SEATTLE - Two tournaments in Oregon are up next for the Seattle University Redhawks. The men's team will be in Newberg, Oregon for the Pacific Northwest Invitational, while the women will compete in the Duck Invitational in Eugene, Oregon. The Duck Invitational will run November 1-3. The Pacific Northwest Invitational will run November 2-3.
Both teams last competed at the WAC Invitational, where Lamija Avdic and Liliya Dimova won the doubles competition to become the first Redhawks to qualify for ITA Collegiate Masters. On the men's side, Filip Stipic and Jun Sasagawa made the semifinals before dropping a tight match to Grand Canyon. More of the women's team competed at the Gonzaga Invitational at the same time. There, Natalia Michta and Lola Tavcar reached the finals in doubles before being eliminated by host Gonzaga.
This will be the first time that the women have competed in a fall competition in Oregon. The Redhawks did compete at Portland State during the spring season last year. At that event, Lola Tavcar and Lamija Avdic as well as Liliya Dimova and Yuna Kadowaki won their doubles competitions, with Seattle University earning the doubles point. The Redhawks last competed in Eugene in 2023, where Dimova earned a singles win.
For the men, this is the fourth year in a row competing at George Fox for the Pacific Northwest Invitational. Last season saw the Redhawks earn four singles wins: Filip Stipic, Jun Sasagawa, Dario Ristovski, and the since-graduated Julian Worn all won matches. In doubles, Michael Frank and Worn, Veselin Kiselkov and Sasagawa, and Yu-Han Hsieh and Stipic all won doubles matches, with Worn the only one of that group not returning this season.
This will be the last full-team competition for the women and second to last for the men in fall. Avdic and Dimova will compete in ITA Masters on November 7 as the final matches of the fall season. The men's team will head to the Gonzaga Invitational, which begins November 8.
Both teams last competed at the WAC Invitational, where Lamija Avdic and Liliya Dimova won the doubles competition to become the first Redhawks to qualify for ITA Collegiate Masters. On the men's side, Filip Stipic and Jun Sasagawa made the semifinals before dropping a tight match to Grand Canyon. More of the women's team competed at the Gonzaga Invitational at the same time. There, Natalia Michta and Lola Tavcar reached the finals in doubles before being eliminated by host Gonzaga.
This will be the first time that the women have competed in a fall competition in Oregon. The Redhawks did compete at Portland State during the spring season last year. At that event, Lola Tavcar and Lamija Avdic as well as Liliya Dimova and Yuna Kadowaki won their doubles competitions, with Seattle University earning the doubles point. The Redhawks last competed in Eugene in 2023, where Dimova earned a singles win.
For the men, this is the fourth year in a row competing at George Fox for the Pacific Northwest Invitational. Last season saw the Redhawks earn four singles wins: Filip Stipic, Jun Sasagawa, Dario Ristovski, and the since-graduated Julian Worn all won matches. In doubles, Michael Frank and Worn, Veselin Kiselkov and Sasagawa, and Yu-Han Hsieh and Stipic all won doubles matches, with Worn the only one of that group not returning this season.
This will be the last full-team competition for the women and second to last for the men in fall. Avdic and Dimova will compete in ITA Masters on November 7 as the final matches of the fall season. The men's team will head to the Gonzaga Invitational, which begins November 8.
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