CLAREMONT, Calif. – Cal Lutheran women's tennis competed in the three-day Fall ITA West Regionals on the campuses of Pomona-Pitzer and CMS this past weekend. The tournament consisted of singles and doubles, and a first-round loss created a consolation bracket, guaranteeing at least two matches for each participant. Singles matches were best-of-three sets with the third set as a 10-point tiebreak. Doubles matches were first to eight games, with a seven-point tiebreak if games were tied at seven all. The singles draw had three flights.
Enlisted in the singles draw for the Regals were
Kylee Limpias (A),
Grace Balasian (A),
Anya Rajan (A),
Evelyn Oltmans (B),
Taylor Crider (B),
Eva Toplak (B),
Charlize Hennings (B),
Lola Tennison (B), and
Anaya Ayanbadejo (B).
Drewelow won his first consolation match after fighting through a close first set, 7(8)6(6), 6-3. Dominguez also claimed his first consolation match, outlasting his opponent 6-3, 7-5. Stromberg cruised in his first consolation match 6-3, 6-3.
Limpias won her first consolation match as her opponent retired due to injury, but Limpias was already up after taking the first set 6-4. She followed that up with a consolation quarterfinal victory in a close tiebreak, 2-6, 6-4, [10-7]. Rajan also claimed her first consolation match with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win.
Oltmans toughed out a pair of victories, sealing her first round match with a tightly-contested tiebreak, 4-6, 6-4, [10-8]. She then won another close match in straight sets, 6-3, 7(7)-6(4). In the quarterfinals she sent it to a tiebreak, but wasn't able to outlast her opponent.
Crider took her opening match in a nail-biter, 6-1, 0-6, [11-9]. Toplak won a pair of consolation matches, cruising to a 6-1, 6-1 victory in her first one and winning the consolation quarterfinal in a battle by a score of 1-6, 7(9)-6(7), [10-7]. Ayanbadejo won her first consolation match 6-3, 6-4.
Tennison played a tight first-round match, falling 6-1, 4-6, [10-6].
The doubles pairings were Oltmans/Ayanbadejo, Rajan/Limpias, and Hennings/Balasian.
Rajan/Limpias won their first round match 8-2, and Hennings/Balasian took their opening match with a dominant 8-0 win.
