WTEN: Zags Start Day One of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships in Stanford

Friday, October 22

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WTEN: Zags Start Day One of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships in Stanford

10/22/2021 11:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Doubles will play tomorrow due to a rain delay

By: Written by: Chris Schnabel, Sports Information Student Intern

STANFORD, Calif. – The Zags women's team traveled down to California to start the ITA Regional Championships on the quest to move on to super regionals.

In round one, sophomore Tiegan Aitken took down Carly Schwartzberg of UC Davis, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. Sophomore Kianna Oda defeated Megan Tagaloa in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. Freshman Caroline Wernli also won in straight sets over Lauren Ko of UC Davis, 6-4, 6-4. Junior Cate Broerman came on as the No. 8 seed in the tournament and took down Hikaru Sato of Washington, 6-0, 6-1. Graduate Frederikke Svarre fell to Oregon's Lillian Mould, 6-4, 6-2. Junior Maria Frampton also fell in round one to Dalia Ahmed of Fresno State, 6-0, 6-2. Senior Adrianna Sosnowska battled against Savanna Ly-Nguyen of Washington State, 6-1, 6-3.

In the round of 64, Aitken, Oda, Wernli and Broerman all battled but fell in their matches. Aitken was defeated by Sophie Luescher of Oregon, 6-1, 7-5. Oda fell to the No. 7 seed in the tournament Julia Rosenqvist of California, 6-0, 6-1. Wernli battled but fell to Tara Chilton of San Francisco, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3. Broerman was defeated by Yinglak Jittakoat of Santa Clara, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

The doubles bracket was postponed to Saturday due to rain. Doubles will start at 8:30 am.

Results can be found on GoZags.com, along with Twitter and Instagram @ZagWTennis.