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MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – After posting three wins in three days, Lee University's Ashleigh Simes has reached the final of the 2024 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Cup which kicked off on Thursday, October 10. The ITA Cup, formerly known as the Small College Nationals, is being held this week at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College.

Simes began her trek through the bracket with a three-set win over Anamarija Kovacevic of University of Findlay Thursday morning. Kovacevic won the first set 6-1 before Simes forced a third set with a 6-4 margin in the second. Simes completed the comeback with a 7-5 score in the final set.

Friday morning saw Simes battle to another three-set victory. Amaia Balaguer Brau of Slippery Rock University won the opening set 6-3. Simes fought back to win the second set 6-1 and the third set 6-3 to advance to Saturday morning's semifinal match.

In the semifinal, Simes was pitted against Dana Heimen of Flagler College. Simes needed a 7-3 tiebreaker to win the opening set 7-6 and held off Heimen 7-5 in the second set for the win.

Simes returns to action at 8 a.m. Sunday morning to take on Angelina Linnikova of North Georgia in the final. Linnikova won her opening match in three sets against Sophie Rachor of Concordia University Irvine and beat Sofia Giraldo (Midwestern State University) in straight sets on Friday. She posted matching set scores of 6-4 to beat Nikoline Gullacksen (Columbus State) to set up the championship match.