Women’s Tennis Competes in ITA Regionals
Submitted by: Ron Smith - September 28th, 2014
After a first round bye, Haley Strandness posted a 6-0, 6-1 win over Madeline Heer of Biola in the second round to reach the quarterfinals. Grace Davis, who also had a first round bye, defeated Susan Carmichael of Biola in the second round 6-1, 6-3.
Alyson Meyers earned her spot in the quarterfinals by posting a 7-6 (3), 6-1 win over Ulrike Hahn of Concordia. In the second round, Meyers defeated Biola’s Kelsey Post 6-0, 6-2.
Unfortunately, all three Warriors lost their quarterfinal matches to athletes from Arizona Christian. Strandness fell 6-1, 6-3 to Mikayla Morga while Davis lost 6-3, 6-1 to Jessica Trink. Meyers fell to top-seeded Andrea Crook.
In doubles play, Davis and Fernanda Rivera received a first round bye but lost in the quarterfinals 9-8 (4), to Kathryn Ashford and Carmichael of Biola.
Meyers and Strandness posted an 8-3 win over Hope International’s Sabrina Miller and Alyssa Penner in the first round before losing to Hahn and Ivana Vlakic of Concordia by a score of 8-4.
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