Douglas Advances to Round of 16 at ITA Central Championships

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LAWRENCE, Kansas – The University of Iowa Women’s Tennis team recorded 11 wins Friday at the ITA Central Regionals in Lawrence, Kansas. 
 
The Hawkeyes grabbed nine singles wins on Friday. No. 6 seed Zoe Douglas defeated Caitlyn Merzbacher of Minnesota in a three-set tie-breaker, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5. Douglas went on to beat No. 30 seed Tatum Rice from Arkansas, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the round of 16 on Saturday.
 
No. 10 seed Elise van Huevelen defeated Christie Brigante of Oklahoma in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5, but dropped her last match of the day to No. 23 Nina Khmelnitckaia from Kansas, 6-0, 6-3. 
 
No. 25 seed Yufei Long topped Tess Herder of Drake, 6-1, 6-2 in the round of 64, but fell to No. 3 seed Leolia Jeanjean, 6-0, 6-2 in the round of 32. 
 
Two of the Hawkeye’s wins came from the doubles bracket. In the round of 32, Adorabol Huckleby and Long beat Brigante and Sethi from Oklahoma, 8-3, and 38006Douglas and van Heuvelen defeated Herder and Petushkova from Drake, 8-2. 
 
Three Hawkeyes are making their way through the consolation bracket. Senior Anastasia Reimchen picked up a win in straight sets against Yana Grenchkina of Missouri, 6-1, 6-2. Reimchen grabbed a second win in round two from Carla Martorell from Kansas, 6-2, 6-3. 
 
Freshman Danielle Bauers grabbed her first win of the fall season, defeating Alye Darter of Michigan State, 6-0, 7-5 (12-10) in round one, but dropped her second match to Cassie McKenzie of Saint Louis University, 7-5, 6-1. 
 
Huckleby topped her first opponent, Karyna Bihel of Minnesota, 7-5, 6-7, (12-10) and continued in round two to defeat Joely Lomas from Drake, 7-5, 6-3. 
 
Douglas will play in the singles round of 16 and both doubles teams will compete in the round of 16 and quarterfinals, while Reimchen and Huckleby will play their third round of consolations Saturday.
 
Results will be posted on hawkeyesports.com and kuathletics.com
 
NOTEABLES: 
Long leads the team in singles this fall with a record of 6-3
Douglas and van Huevelen move to 4-1 as a pair in doubles
Bauers recorded her first collegiate singles win
 
SINGLES — ROUND OF 128 (# indicates tournament seed)
Marta Bellucco (Wichita State) def. Anastasia Reimchen (Iowa): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
#10 Elise van Heuvelen (Iowa) def. River Hart (Minnesota): 6-3, 6-3
#25 Yufei Long (Iowa) def. Alessandra Thompson (SEMO): 6-1, 6-1
 #19 Carolina Costamagna (Kansas State) def. Danielle Bauers (Iowa): 6-4, 6-2
 Montana Crawford (Iowa) def. Amber Policare (Kansas): 7-6, 4-6, 7-5
#6 Zoe Douglas (Iowa) def. Darby Rosette (Creighton): 6-3, 6-2
#24 Tina Kreinis (Minnesota) def. Danielle Burich (Iowa): 7-6, 6-4
#28 Gabriela Porubin (Wichita State) def. Adorabol Huckleby (Iowa): 6-4, 6-2
 
SINGLES – ROUND OF 64 
 #10 Elise van Huevelen (Iowa) def. Christie Brigante (Oklahoma): 6-4, 7-5
#25 Yufei Long (Iowa) def. Tess Herder (Drake): 6-1, 6-2
#6 Zoe Douglas (Iowa) def. Caitlyn Merzbacher (Minnesota): 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
#17 Margot Decker (Kansas State) def. Montana Crawford (Iowa): 6-0, 6-1
 
SINGLES – ROUND OF 32
#23 Nina Khmelnitckaia (Kansas) def. #10 Elise van Huevelen (Iowa): 6-0, 6-3
#3 Leolia Jeanjean (UA) def. #25 Yufei Long (Iowa): 6-0, 6-2
#6 Zoe Douglas def. #30 Tatum Rice (UA): 6-1, 6-2
 
SINGLES – ROUND OF 16 (SATURDAY)
 #6 Zoe Douglas (Iowa) vs. #13 Caroline Ryba (UM)
 
CONSOLATION SINGLES – ROUND 1
Anastasia Reimchen (Iowa) def. Yana Grenchkina (UMKC): 6-2, 6-1
Danielle Bauers (Iowa) def. Alye Darter (MSU): 6-0, 7-5, 12-10
Sandra Maletin (BU) def. Danielle Burich (Iowa): 6-1, 2-6, 10-8
Adorabol Huckleby (Iowa) def. Karyna Bihel (UM): 7-5, 6-7, 12-10
 
CONSOLATION SINGLES – ROUND 2
Anastasia Reimchen (Iowa) def. Carla Martorell (KU): 6-2, 6-3
Cassie McKenzie (SLU) def. Danielle Bauers (Iowa): 7-5, 6-1
Adorabol Huckleby (Iowa) vs. Joely Lomas (DU): 7-5, 6-3
 
CONSOLATION SINGLES – ROUND 3 (SATURDAY)
Anastasia Reimchen (Iowa) vs. Mackenzy Middlebrooks (MU)
Adorabol Huckleby (Iowa) vs. Kseniya Zonova (SEMO)
 
DOUBLES – ROUND OF 64
Reimchen/Crawford (Iowa) def. Brandt/Wijesinghe (BU): 8-4
Huckleby/Long (Iowa) def. Nylund/Lazarevic (USD): 8-4
Douglas/van Heuvelen (Iowa) def. Torrico/Bosechen (MSU): 8-4
Decker/Turco (Kansas State) def. Burich/Bauers (Iowa): 8-1
 
DOUBLES – ROUND OF 32 
Laskutova/Matoula (TU) def. Reimchen/Crawford (Iowa): 8-2
Huckleby/Long (Iowa) def. Brigante/Sethi (OU): 8-3
Douglas/van Heuvelen (Iowa) vs. Herder/Petushkova (DU): 8-2
 
DOUBLES – ROUND OF 16 (SATURDAY)
Huckleby/Long (Iowa) vs. Jurasic/Oparenovic (UA)
Douglas/van Heuvelen (Iowa) vs. Koch/Toran Ribes (Kansas)
 
TOURNAMENT SCHUDULE
Thursday – Singles Round of 128 |Doubles Round of 64
Friday – Singles Round of 64 and 32 | Doubles Round of 32 | 1-2 Rounds of Consolation
Saturday – Singles Round of 16 | Doubles round of 16 and Quarterfinals | 1-2 Rounds of Consolation
Sunday – Singles Quarterfinals and Semifinals | Doubles Semifinals | 1-2 Rounds of Consolation
Monday – Singles Finals | Doubles Finals | 1-2 Rounds of Consolation

 

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