LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State women's tennis players Quinty Janssen and freshman Chloe Gavino are set to square off in the White singles draw championship match on Sunday after the conclusion of the second day at the Aggie Invitational.
 
Doubles action got the day started once again, this time with a pair of Aggie teams battling for a spot in the finals. The NM State duo of Lindsay Harlas and Harsha Challa went to battle against their foes from the north and had to play a super tiebreaker and prevailed 6-3, 1-6, 10-7 for a spot in the finals. Gavi Kalaga and Rebecca Keijzerwaard couldn't make it an all Aggie finals, but gave their UTEP counterparts a battle in the second set before falling 6-2, 7-5.
 
The Crimson singles bracket saw both Aggie players in the quarterfinals fall. Keijzerwaard fell first to UTEP's Kirsten Prelle 6-2, 6-0 before Harlas was bested by UNM's Natasha Munday in a back-and-forth battle 6-7, 6-2, 1-0 (9).
 
On the consolation side, Kalaga picked up a win over Mesa Community College's Ana Villavalzo Ferrera 6-1, 7-5 and will face former Aggie and current UTEP player, Vanessa Valdez. In the back draw, Challa took down Rubio 6-3, 6-4 and will face UNM's Ruth Copas for fifth-place on Sunday while Rubio takes on Yuelin Chen of UNM for seventh-place.
 
In the White singles draw, Quinty Janssen beat out Clara Rizea for a spot in the finals and will take on teammate Chloe Gavino – who bested Rine Nozaki from UTEP 6-1, 6-1.
 
The final day of action for the 2018 Aggie Invitational will begin at 9 a.m. (MT) on Sunday, Sept. 23, at the NM State Tennis Center.