Rutgers University
ITA Regional Championships
Tennis Concludes at ITA Regional Championships
Oct 24 | Women's Tennis
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Rutgers tennis wrapped up play at the ITA Regional Championships, hosted by Yale, from Oct. 20 to Oct. 24 in New Haven, Connecticut. Juniors Chloe Lee and Mingxiu Du along with freshman Jacqueline Cochrane all represented the Scarlet Knights in the Main Singles Draw to highlight weekend action.
"Overall we had a great showing at regionals," said first-year head coach Hilary Ritchie. "The ladies played extremely well in singles action in both the qualifying and main draws. We ran into some tough opponents on Saturday, but we will continue to work hard in order to get to where we want to be as a program."
Cochrane, Du and Lee all recorded first-round victories on Friday. Cochrane powered her way to a 6-3, 7-6 (3) decision over Seton Hall's Anna Fajnorova. Du produced a 7-5, 6-4 win against UConn's Emma Alderman, while Lee won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, versus Sacred Heart's Olivia Podsiebierski.
The second round was not as kind for the Scarlet Knights. Cochrane fell, 6-4, 6-2 to Saint Joseph's Anna Morozova, Du lost to Cornell's Alex D'Ascenzo, 6-2, 6-4, and Lee suffered a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Yale's Madison Battaglia.
In doubles action on Saturday, Lee and Du advanced out of the first round with a 8-5 decision over Fordham's Estelle Wong and Mayu Sato before the duo lost its second round match against Boston University's Sabrina Faybyshev and Barbara Rodriguez, 8-7(2). Cochrane and senior Farris Cunningham lost in the first round, 8-2, to Harvard's Natasha Gonzalez and Irene Lu.
On Thursday, Cochrane and DU both collected two wins to advance to the Main Singles Draw. Cochrane registered a 6-1, 6-1 decision over Army's Rugile Valiunaite, followed by a 6-1, 6-0 win against Binghamton's Annie DiMuro.
Du captured a hard fought 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 win against UConn's Jacquelyn Fitz before she downed Boston University's Remi Ramos, 6-2, 6-0.
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