University of the PACIFIC

Four Pacific womens tennis athletes picked up wins in the first day of the 2009 Wilson/ITA Northwest Regional Championships on Friday. No. 12 seed Jenifer Widjaja (Sao Roque, Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Kateryna Nezhura (Kiev, Ukraine) made use of their first round byes, defeating their opponents to advance to the round of 32.

 

Widjaja defeated Molly Aloia of St. Marys 6-2, 6-1 and Nezhura handed Stanfords Jennifer Yen a loss in straight sets 6-1, 6-1.

 

Also picking up wins were Christina Goehl (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Sasha Fisher (Southampton, Bermuda). Goehl worked through Cals Catie Visico quickly, 6-0, 6-1, but Fisher had a tougher time with Kelsey Knight of Eastern Washington University.

 

After winning the first set 6-3, she could not hold onto the second and fell 4-6. Fisher then outlasted Knight in the third set 6-1 to win the match and join Goehl in the round of 64.

 

Fans can keep up with their favorite Tigers on the tournaments website:

 

http://www.tennisinformation.com/tourny/5/1/9/2/9/0/2/default.asp

 

 

Wilson/ITA Womens Northwest Regional Championships

Stanford, Calif.

Oct. 23, 2009

 

Doubles

Round of 64: Molly Aloia Alisa Spitzer (SMC) def. Olga Gumenyuk Kateryna Nezhura; 8-4

Round of 64: Stephany Chang Nelly Radeva def. Sasha Fisher Jenifer Widjaja; 8-5

Round of 64: Samantha Smith Lina Xu (UW) def. Christina Goehl Julia Hansen; 8-3

 

 

Singles

Round of 128: Steffi Wong (CPSLO) def. Olga Gumenyuk; 6-4, 6-2

Round of 128: Christina Goehl def. Catie Visico (CAL); 6-0, 6-1

Round of 128: Sasha Fisher def. Kelsey Knight (EWU); 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

Round of 128: Melissa McQueen (FSU) def. Julia Hansen; 7-6, 7-6(4), 6-4

Round of 64: Kateryna Nezhura def. Jennifer Yen (STAN); 6-1, 6-1

Round of 64: Jenifer Widjaja (12) def. Molly Aloia (SMC); 6-2, 6-1