TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 4-seed Victoria Vieten advanced at the ITA DII Individual Championships, and is joined in the quarterfinals by her teammate Emilia Gyorgy. Vieten and Camila Garcia, the No. 8-seed in doubles, outlasted their second-round opponent on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at Tuscaloosa Tennis Center.

Vieten eliminated Pimlaphat Lim of Charleston in the second round, 6-4, 7-6 (2), and faces sixth-seeded Yona Bancarel of UT Tyler in the quarterfinals. Vieten defeated Bancarel in the quarterfinals of the South Central Regional Championship, 6-4, 6-0, on her way to the title last month.

Gyorgy coasted to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Eleanor Coleman of Rockhurst in the round of 16 and faces No. 3-seed Kristyna Hranacova of Nova Southeatern on Friday morning.

Vieten and Garcia forced a match tiebreak against Claudia De Lucas Rivera and Isabell Ek of Columbus State and escaped with a 2-6, 6-4, (10-8) victory on Thursday. Vieten/Garcia face Polina Zaytseva and Simone Cameron of Findlay in the quarterfinals on Friday afternoon.