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Minnesota Wraps Up Day Two of the ITA Central Regional
10/18/2019 8:57:00 PM | Tennis
NORMAN, Okla. - The second day of the ITA Central Regional was a battle for the University of Minnesota women's tennis team. The ITA Central Regional is held in Norman, Okla. from Oct. 17-22 and features the top talent from across the Central Region.
The Gophers went 2-2 in doubles play. The duos of River Hart/Juliet Zhang and Tiffany Huber/Tina Kreinis downed their opponents and will compete in the round of 32. Hart/Zhang will face the tandem of Decker/Turko of Kansas State while Huber/Kreinis take on Missouri's Goldin/Nash.
In singles, Minnesota went 7-5. All six Gophers in the singles main draw advanced to the round of 64. All, but senior Tiffany Huber, fell short. Huber defeated the ninth seeded Ayumi Miyamoto of Oklahoma State to go 3-0 for the weekend. She will return to the round of 32 for the second year in a row wearing maroon and gold and will face Rosanna Maffei of Kansas State.
Play will resume on Saturday Oct. 19 at 8 a.m. with two rounds of doubles. It will be followed by the round of 32 for singles and the day will finish off with singles consolation matches.
Notable:
Tiffany Huber led the way in singles for the Gophers. Huber defeated the ninth seeded Ayumi Miyamoto of Oklahoma State and will return to the round of 32 for the second time wearing maroon and gold. In total her record on the weekend is 3-0.
Quotable:
"I thought we did a good job of battling in singles today winning all of our first round matches and then came up just short in a few of our second round matches," said head coach Catrina Thompson. "Tiffany was the highlight of the day in singles beating a seed in straight sets and going 3-0 on the day. We had a couple of doubles teams that stepped up as well and played solid this morning and we are looking forward to seeing them compete again tomorrow."
"I was really excited because the level of competition is the highest we have seen all year," said senior Tiffany Huber. "I got down early in my first match and was able to fight back and win. In my second match, I played well. It is always rewarding to to be able to beat a seeded opponent. The conditions were very windy and challenging, but I took advantage of the conditions to win the match."
Up Next:
Minnesota picks back up Saturday, Oct. 18 at the ITA Central Regional. Doubles play begins at 8 a.m.