Women's Tennis Squad Impresses at ITA Regional
SUMTER, SC – The North Georgia women's tennis team
saw their first action of the year over the weekend, traveling to
the South Carolina for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
Southeastern Regional.
In the Women's Singles B-Draw, Laura Chapman put
together an impressive performance, winning four straight matches
after an opening round bye to advance to the semifinals. Straight
set wins over Francis Marion's Caitlin Siney and Columbus State's
Renata Paiva setup a quarterfinal showdown against Clayton State's
Jessica Budd as Chapman advanced 6-1, 6-4 against the conference
rival.
Audrey
Marlette advanced past Converse College's Lindsey Kelly in a
three-set thriller 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 in the second round, while Jordan Poole
recorded wins by default in the first two rounds before sneaking by
Converse's Stella Ford 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in the round of 32.
After moving to the consolation bracket, Stasa Vujosevic
rallied to defeat Pfeiffer University's Briana Oliver 6-3, 6-0.
Juliana Moscoso also dropped to the consolation round, but made her
way through the draw with a series of default wins.
Matilda
Watson dropped her first match of the weekend, and after moving
to the consolation bracket, fell 6-1, 6-0 to Erskine College's
Katie Sailors.
In doubles action, Chapman and Vujosevic opened the weekend with
an 8-2 victory over Tracy Bain and Kelly Edwards from GCSU, and
continued to run by Converse College's Lindsey Kelly and Olivia
Self with an 8-3 before falling to a duo from Flagler College.
The ITA Regional Championships, sponsored by the USTA, date back
to 1981 and for nearly two decades were also known as the Rolex
Regional Championships. The ITA Regional Championships featured the
top men's and women's players from each of the ITA's regions. All
in all, 8,000 varsity tennis players from 600 schools participated
in the USTA/ITA Regional Championships.