Colorado
First Round
Wojcik Opens Collegiate Career With Singles Win
October 15, 2014 | Tennis
TENNIS COMPETES ON FIRST DAY OF ITA REGIONAL
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – University of Colorado freshman Kyra Wojcik won her first collegiate tennis match with a straight set winner on day one of the 2014 USTA/ITA Mountain Regional Championships, Wednesday at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
CU is one of 20 schools competing at the regional tournament over the five-day event featuring a 128-player singles draw and 64-team doubles draw. A regional title is not the only thing that these teams will be battling for as the singles champion and doubles pair champions will also receive an automatic berth into the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Champions being held Nov. 8-10 in Flushing, N.Y.
In singles action and in the Round of 128 women's draw, Wojcik, a Goodyear, Ariz. native, defeated Laia Hernandez of Colorado State, 6-2, 6-4. It was Wojcik's first fall tournament. She did not compete three weeks ago at the CU Invitational.
In CU's other opening singles match, senior Ashley Tiefel fell to Weber State's Agata Bachanek, 6-1, 6-3.
Senior Julyette Steur, seeded second in the tournament received a first round on the first day of singles play, as did junior Alexandra Aiello and sophomore Nuria Ormeño Ruiz. All three will be in action on Thursday in the Round of 64.
In doubles, the Buffaloes went one-for-one on the day with junior Alexandra Aiello and sophomore Nuria Ormeño Ruiz defeating the host school New Mexico and the sophomore team of Susan Baklini and Emily Olivier, 8-5. It was Aiello and Ormeño Ruiz's second win this fall season in three matches. Up next is Thursday's match against top seed Mayci Jones and Toby Miclat from BYU.
All the regional action will also be on the UNM women's tennis Facebook and Twitter pages. Full results will be posted at the end of each day on golobos.com and cubuffs.com.
2014 USATA/ITA Mountain Regional Championships
Albuquerque, N.M./University of New Mexico, October 15-19
Wednesday, Oct. 15
Round of 64 doubles
Alexandra Aiello/Nuria Ormeño Ruiz (CU) def. Susan Baklini/Emily Olivier (New Mexico) 8-5
Round of 128 singles
Kyra Wojcik (CU) def. Laia Hernandez (Colorado State) 6-2, 6-4
Agata Bachanek (Weber State) def. Ashley Tiefel (CU) 6-1, 6-3
Thursday October 16 (McKinnon and LETC Outdoor): Round of 32 doubles; Round of 64 singles; Round of 32 singles
Friday October 17 (McKinnon only): Round of 16 doubles; Quarters doubles; Round of 16 singles
Saturday October 18 (McKinnon): Semis doubles; Quarters singles; Semis singles
Sunday October 19 (McKinnon): Finals singles; Finals doubles
