NEW YORK, N.Y. – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis wrapped up the ITA Northeast Regionals hosted by Columbia in New York City on Sunday afternoon.
Results
Penn made deep runs into the round of 16 in both the singles and doubles portion of the regionals, with Iris Gallo competing in both rounds of 16.
In the singles, four Quakers had byes in the round of 128, while Saige Roshkoff and Maya Urata won their first matchups to move on. Urata, Gallo, and Roshkoff beat familiar foes in Princeton and Drexel to advance to the round of 32. Gallo went on to edge out Eva Elbaz of Princeton 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 to fight for a spot in the quarterfinals during the round of 16. Ultimately, the senior fell 6-0, 6-4 to Temple's Maiko Uchijima.
The Red and Blue had three doubles teams competing in the regionals, with Esha Velaga and Urata and Gallo and Eileen Wang having byes in the round of 64. Gavriella Smith and Liza Tkachenko took down Aina Plana Ventosa and Anastasia of Seton Hall 8-4 to move to the round of 32 with their teammates. Gallo and Wang defeated Naomi Karki and Michae Kim from Rutgers 8-7, 7-3, while Velaga and Urata crushed Lehigh's Anushka Dania and Megha Dania 8-6 to make a push toward the next round. Penn's time at the ITA Northeast Regionals came to a close in the round of 16 as both doubles pairs fell in close matches, with Gallo and Wang forcing an extra round with Nicoline Sartz-Lunde and Willa Bay Breunich of Saint John's (8-7, 8-6).
Up Next
Smith and Velaga wait to see if any additional Quakers will join them in West Point Oct. 20-22 for the ITA Super Regionals hosted by Army.
Singles
R128
Maya Urata def. Nitya Vyas (Binghamton) 6-0, 6-1
Eileen Wang (Bye)
Liza Tkachenko (Bye)
Iris Gallo (Bye)
Sasha Motlagh def. Arina Valitova (Rutgers) 6-4, 6-2
Saige Roshkoff (Bye)
R64
Urata def. Leena Bennetto (Princeton) 7-5, 7-6
Anlin Xie (Fordham) def. Wang 6-0, 5-7, 10-8
Marianthi Christoforidou (Temple) def. Tkachenko 6-1, 3-6, 11-9
Gallo def. Isabel Cabrerizo (Drexel) 6-1, 6-3
Maia Sung (Princeton) def. Motlagh 3-6, 6-2, 12-10
Roshkoff def. Tsehay Drsicoll (Princeton) injured
R32
Minchae Kim def. Urata 7-6, 7-6
Gallo def. Eva Elbaz (Princeton) 6-3, 2-6, 11-9
Amira Badawi (Rutgers) def. Roshkoff 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
R16
Maiko Uchijima (Temple) def. Gallo 6-0, 6-4
Doubles
R64
Iris Gallo and
Eileen Wang (Bye)
Gavriella Smith and
Liza Tkachenko def. Aina Plana Ventosa and Anastasia (Seton Hall) 8-4
Esha Velaga and
Maya Urata (Bye)
R32
Gallo and Wang def. Naomi Karki and Michae Kim (Rutgers) 8-7, 7-3
Raffaela Smith and Eleni Fasoula (Fordham) def. Smith and Tkachenko 8-5
Velaga and Urata def. Anushka Dania and Megha Dania (Lehigh) 8-6
R16
Nicoline Sartz-Lunde and Willa Bay Breunich (Saint John's) def. Gallo and Wang 8-7, 8-6
Isabella Chhiv and Maia Sung (Princeton) def. Velaga and Urata 8-6
