TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Sophomore Daniela Fernandez Junquera emerged on the winning end of a three-hour, 10-minute singles battle to advance to the semifinal round of the ITA DII National Championships on Friday.
 
Fernandez Junquera's opponent in the quarterfinal round was Oleysa Stokusova from North Georgia. Trailing 4-1 in the first set, Fernandez Junquera fought back to close the gap to 4-3, but Stokusova won the next two games to win the set 6-3. Fernandez Junquera had a 5-4 lead in the second set, but dropped two games in a row before winning the next to tie the set score at 6-6. Fernandez Junquera won the resulting tiebreaker 7-4 and rode that momentum to a 6-4 win in the third to move on to the semifinals where she will face No. 3 seed Krystina Hranacova from Nova Southeastern.
 
Fernandez Junquera was back on the court a few hours later in doubles, but she and partner Benedetta Sensi ended their run through the doubles bracket following a 6-2, 6-1 loss to fourth-seeded Mei Hasegawa and Ayaka Koga of Central Oklahoma.