Results

TYLER, Texas - Traveling just down the road to the University of Texas-Tyler and Tyler Junior College, the LeTourneau University women's tennis team finished up their 2017 fall season by competing in the 2017 ITA Southwest Regional Championship on Friday, September 22nd and Saturday, September 23rd. 

LETU saw multiple different athletes in action across three different flights of singles action and two flights of doubles action in the 15-team regional meet. 

In the "A" draw, the YellowJackets saw Maddi Brackenreg fall to Cecile Wilde of Southwestern University by scores of 6-4 and 6-2 while Gracie Favela dropped a 7-5, 4-6, 5-10 match to Elizabeth Labora of Texas-Dallas. Brackenreg would be paired up against Julie Swets of Southwestern in the "A" consolation flight with Swets taking a 6-1, 6-3 decision. 

Flight "B" had the largest contingent of LETU athletes in action with Katy Hall earning a 6-1, 5-7, 11-9 win over Neah Garza of McMurry University before dropping a winner's bracket match to Erin McCleer of Howard Payne by scores of 7-6, 4-6, 10-3. Sophia Seay would end up dropping a match by scores of 6-3, 6-2 to Katie Smith of Schreiner while Terin Murray won her first round match of Ashly Schenk of East Texas Baptist in straight sets (7-5, 6-3). Murray's second round match would not fare as well for the junior, dropping a 6-4, 6-3 decision to Beck Sherman of Hendrix who will play in Sunday's flight "B" championship match.

In the flight "C" singles draw, Hannah Moore, Alondra Gamboa, and Mimi Samdi all earned first round wins over their respective opponents before dropping second round matches. 

Flight "A" doubles action saw Brackenreg and Favela fall to Schneemann and Kahl of Southwestern University while flight "B" saw first round victories for Gamoba and Seay as well as Murray and Hall (8-2) over Maloy and Jantzen of Texas-Tyler. 

Be sure to check back in the coming weeks to www.letuathletics.com as the complete spring 2018 schedule will be released by head tennis coach Suzanne Merritt.