University of Minnesota Athletics
WTN: Nischela Reddy Advances to Quarterfinals of ITA Midwest Regional
10/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
Reddy, seeded ninth, cruised in her round of 16 match, dispatching Michigan's Debra Streifler, 6-1, 6-3. With the win, Reddy improved to 4-2 on the season. Today's victory was the first match has won in straight sets this season.
The 2005 ITA Midwest Regional Championships continues through Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Seventeen ITA Regional Championships for NCAA Division I men and women are taking place over these last two weekends of October at campuses throughout the country. The 2005 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, the nation's premier collegiate indoor tennis tournament, is the second of three national championship events for college tennis this season. The first events -- the Riviera/ITA Women's and Polo Ralph Lauren Men's All-American Championships -- were held earlier this month, and the third event is the season-ending NCAA Championships in May.
The ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships feature a 32-player singles field and 16-team doubles field for men and women, including: qualifiers from these Wilson/ ITA Regional Championships held across the country, the ITA National Small College champions, top performers from the ITA All-American Championships and at-large card selections made by the ITA National Tournament Committee. Overall, more than 7,000 players from nearly 600 schools participate annually in the ITA Regional and National Intercollegiate Championships.
2005 ITA Midwest Regional Championships
East Lansing, Mich.
Oct. 23, 2005
Singles
Round of 16 - #86 Nischela Reddy (MN) def. Debra Streifler (Michigan), 6-1, 6-3
Tomorrow's schedule
Quarterfinals - #86 Nischela Reddy (9) (MN) vs. #50 Alexis Prousis (Northwestern), 11 a.m.
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