Junior Mallory Weber advances to ITA Regional round of 16.
 
Junior Mallory Weber advances to ITA Regional round of 16.
  
 
Tigers Send Four to ITA Central Regionals

Mallory Weber advances to round of 16

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Oct. 22, 2009

Norman, Okla. - Missouri tennis sophomore Jamie Mera, juniors Kaitlyn Ritchie and Mallory Weber, and senior Sofia Ayala traveled to Norman, Okla. to compete in ITA Regionals Oct. 22-25.

16th-seeded junior Mallory Weber started play by dropping a set to Nebraska's Jennifer Holmberg 2-6. She came back to take the final two set 6-3, 6-4, and earning a spot in the round of 32. She then defeated Magdalena Wiecha of Minnesota 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, advancing to the round of 16, where she will face the second seed from Wichita State, Lutfiana Budiharto.

"Mallory is playing really good tennis, and it looks like we have a really good opportunity here," said Head Coach Blake Starkey.

Sophomore Jamie Mera won her opening match against Tulsa's Jie Zeng 0-6, 6-1, 6-1. She then fell to tenth-seeded Emily Carbone of Arkansas in the round of 32, 6-0, 6-1.

"Everyone who advances to this tournament is a good tennis player. There are no bad losses here, just good wins," said Starkey.

In pairs play, senior Sofia Ayala and junior Kaitlyn Ritchie earned a spot in the round of 64 by defeating Wichita State's Delia Damaschin and Florentina Hanisch, 8-6. The duo then advanced to the round of 32 with a win over Saint Louis University's Hailee Elmore and Casey Miller, 8-3.

"This is the first time these girls are playing together. They have some comparable styles so we're just going to see what we can do," said Starkey.

 

 

The singles finalists and doubles champions from each regional earn berths into the National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships hosted by Yale University in New Haven, Conn. Nov. 5-8.

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