Mei Hasegawa Leading The Way At ITA Regional

EDMOND – Mei Hasegawa is in the ITA Central Region Championship semifinals of the singles draw, and with teammate Ayaka Koga, is in the quarterfinals of the doubles draw as the four-day tournament continued Friday at Edmond Center Court.

"We had to work for it today," UCO head women's tennis coach Grace Chadick said. "This is a tough tournament and the competition level is high. We had some challenging matches we're still playing more tennis this weekend."

Hasegawa won 6-3, 6-1 Friday morning and 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Friday afternoon to reach the singles semifinals. A win at noon Saturday will put her in Sunday's championship match.

In the doubles draw, Hasegawa and Koga won 8-4 Friday morning. They need to win back-to-back matches Saturday afternoon to reach Sunday's final.

The winners of the eight ITA Regional Championships around the country, plus eight more at-large bids, qualify for the ITA Cup next month in Alabama.

In the Singles B Flight, Dilay Ata won 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. She is joined by Anna Richtar, who won 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-4 in a grueling result to get to the quarterfinals.

Ata and Haley Hibbets are still competing this weekend in the doubles consolation bracket. They won 8-7 (9-7) Friday morning and advanced into Saturday afternoon's quarterfinals.

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Players Mentioned

Dilay Ata: 5' 4"; Sophomore

Mei Hasegawa: 5' 4"; Junior

Haley Hibbets: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Ayaka Koga: 5' 3"; Senior

Anna Richtar: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Dilay Ata
: 5' 4"; Sophomore

Mei Hasegawa
: 5' 4"; Junior

Haley Hibbets
: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Ayaka Koga
: 5' 3"; Senior

Anna Richtar
: Freshman