Cougars finish competition at ITA Regionals

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The BYU women's tennis team finished play at ITA Regionals with a quarterfinals appearance and eight total victories.

For singles, seniors Bobo Huang and Kendall Kovick competed in the main draw, while Sue Yan Tan, Hiba Heni and Bitsy Tullis were in the qualifying draw. 

Kovick advanced to the round of 16 in the main draw, while Huang, Tan, Heni and Tullis lost their first- or second-round matches and represented the Cougars in the consolation draws.

Huang and Kovick teamed up for the doubles main draw with a No. 3 ranking and advanced to the quarterfinals before losing in a close 8-7 set.

"Regionals proved as a great opportunity to test ourselves," said head coach Holly Hasler. "We found many things we're doing well and areas we need to improve on, which will prepare us for our season. We're excited to test ourselves again and continue getting better at TCU in two weeks."

SINGLES MAIN DRAW

• Rixt Van Der Werff (Colorado) def. No. 1 Yujia (Bobo) Huang (BYU), 6-3, 6-1
• No. 7 Kendall Kovick (BYU) def. Daryna Shoshyna (NAU), 6-4, 7-5
• Kendall Kovick (BYU) def. Marley Lambert (Denver), 7-5, 6-1
• No. 9 Zdena Safarova (BSU) def. Kendall Kovick (BYU), 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

SINGLES QUALIFYING DRAW

• No. 9 Sue Yan Tan (BYU) def. Hanna Vinahradava (UNLV), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• No. 7 Elena Trencheva (Wyoming) def. Hiba Heni (BYU), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
• Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia (Wyoming) def. Bitsy Tullis (BYU), 6-2, 6-4
• Lera Alexin (Colorado) def. Sue Yan Tan (BYU), 2-6, 6-3, 7-5

SINGLES CONSOLATION DRAWS

• Yujia (Bobo) Huang (BYU) def. Olivia Halvorsen (USU), 6-0, 7-6 (7-3)
• Hiba Heni (BYU) def. Chenyue Xu (Idaho), 6-4, 6-2
• Bitsy Tullis (BYU) adv. [BYE]
• No. 2 Aya El Sayed (Colorado) vs. Yujia (Bobo) Huang (BYU) [ABN]

DOUBLES MAIN DRAW

• No. 3 Yujia (Bobo) Huang/Kendall Kovick (BYU) adv. [BYE]
• Bitsy Tullis/Sue Yan Tan (BYU) def. Sofiia Sokolvak/Kaho Oyama (UNLV), 8-6
• Yujia (Bobo) Huang/Kendall Kovick (BYU) def. Millie Day/Sydney Morris (ISU), 8-3
• No. 2 Maya Dutta/Zdena Safarova (BSU) def. Bitsy Tullis/Sue Yan Tan (BYU), 8-3
• Yujia (Bobo) Huang/Kendall Kovick (BYU) def. No. 9 Claudia Martinez de Velasco/Louise Wikander (Denver), 8-2
• Anya Nelson/Ema Bubalo (Colorado) def. Yujia (Bobo) Huang/Kendall Kovick (BYU), 8-7 (7-5)

UP NEXT

Bobo will travel to Norman, Oklahoma, for the ITF W35 Norman, OK tournament starting Oct. 28. The Cougars will also travel to Fort Worth, Texas, for the TCU Hidden Dual on Oct. 31.