Odessa, Texas- The Metropolitan State University of Denver men's and women's tennis team wrapped up competition at the 2017 ITA Regional Championships on Sunday, October 1. Sophomore
Tabitha Porter (Norwich, England/Northcote College) walked home as champion of the 2017 ITA Regional Championship.
Porter finished as the 2017 South Central Regional Champion, for the first time in program history. Porter will compete at the 2017 ITA National Championship in Indian Wells, Calif. November 1-5.
Sunday Results:
Women's singles:
Semifinals:
Tabitha Porter (Norwich, England/Northcote College) (MSUD) def. Maddy Coffman: 6-2, 6-4
Championship:
Tabitha Porter (Norwich, England/Northcote College) (MSUD) def. Zhenia Shviadok: 6-3, 3-6, 10-4
Women's doubles:
Round of 16: Goodland and Torres defeat Porter and Pessoa: 9-8(7-0)
On the men's side, sophomore
Alejandro Martinez-Morilla (Madrid, Spain/I.E. Valdecas) fell in the quarterfinals. Martinez- Morilla and freshman
Daniel Lloerente () fell in the quarterfinals of doubles competition as well. Senior
Josh Graetz (Albury, Australia/The Scots School) and junior
Joey Tscherne (Sylmar, Calif./John F. Kennedy H.S.) fell in the round of 32 of doubles competition.
Men's singles:
Round of 16:
Alejandro Martinez-Morilla (Madrid, Spain/I.E. Valdecas) (MSUD) def. Jeremiah Gonzalez: 6-3, 6-4
Quarterfinals: Vasudev Vijayaraman def.
Alejandro Martinez-Morilla (Madrid, Spain/I.E. Valdecas) (MSUD): 7-5, 5-7, 14-12
Men's doubles:
Round of 32: Martinez-Morilla and Lloerente (MSUD) def. Davis and Garcia: 8-7(7-4)
Round of 16: Martinez-Morilla and Lloerente (MSUD) def. Batistella and Norbiato: 8-4
Quarterfinals: Wheatherhead and Konabanchi defeat Martinez-Morilla and Lloerente: 8-5
Round of 16: Graetz and Tscherne (MSUD) def. Rojo and Coiras: 8-6
Round of 32: Martinez and Palacios def. Graetz and Tscherne (MSUD): 8-7(7-5)