ST. LOUIS – Bradley freshman Ariel Dechter advanced to the championship match of Flight 2 Singles, highlighting Bradley's results during the second day of the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Tennis Individual Championships Saturday.

Dechter knocked off the flight's top seed Saturday, earning a 6-3, 6-4 decision against Wichita State sophomore Julia Schiller.  Dechter will take on Southern Illinois senior Anita Lee in Sunday's Flight 2 Singles championship match.

Dechter's championship match will be one of five matches featuring the Braves during the final day of the MVC Individual Championships.  Dechter will be in two of those five matches, teaming with Meredith McDonagh in the Flight 3 Doubles fifth-place match against the UNI tandem of Kearney/Wolfe.  In addition, senior Adele Henke will play for fifth in Flight 1 Singles, freshman Ashley Thai will play for fifth in Flight 3 Singles and Cassia Wojtalik will play for fifth in Flight 6 Singles.

Bradley Results – MVC Individual Championships Day 2
Flight 2 Singles:  Ariel Dechter (Bradley) def. Julia Schiller (Wichita State) 6-3, 6-4
Flight 7 Singles:  Whitley Quan (Wichita State) def. Ashley Roth (Bradley) 6-1, 6-1
Flight 7 Singles:  Lauren Hoekstra (Southern Illinois) def. Meredith McDonagh (Bradley) forfeit
Flight 1 Doubles:  Medlin/Stroobant (UNI) def. Henke/Thai (Bradley) 8-6
Flight 2 Doubles:  Milovic/Moreno (Evansville) def. Miles/Rodefeld (Bradley) 8-6

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