Kalamazoo, Mich. – The women's tennis team traveled to Michigan this past weekend to compete in the 2015 UTSA-ITA Division III Women's Central Regional Championships.
In the A singles bracket and a field of 128, a number of women put up a good showing.
Maddie Lee reached the round of 16 before falling to No. 17 Meg Chiumento (Denison) 6-3, 6-4. In the previous round Lee knocked out No. 8 seed Diana Aboubakare (Kenyon) in three sets 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. Lee took a 6-0, 6-2 win and a 6-0, 6-0 win in the first two rounds.
Alyssa Seneviratne reached the round of 32 with a 6-1, 7-5 win in the first round and a 1-6, 5-2 (inj) win in round two. She lost to Kate Lee (Wash U) 6-1, 7-5.
Nicole Pamphilis received a tough draw. After a 6-2, 6-0 first round win over Monmouth, she lost to No. 1 seed Rebecca Ho (Wash U) 6-3, 6-0.
Colleen Morris suffered a similar outcome as Pamphilis. After a 6-4, 6-3 first round win, she fell to No. 2 seed Arian Iranpour (Chicago) 6-1, 6-4.
Sarah Wilder lost in the first round 6-1, 6-4 but had a successful run in the consolation bracket, reaching the semifinals.
In the doubles bracket and a field of 64, DePauw had four teams compete.
Lee and Seneviratne reached the round of 16 with an 8-2 win over Kalamazoo and an 8-1 win over Kenyon. They lost to the No. 1 seed from Case Western 8-3.
The team of Morris and Megan Galle and the duo of Wilder and Libby Grant each took first round wins before falling in the round of 32.
Morris and Galle won 8-0 against Monmouth but lost to the No. 9 duo from Kenyon 8-4. Wilder and Grant beat Ohio Wesleyan 8-5 but fell to the No. 8 seed from Augustana 8-5.
Bush and Pamphilis lost in the first round but reached the quarterfinals in the consolation bracket.