Thursday, October 17
San Diego, Calif.
All Day
UCLA
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ITA Regional Championships
Kate Fakih (left) and Olivia Center
Women's Tennis Freshmen Shine in San Diego
October 23, 2024 | Women's Tennis
SAN DIEGO – Freshmen Olivia Center and Kate Fakih shined as the UCLA women's tennis team continued the fall portion of its schedule at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships. Matches were played at the University of San Diego's Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center, as well as San Diego State's Aztec Tennis Center.
Center and Fakih collaborated on a runner-up finish in doubles play, overcoming three nationally-ranked foes in the process. The Bruins bested No. 41 Patricija Spaka/Sara Svetac of Arizona State in the second round, setting up a showdown with the 20th-ranked and top-seeded USC combination of Lily Fairclough and Grace Piper. Center and Fakih again prevailed and tacked on a 6-7(7), 6-3, 1-0(8) decision over No. 60 Claudia De Las Heras/Kailey Evans of USD before falling to No. 24 Savannah Broadus/Vivian Yang of Pepperdine in the final.
No. 28 Ahmani Guichard and Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer also made a run on the doubles side, winning three matches before bowing out against Broadus and Yang. Among the UCLA pair's wins was an 8-6 result over No. 36 Emma Charney/Immi Haddad of USC.
Each of the seven Bruins in action notched at least one singles victory, with Fakih advancing to the quarterfinals. Reaching the third round with Fakih were No. 83 Lutkemeyer, No. 42 Bianca Fernandez and No. 97 Elise Wagle.
ITA Southwest Regional Championships
10/17-10/22/2024 at San Diego, CA (Aztec Tennis Center)
Center and Fakih collaborated on a runner-up finish in doubles play, overcoming three nationally-ranked foes in the process. The Bruins bested No. 41 Patricija Spaka/Sara Svetac of Arizona State in the second round, setting up a showdown with the 20th-ranked and top-seeded USC combination of Lily Fairclough and Grace Piper. Center and Fakih again prevailed and tacked on a 6-7(7), 6-3, 1-0(8) decision over No. 60 Claudia De Las Heras/Kailey Evans of USD before falling to No. 24 Savannah Broadus/Vivian Yang of Pepperdine in the final.
No. 28 Ahmani Guichard and Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer also made a run on the doubles side, winning three matches before bowing out against Broadus and Yang. Among the UCLA pair's wins was an 8-6 result over No. 36 Emma Charney/Immi Haddad of USC.
Each of the seven Bruins in action notched at least one singles victory, with Fakih advancing to the quarterfinals. Reaching the third round with Fakih were No. 83 Lutkemeyer, No. 42 Bianca Fernandez and No. 97 Elise Wagle.
ITA Southwest Regional Championships
10/17-10/22/2024 at San Diego, CA (Aztec Tennis Center)
| Singles competition | |
| Qualifying | |
| Q1 | Mia Jovic (UCLA) def. Angelina Mihajlovic (Grand Canyon) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| Q2 | Mia Jovic (UCLA) def. Dana Kunza (Cal State Fullerton) 6-1, 6-3 |
| Main Draw | |
| 64 | #110 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) def. Diana Yanotovskaya (Cal State Fullerton) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 64 | #83 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Romane Mosse (Cal Poly) 6-1, 6-1 |
| 64 | Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. I. Tcherkes-Zade (LMU) 6-3, 6-0 |
| 64 | Alexia Harmon (Pepperdine) def. Olivia Center (UCLA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 64 | #97 Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Yuliia Zhytelna (CSUN) 6-1, 6-0 |
| 64 | #42 Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) def. Simone Kay (USC) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 64 | Immi Haddad (USC) def. Mia Jovic (UCLA) 6-4, 6-1 |
| 32 | Martyna Ostrzygalo (Arizona) def. #110 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) 6-4, 6-1 |
| 32 | #83 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Jana Hossam (USC) 6-0, 6-2 |
| 32 | Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Midori Castillo-Meza (Arizona) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 32 | #97 Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Jo-Yee Chan (San Diego State) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 32 | #42 Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) def. Patricija Spaka (Arizona State) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 |
| 16 | #124 Sara Svetac (Arizona State) def. #83 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) 6-1, 6-4 |
| 16 | Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Liam Oved (Pepperdine) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 16 | #15 Emma Charney (USC) def. #97 Elise Wagle (UCLA) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 |
| 16 | S. Rogozinska-Dzik (LMU) def. #42 Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) 6-1, 6-2 |
| QF | #89 Kailey Evans (San Diego) def. Kate Fakih (UCLA) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 |
| Extra Matches | |
| #110 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) def. Peyton Dunkle (Cal Poly) 6-2, 6-3 | |
| Vesa Gjinaj (San Diego State) def. Mia Jovic (UCLA) 6-1, 6-3 | |
| Olivia Center (UCLA) def. Milena Gevorgyan (Cal State Fullerton) 6-2, 6-1 | |
| Parker Fry (USC) def. Olivia Center (UCLA) 6-2, 6-3 | |
| Mia Jovic (UCLA) def. Joelle Lanz (Hawai'i) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7) | |
| Liam Oved (Pepperdine) def. #110 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3 | |
| Olivia Center (UCLA) def. Simone Kay (USC) 6-2, 6-2 | |
| Doubles competition | |
| 32 | Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Vesa Gjinaj/Zoe Olmos (San Diego State) 8-3 |
| 32 | #28 Ahmani Guichard/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Lucy Lu/Lily Pradkin (UC Santa Barbara) 8-2 |
| 16 | Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. #41 Patricija Spaka/Sara Svetac (Arizona State) 8-5 |
| 16 | #28 Ahmani Guichard/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Jo-Yee Chan/Ninon Martinache (San Diego State) 8-5 |
| QF | Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. #20 Lily Fairclough/Grace Piper (USC) 8-3 |
| QF | #28 Ahmani Guichard/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. #36 Emma Charney/Immi Haddad (USC) 8-6 |
| SF | Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. #60 Claudia De Las Heras/Kailey Evans (San Diego) 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 1-0 (10-8) |
| SF | #24 Savannah Broadus/Vivian Yang (Pepperdine) def. #28 Ahmani Guichard/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-3) |
| F | #24 Savannah Broadus/Vivian Yang (Pepperdine) def. Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA) 6-4, 6-1 |
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