Friday, October 6
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ITA Regionals
Tennis Readies for ITA Regionals
Oct 05 | Women's Tennis
NEW YORK — The Rutgers women's tennis team will compete at ITA Regionals from Oct. 6-8. The three-day tournament will be hosted by Columbia University at the Milstein Family Tennis Center.
The ITA Northeast region is broken up into two sections, with Columbia serving as the host of the Southern section of the region's competition.
Players will compete in singles and doubles with a chance to advance to the ITA Super Regionals in West Point, New York later in the month. For Rutgers, junior Jackeline Lopez has automatically qualified for the event.
The Scarlet Knights will send six singles players to Columbia, along with three doubles teams. Amira Badawi, Tara Chilton, Mai Nguyen, Yana Gurevich, Minchae Kim, and Arina Valitova will all compete in singles play. The duos of Naomi Karki and Kim, Badawi and Nguyen, and Chilton and Gurevich, will take part in the doubles competition.
Along with RU and host Columbia, Army, Binghamton, Cornell, Drexel, Fairleigh Dickinson, Fordham, Hofstra, Lehigh, Long Island, Marist, NJIT, Penn, Princeton, Seton Hall, St. Francis (PA), St. Bonaventure, St. John's, Stony Brook, Temple and Wagner will also be competing.
In round of 128 singles play, the Scarlet Knights' singles matches will include Kim facing off against FDU's Anastasia Lim, and Valitova taking on Sasha Motlagh of Penn.
Badawi, Chilton, Nguyen, and Gurevich have all earned byes, placing them directly into the round of 64.
In round of 64 doubles play, Kim and Karki will face Lim and Namie Isago of FDU.
The pairs of Badawi and Nguyen, and Chilton and Gurevich, both received byes and will start competition in the round of 32.
Tournament Format
Four rounds of singles play in addition to three rounds of doubles will take place over the weekend.
Friday, Oct. 6
Last Time Out
Badawi, Chilton, and Lopez took part in the ITA Women's All-American Championships in Cary, North Carolina from Sept. 30-Oct. 8. The Scarlet Knights competed in pre-qualifying for singles and doubles.
The duo of Badawi and Chilton competed in the doubles bracket, while Lopez took part in the singles competition.
Looking Ahead
Following ITA Regionals, RU will compete in the Princeton Invitational in Princeton, N.J. from Oct. 13-15. The team will then close out its fall campaign with two more events, ITA Super Regionals (Oct. 20-22) and the Big Green Invitational (Nov. 3-5).
The ITA Northeast region is broken up into two sections, with Columbia serving as the host of the Southern section of the region's competition.
Players will compete in singles and doubles with a chance to advance to the ITA Super Regionals in West Point, New York later in the month. For Rutgers, junior Jackeline Lopez has automatically qualified for the event.
The Scarlet Knights will send six singles players to Columbia, along with three doubles teams. Amira Badawi, Tara Chilton, Mai Nguyen, Yana Gurevich, Minchae Kim, and Arina Valitova will all compete in singles play. The duos of Naomi Karki and Kim, Badawi and Nguyen, and Chilton and Gurevich, will take part in the doubles competition.
Along with RU and host Columbia, Army, Binghamton, Cornell, Drexel, Fairleigh Dickinson, Fordham, Hofstra, Lehigh, Long Island, Marist, NJIT, Penn, Princeton, Seton Hall, St. Francis (PA), St. Bonaventure, St. John's, Stony Brook, Temple and Wagner will also be competing.
In round of 128 singles play, the Scarlet Knights' singles matches will include Kim facing off against FDU's Anastasia Lim, and Valitova taking on Sasha Motlagh of Penn.
Badawi, Chilton, Nguyen, and Gurevich have all earned byes, placing them directly into the round of 64.
In round of 64 doubles play, Kim and Karki will face Lim and Namie Isago of FDU.
The pairs of Badawi and Nguyen, and Chilton and Gurevich, both received byes and will start competition in the round of 32.
Tournament Format
Four rounds of singles play in addition to three rounds of doubles will take place over the weekend.
Friday, Oct. 6
- Round of 128 singles
- Round of 64, doubles
- Round of 32, doubles
- Round of 64, singles
- Round of 32, singles
- Round of 16, doubles
- Round of 16, singles
- Quarterfinals, doubles
Last Time Out
Badawi, Chilton, and Lopez took part in the ITA Women's All-American Championships in Cary, North Carolina from Sept. 30-Oct. 8. The Scarlet Knights competed in pre-qualifying for singles and doubles.
The duo of Badawi and Chilton competed in the doubles bracket, while Lopez took part in the singles competition.
Looking Ahead
Following ITA Regionals, RU will compete in the Princeton Invitational in Princeton, N.J. from Oct. 13-15. The team will then close out its fall campaign with two more events, ITA Super Regionals (Oct. 20-22) and the Big Green Invitational (Nov. 3-5).
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