FLUSHING, N.Y. – The Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis team competed at the ITA East Regional hosted by Queens (N.Y.) College this past weekend and had several strong performances.

In the B singles draw, Jamie Hann (Westhampton, N.Y.) advanced to the semifinals, while Yolanda Green (Springfield, Mass.) reached the quarterfinal round.  Hann defeated Bianca Signore of Saint Thomas Aquinas College 6-2 in the opening round before a 6-0 win over Sara Skoritorrski of University of the Sciences in the round of 32.  Hann downed Alicia Gallard of University of the District of Columbia 6-4 in the round of 16, and posted a 6-3 win over Morgan Oechsle of Chestnut Hill in the quarterfinals.  She eventually succumbed to Liza Dubrovskaya of Post in the semifinals.

Green received an opening round bye, then topped Carolin Sure of Post 6-4.  In the round of 16 she topped Axe Owens of Chestnut Hill 6-4 before falling to Dubroskaya in the quarterfinals.

Ashley Loft (Leysin, Switzerland) and Diana Vamvakitis (Wading River, N.Y.) reached the quarterfinals of the A doubles draw with an 8-0 win over Steffy Canals and Linda Elliason of Concordia (N.Y.) College in the round of 16 before bowing out with a 8-2 setback to Melanie Benyadi and Gabriela Siembab of NYIT in the quarters.

Loft also reached the round of 16 in the A doubles draw, posting a 6-4, 6-4 win over Fatima Outtarra of Roberts Wesleyan in the first round before advancing to the round of 16 in a walkover due to injury.  Loft fell to Alexandra Borgenoff of NYIT 7-5, 6-1 in the round of 16.

Southern New Hampshire returns to Northeast-10 play on Tuesday afternoon when it travels to Saint Michael's College for a 3:00 match.

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