LAS VEGAS – The BYU women’s tennis team took four wins in their last match day of the ITA regional championships on Saturday.

“We fell a little short in where we would've liked to finish in singles and doubles,” said BYU head coach Holly Parkinson Hasler. "Newcomers Leah and Helen proved themselves to be tough competitors in singles. We've had a few setbacks, but it's back to work on Monday."

Freshman Helen Jiao had an impressive run at the ITA regional championships, battling her way to the semifinals. On her final match, she took the win by default and advanced to the finals of Flight B, but won’t compete because of BYU’s policy to refrain from Sunday play.

In other singles matches, Kate Cusick Truman beat New Mexico’s Danielle Quevedo 6-4, 7-6. Morgan Hall also won her match against UNLV’s Rachel Lee 6-2, 6-4, and Madeline Almeida won in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 against Northern Arizona’s Mimi Bland. Leah Heimuli lost her match against Weber State’s Ana Morett 3-6, 3-6.

Wednesday’s Results

Thursday’s Results

Friday’s Results

The Cougars will now prepare to compete in the Cal State Northridge Invitational November 8-9.

PROVO, Utah – The BYU women’s tennis team heads out to compete in the ITA Mountain Regionals in Las Vegas, Nevada from Wednesday to Saturday, Oct. 23-26. 

The tournament is hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for the second year in a row.

All top 10 teams from the Mountain Region will be sending athletes to compete in the tournament. This includes in-state rivals Weber State, Utah and Utah State, as well as out of state competitors like Denver, Boise State, NAU, Wyoming, Idaho and Colorado.

A total of 120 female collegiate athletes will be competing in the tournament. BYU will be sending its entire roster to compete. 

Last year, the Cougars ended the tournament on a high note with all three doubles teams winning their last consolation matches. Returners Madeline Almeida and Kate Cusick Truman also took home wins in their singles consolations.

The teams will compete on 12 courts each day in both singles and doubles matches.

Tournament Schedule of Play

Wednesday, Oct. 23 - First Round doubles (64) followed by

First Round singles (2 Flights of 64 each)

Thursday, Oct. 24 - Second Round doubles (32), Consolation doubles, Second Round (32) and Round of 16 singles

Friday, Oct. 25 - Round of 16 and Quarterfinal Round doubles, Quarterfinal singles, Consolation singles & doubles, Added singles matches

Saturday, Oct. 26 - Semifinal doubles, Quarterfinal singles, Semifinal singles, Consolation singles & doubles, Added singles matches