkina fell to Penn State's Jordina Cegarra Ramirez and Charlotte Benedetti Ravon, 8-2, while Arinez Guilarte and Badics dropped an 8-4 decision to NJIT's Vanya Virmani and Anna Frost.

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Duquesne closes out its fall season when it travels to Morgantown, W.Va. to compete in the West Virginia Invite from Oct. 23 through Oct. 25