FLUSHING, N.Y. - Junior Magdalena Hubickova (Prague, Czech Republic) and graduate student Natalie Kallmunzerova (Prague, Czech Republic), ranked fifth, advanced to the quarterfinals of the doubles bracket at the opening day of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Regional Championship on Friday. Kallmunzerova, senior Alexxa Etienne (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) and junior Isabella Andrade (Cochabamba, Bolivia) also advanced out of the first round of the singles bracket at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Full results for all of the Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis competitors are below. The action resumes Saturday (Sept. 18).
Singles
Isabella Andrade def. Chloe Certain (Queens (N.Y.)), 6-2, 6-4 – Play-in
Andrade def. Maria Penalver Aguilo (Franklin Pierce), 6-4, retired – R64
#16 Natalie Kallmunzerova def. Julia Chappell (Assumption), 6-1, 6-1 – R64
#8 Alexxa Etienne def. Brianna Gonzalez (Molloy), 6-1, 6-1 – R64
Begona Gomar Perez (Wilmington (Del.)) def. #2 Magdalena Hubickova, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (12-10) – R64
Doubles
Alexxa Etienne/Isabella Andrade def. Rupkatha Mukherjee/Isha Mbaye (Dominican (N.Y.)), 8-2 – R32
Karina Blas/Vera Gak Anagrova (St. Thomas Aquinas) def. Etienne/Andrade, 8-2 – R16
#5 Magdalena Hubickova/Natalie Kallmunzerova def. Karim Carreras/Lilia Rodriguez (New Haven), 8-4 – R32
#5 Hubickova/Kallmunzerova def. Ivana Andric/Gaayatri Shankar (New Haven), 8-5 – R16
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