LAS VEGAS, Nev.— Idaho women's tennis moves on in singles and double action on day one of the ITA Mountain Region Championships on Wednesday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.
More than 125 women student-athletes, 22 western programs, are taking to the court within the next four days, on 12 courts to compete in both singles and doubles.
In the singles, senior
Marianna Petrei, seeded first and ranked 20th in the nation, swept Meredith Laskey of the Air Force 6-0, 6-0;
Shion Watabe defeated New Mexico's Yuelin Chen, 7-5, 5-7, 7-6; and 12th seeded
Maria Tavares edged Nadeen Lieberman of Air Force 6-2, 6-1.
In doubles, the Vandals walked away with two victories on day one of competition. Duo Petrei and Tavares downed a team from New Mexico 8-3, while
Maggie Chen and
Laura Spataro (ID) slipped past a pair from Brigham Young 8-5.
Day two of the ITA Regional gets under way on Thursday with doubles at 9:00 a.m. PT followed by two rounds of singles.
ITA Mountain Region Championship Results
TEAMS
Air Force (AFA)
Boise State (BSU)
Brigham Young (BYU)
Colorado (CU)
Colorado State (CSU)
Denver (DU)
Idaho (IDAHO)
Montana State (MSU)
Nevada, Reno (UNR)
New Mexico (UNM)
New Mexico State (NMSU)
Northern Arizona (NAU)
Northern Colorado (UNC)
UNLV (UNLV)
Utah (UU)
Utah State (USU)
Weber State (WSU)
Wyoming (WYO)
FIRST ROUND SINGLES (WED., OCT. 10)
(1) #20 Marianna Petrei (IDAHO) def. Meredith Laskey (AFA) 6-0, 6-0
(7) TJ Fumagalli (AFA) def.
Marta Magalhães (IDAHO) 6-2, 6-1
Shion Watabe (IDAHO) def. Yuelin Chen (UNM) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6
Julie Romney (MT) def.
Maggie Chen (IDAHO) 6-1, 6-1
Elizabeth Barnickel (AFA) def.
Laura Spataro (IDAHO) 6-4, 6-1
(12) Maria Tavares (IDAHO) def. Nadeen Lieberman (AFA) 6-2, 6-1
FIRST ROUND DOUBLES (WED., OCT. 10)
Marianna Petrei/Maria Tavares (IDAHO) def. Ruth Copas/Natasha Munday (UNM) 8-3
Maggie Chen/Laura Spataro (IDAHO) def. Taylah Beckman/Samantha Smith (BYU) 8-5
Whitney Hekking/Leah Heimulia (UU) def.
Shion Watabe/Marta Magalhães (IDAHO) 8-2
SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Thursday, Oct. 11 - Second Round doubles (32), Second Round (64) and Third Round singles (32), Consolation doubles
Friday, Oct. 12 - Round of 16 and Quarterfinal Round doubles, Round of 16 singles, Consolation singles & doubles; Added singles matches
Saturday, Oct. 13 - Semifinal doubles, Quarterfinal singles, Semifinal singles, Consolation singles & doubles; Added singles matches
Sunday, Oct. 14 - Doubles Final, Singles Final, Consolation singles, Consolation singles & doubles; Added singles matches
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