{"id":81501,"date":"2024-09-30T10:16:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=81501"},"modified":"2024-09-30T10:16:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:16:06","slug":"fhsu-tennis-encouraged-by-performance-at-ita-central-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=81501","title":{"rendered":"FHSU Tennis encouraged by performance at ITA Central Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Story by MAYAN PAZ Photos by PARKER NISBETH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fort Hays State University women\u2019s tennis team is approaching the final competitive step of the fall semester after the ITA Fall Central Regional Tournament and a friendly scrimmage against Barton Community College. The team will head to Pratt, this Friday for a doubles tournament that will conclude their competitions for the semester and will set them for a four-month practice period until completions resume towards the end of February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the ITA tournament, an individual tournament without team scores, Irina Alfonso, Grace Unruh, and Yone Pereiro won their first-round matches before losing in the second round. Shreethika Vangala lost her first-round match but bounced back with a three-set win in the consolation bracket. In the doubles tournament, Alfonso and Suzana Faucz also lost their first-round match and won their consultation match with an impressive 8-0 win over a team from Missouri Western. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 8-0 win will be remembered by the team, as head coach Brian Flax claimed that it was perhaps the best performance he had ever witnessed from a doubles team during his time with the Tigers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt may have been the closest thing to a perfect doubles match that I have ever seen played for the Tigers in my 29 years,\u201d Flax said. \u201cThe Western team had no answers for Irina\u2019s and Suzanas’s game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flax also addressed the general team performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ITA in Oklahoma was a success in my mind. We won three of five first-round matches, which was a great start,\u201d he said. \u201cWe lost two matches in tiebreakers, or we would have had two players in the round of 16 of winners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team is now approaching a long stretch with no competition, but the spirit is high among the players, and they are positive they are headed in the right direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe really improved lately, and we have been able to keep our mentality in the right place even after tough losses,\u201d sophomore Ines Lattore said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the final tournament of the fall, the Tigers will head to Pratt for a doubles-only tournament, an unusual event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is our first time playing in a doubles-only tournament, so we are excited about that and that the entire team will see action,\u201d Flax said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team is looking forward to the spring semester and Lattore expects good things from the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are positive and confident,\u201d she said, \u201cI\u2019m sure we will be better in the spring than what we did last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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