Huskies Advance at USTA/ITA NW Regional Championships
STANFORD, Calif. – The University of Washington women’s tennis team cruised through the first two rounds of the USTA/ITA Northwest Regionals Friday afternoon advancing three singles and three doubles pairs to the round of 32.
In singles action, 13th-seeded Elianne Douglas-Miron opened her day with an easy 6-1, 6-1 defeat over Fresno State’s Tanya Murtagh. Her round of 64 match proved to be a little tougher as Sacramento State’s Olivia Boija evened up the set count with a 6-4 win in set two sending the match to the deciding third set. The pair battled it out with Douglas-Miron claiming a 7-5 win to move on to the round of 32 for the second-straight year.
Douglas-Miron will be joined by Natali Coronel who picked up a first round win over USF’s Thyra Taune (6-2, 3-6, 7-5) before defeating UC Davis’ Kristy Jorgensen 6-2, 6-2. Julija Lukac will also continue on as she knocked off USF’s Marina Nikolic 7-5, 7-5, to open the day then outlasted Santa Clara’s Chelby Cooke, 6-4, 6-2.
Three other Huskies earned wins in the round of 128 before falling in the next round. Riko Shimizu didn’t allow a point in her 6-0, 6-0 victory over UC Davis’ Claire Meunier while sophomore Angela Chen claimed a 6-0, 6-3 win over Megan Gavi of Portland State and freshman Miki Kobayashi, playing in her first match as a Husky, posted a 6-3, 6-0 against Danielle Zinn of Santa Clara.
Doubles play also saw three Husky duos advance to the next round. Douglas-Miron and Shimizu picked up right where they left off a year ago with an 8-3 defeat over Eastern Washington’s Carolina Lopez and Rachel Swindell. Additionally the pairs of Natali Coronel/Julija Lukac and Miki Kobayashi/Grace Ysidora earned 8-0 and 8-5 wins, respectively.
Action continues on Saturday morning starting with doubles play at 9 a.m. while the singles rounds begin at 10 a.m.
UW RESULTS
Open Singles – Round of 64
No. 13 Elianne Douglas-Miron def. Olivia Boija (Sacramento State), 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
Natali Coronel def. Kristy Jorgensen (UC Davis), 6-2, 6-2
Julija Lukac def. Chelby Cooke (Santa Clara), 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Carol Zhao (Stanford) def. Miki Kobayashi, 6-0, 6-1
Malin Cubukcu (San Jose State) def. Riko Shimizu, 6-1, 6-2
Nia Rose (Oregon) def. Angela Chen, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Open Singles – Round of 128
No. 13 Elianne Douglas-Miron def. Tanya Murtagh (Fresno State) 6-1, 6-1
Miki Kobayashi def. Danielle Zinn (Santa Clara) 6-3, 6-0
Julija Lukac def. Marina Nikolic (USF) 7-5, 7-5
Riko Shimizu def. Claire Meunier (UC Davis) 6-0, 6-0
Natali Coronel def. Thyra Taune (USF) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
Angela Chen def. Megan Govi (Portland State) 6-0, 6-3
Julianna Bacelar (San Jose State) def. Natalie Allen, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
Alexandra Bourguignon (Gonzaga) def. Sophia Bott, 6-2, 6-2
Michelle Lui (Seattle) def. Capucine Gregoire, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
Open Doubles Round of 64
Elianne Douglas-Miron/Riko Shimizu def. Carolina Lopez/Rachel Swindell (E. Wash.), 8-3
Natali Coronel/Julija Lukac def. Milica Hadzi-Tanovic/Ines Teixeira (USF), 8-0
Miki Kobayashi/Grace Ysidora def. Christiana Ferrari/Iveta Massarova (Pacific), 8-5
Lize Leenknecht/Elizaveta Luzina (WSU) def. Natalie Allen/Angela Chen, 8-6
Dane Joubert/Hannah Stone (Cal Poly) def. Sophia Bott/Capucine Gregoire, 8-3