Women's Tennis Earns Historic Victories at ITA Regional Championships

In a historic outing, the first time Seattle University women’s tennis has sent student-athletes to the USTA ITA Women’s Northwest Regional Championships since the rebirth of the program, the Redhawks continued the historic feats on day one.

Michelle Lui (Bellevue, Wash.) defeated Washington’s Capucine Gregoire, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2, in the first round of singles action while Madison Maloney (Idaho Falls, Idaho) defeated Cal Poly’s Zoe Oedekerk, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.

In the round of 64, both Lui and Maloney fell to USF’s Andrea Ka and St. Mary’s Manji, respectively. They will play in consolation matches later this weekend.

In doubles play, Lui and partner Kelli Woodman (Denver, Colo.) moved on with a win over Eastern Washington’s Erin Blessing/Dani Young, 8-4.

Stay tuned to GoSeattleU.com for all the updates throughout the weekend. To keep track of match results as they happen, visit http://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=162364#&&s=7Draws2.

Seattle U Results – Day 1

Singles – Round of 128
Michelle Lui (SU) def. Capucine Gregoire (UW), 2-6, 6-0, 6-2
Madison Maloney (SU) def. Zoe Oedekerk (Cal Poly), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
Marie Klocker (SJSU) def. Barbara Carey, 6-0, 6-0
Anna-Maria Nau (Sacramento State) def. Kelli Woodman (SU), 6-1, 4-6, 6-2

Singles – Round of 64
Andrea Ka (USF) def. Michelle Lui (SU), 6-3, 6-3
Kareena A. Manji (St. Mary’s) def. Madison Maloney (SU), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
Michelle Lui/Kelli Woodman def. Erin Blessing/Dani Young (EWU), 8-4
Marlou Kluiving/Nicole Long (Oregon) def. Barbara Carey/Madison Maloney (SU), 8-1