PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team hosted the 2021 ITA Northeast Regional this weekend, with freshman Sabine Rutlauka and junior Amanda Chan advancing as a doubles team to the Super-Regional which will take place at Princeton from October 15-18. Heading into the final day of play at Penn, the Quakers had two doubles teams and one singles player (freshman Gavriella Smith) looking to advance to the Super-Regional.
 
Rutlauka and Chan were the number four seed for doubles, earning a first-round bye before defeating Lehigh's Buchinsky and Javagal, 8-2 (10). Next up, they defeated the 13th-seeded Cornell duo of Mi and Wong of, 8-0. The Quakers duo then earned their spot in the Super-Regional by defeating Buffalo's Schwarz and Antoniou, 8-5.
 
Freshmen Eileen Wang and Smith were the 11 seed in doubles, getting a first-round bye and then earning a pair of 8-5 victories over Buffalo's Comlek and Shih in the second round and Drexel's Lemongo and Fuentes in the third. With a chance to advance to the Super-Regional, the duo took on Princeton's Benedetto and Sung but fell 8-2.
 
The 12th-seeded pairing of sophomore Iris Gallo and freshman Saige Roshkoff earned a first-round bye but fell in the second round to Temple's Mummadi and Nozaki, 8-6.
 
Seeded at number 22 in the singles bracket, Smith earned a first-round bye and used wins against Dominique Yeo of Saint Francis (6-2, 6-1) and Shalom Salvi of NJIT (6-2, 6-3) to advance to the Round of 16. This pitted her against fifth-seeded Shiori Ito of Syracuse with a spot in the Super-Regionals on the line, and she would fall in the third-set tiebreak, 6-3, 3-6 (10-7). 
 
Marjia Curnic was a top-eight seed, and after a first-round bye she came back from a first-set loss to defeat Temple's Veronika Kulhava, 4-6, 6-0 (10-8). In the Round of 32, Curnic fell to Rutgers' Tess Fisher 6-3, 6-0. Roshkoff also advanced to the Round of 32 after a second-round win over Colgate's Addie Eklund, but fell to Princeton's Stephanie Schrage 10-8 in the third-set tiebreak.
 
Chan, the number nine seed, fell in the second round to Buffalo's Deniz Comlek, 6-1, 6-2. Gallo earned a first-round bye but fell in the second round to Syracuse's Miyuka Kimoto 6-2, 7-5. Wang also fell in the second round to Temple's Vineetha Mummadi, 6-1, 6-1.
 
PENN RESULTS
 
SINGLES
Gavriella Smith
  Round of 128: Bye
  Round of 64: def. Dominique Yeo (Saint Francis) 6-2, 6-0
  Round of 32: def. Shalom Salvi (NJIT) 6-1, 6-0
  Round of 16: lost to Shiori Ito (Syracuse) 6-3, 3-6, 10-7
Marija Curnic
  Round of 128: Bye
  Round of 64: def. Veronika Kulhava (Temple) 6-0, 6-2
  Round of 32: lost to Tess Fisher (Rutgers) 6-3, 6-0
Saige Roshkoff
  Round of 128: Bye
  Round of 64: def. Addie Eklund (Colgate) 6-2, 6-2
  Round of 32: lost to Stephanie Schrage (Princeton) 3-6, 6-2, 10-8
Amanda Chan
  Round of 128: Bye
  Round of 64: lost to Deniz Comlek (Buffalo) 6-1, 6-2
Eileen Wang
  Round of 128: Bye
  Round of 64: lost to Vineetha Mummadi (Temple) 6-1, 6-1
Iris Gallo
  Round of 128: Bye
  Round of 64: lost to Miyuka Kimoto (Syracuse) 6-2, 7-5

DOUBLES
Rutlauka/Chan
  Round of 64: Bye
  Round of 32: def. Buchinsky/Javagal (Lehigh) 8-2
  Round of 16: def. Mi/Wong (Cornell) 8-0
  Quarterfinal: def. Schwarz/Antoniou (Buffalo) 8-7(5)
Wang/Smith
  Round of 64: Bye
  Round of 32: def. Comlek/Shih (Buffalo) 8-5
  Round of 16: def. Lemongo/Fuentes (Drexel) 8-6
  Quarterfinal: lost to Bennetto/Sung (Princeton) 8-2
Gallo/Roshkoff
  Round of 64: Bye
  Round of 32: lost to Mummadi/Nozaki (Temple) 8-6