NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Colgate women's tennis attended ITA New England Regionals at Yale University, starting on Thursday, October 8. The tournament featured representatives from multiple conferences including the Ivy League, the ACC, as well as the Patriot League, among others. 

The Raiders would be led by four players who were selected to compete in the regional tournament. Singles players included senior captain Sophia Montero, first year Mila Montero, and junior Rebecca Hess. S. Montero and M. Montero teamed up for doubles, as well as Hess alongside senior captain Avery Isaac. 

DAMIEN PROHASKA'S COMMENTS
"We brought a really good level into ITA's this year. Always a fun event going up against the region's best and an opportunity our players are always hungry for. Mila and Sophia showed great resiliency these past few days. Fought hard and problem-solved well in doubles against the No.6 seed from Dartmouth. Sophia was executing very well against a tough opponent from Cornell, a player I would expect to make a deep run in this tournament. Avery and Rebecca had opportunity to close it out, but overall played an excellent main draw match against a quality UMass team. Rebecca was knocking on the door of the singles main draw, beating Brown in qualifying and then taking a top newcomer from Harvard to the brink. Was certainly a big highlight for us and a great source of confidence for our group to take into the rest of our matches and tournament play this fall."

Play started on Thursday with Hess and M. Montero competing in the singles qualifying draw. Hess highlighted the day, advancing past her first round opponent from Brown in a 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4 triumph. She then battled through another three set match in the afternoon against Harvard, which she was defeated 3-6 6-4 2-6. M. Montero fell to her opponent from Fairfield in the first round of qualifying.

On Friday, play continued with singles main draw action. S. Montero fought through a tough match against Cornell. Later in the day, doubles action began with Hess/Isaac taking on UMass, where they ultimately fell in a hard fought match ending in a tiebreak by the score of 7-8(3). S. Montero and M. Montero competed against a tough opponent, ultimately being defeated 4-8 to Dartmouth.

NEXT UP
The Raiders return to action next weekend on Saturday, October 17 in Saratoga Springs, New York at Skidmore University, taking on Iona University and Skidmore in a doubleheader of dual matches.