Senior Moira Silva (Houston, Texas / Westside) and sophomore Lacey Tanner (Fort Pierce, Fla. / Florida Virtual School) teamed up for an opening-round doubles win, highlighting the Valparaiso University tennis showing on Friday, the second day of action at the 2025 ITA Midwest Regional, hosted by the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
 
How It Happened

• Silva and Tanner downed the SIUE combination of Mya Bowe and Chloe Koons in an opening-round doubles match on Friday morning.
• The Beacon top tandem gave the Marquette pair of Emma Davis and Joelle A Fiallo Schad all they could handle in a Round of 32 doubles match later in the day, but the Marquette duo prevailed on a breaker 8-7(0).
• The win over SIUE was Silva's 101^st in her career combined between singles and doubles as she recently hit the three-figure milestone. It marked her 47^th career doubles win, moving her into a tie for seventh in program history with Kate Evangelist (2003-2007).
• Silva participated in the singles main draw on Friday afternoon and faced off with conference foe Edit Cosmo (UIC) in a three-set cliffhanger. Cosmo prevailed in a dramatic 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 match.
• The Valpo duos of Delgado/Rogers (8-3 to Western Michigan) and Fernandes/Steven (8-2 to Wisconsin) dropped their opening-round doubles matches.

Up Next
The Beacons begin the spring season by hosting SIUE on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. at The Courts of Northwest Indiana.