CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Colgate women's tennis team competed at the ITA New England Regional Championships this week, picking up multiple main draw wins courtesy of senior captain
Amelia Galin, and the doubles duo of junior
Avery Isaac and sophomore
Rebecca Hess.
COACH PROHASKA'S COMMENTS
"We had a great mindset heading into ITA's and performed well across the board. We didn't let the moment get too big, stuck to our game plan on each court, and yielded some solid results. Getting two main draw wins in a tournament featuring the best teams in the Northeast is a great accomplishment for our group and I'm proud of the compete level we brought."
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Raiders opened up play on Thursday, where Hess and junior Sophia Montero competed in the qualifying draw of singles. Hess fell 7-6(7-3), 6-7(3-7), 3-6 to Syracuse in a battle in round one. Hess then took on Dartmouth in the backdraw, where she lost in a third set tiebreaker, 7-6(7-5), 4-6, (4-10).
Main draw action followed on Friday, where the Raiders had Galin compete in singles, and multiple doubles teams in the draw as well. Galin started off her tournament strong, defeating St. Bonaventure 6-2, 6-2. She then fell to Syracuse in the round of 32. In doubles action, Hess and Isaac defeated Binghamton 8-6 to advance to the round of 32, where they fell to Cornell. Montero and Galin were defeated by the two seeds from Harvard, and first-year Caroline Brown and junior Gigi Bohan fell to Brown.
The Raiders return to action on October 24, where they will head to Lehigh for the Patriot League Fall Individual Tournament to wrap up their fall season.
