Recap courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments


Western Michigan Broncos
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The Western Michigan women's tennis team opened the ITA Midwest Regional at the University of Illinois on Thursday, with Ayana Yaguchi, Audrey Smitek and Marielou Badouin winning opening matches. 

Yaguchi defeated Northern Illinois' Malika Kabdesh 0-6, 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the qualifying draw. She was then pitted against Erica Jessel from Northwestern, falling to Jessel 4-6, 3-6. Smitek opened with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Illinois State's Sophie Marie Lowe before being bested by Wisconsin's Ellison Reynoldson, 4-6, 2-6. 
Baudouin defeated Eastern Michigan's Regina Mendez 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, but fell later to Nataly Miroslava Ninova from NIU in three sets, 6-4, 3-7, 5-7.

Sienna Osborne, Polina Khotko and Frida Weijerman all dropped their opening matches and moved to the consolation bracket. Weirjman picke up a 6-4, 6-2 win over ISU's Vittoria Benedetti, with the other two dropping matches. 

The Broncos are back in action on Friday in doubles action, along with graduate student Lola Glantz competing in the Singles Main Draw. 


Northern Illinois Huskies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Northern Illinois University women's tennis team competes in the 2025 ITA Midwest Regional Championship this weekend, hosted by University of Illinois. The five-day event from Thursday, Oct. 16 to Monday, Oct. 20 brings in top programs from the region, all hoping to lock in their NCAA Division I Singles and Doubles Championship bids. 

The Huskies began with six players competing in the singles qualifying round of 64, looking to join teammate Irmak Budak in the main draw. Theodora Kousiou, Nataly Ninova and Sophia Shlyakhta each opened the first round with a win, advancing to the round of 32.

Ninova dropped the first set to Western Michigan's Marielou Baudouin, but bounced back to secure her spot in the main draw, winning 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Shlyakhta, who entered the qualifying draw as an alternate, downed Illinois' Rose Seccia 6-4, 6-3 to lock in her spot. Kousiou fell short to Elena Palioura of Southern Illinois, 6-2, 6-2. 

With Budak, Ninova and Shlyakhta all making the cut, it's the first time since at least 2009 NIU has had three players in the ITA Midwest Regional Championships. 

Doubles play begins Friday morning in the round of 64 and main draw singles round of 64 starts in the afternoon. 


Bowling Green Falcons
URBANA, Ill. -- BGSU women's tennis player, Konstantina Adamopoulou, has advanced through the qualifiers and into the main draw of play at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Midwest Regional Qualifier hosted by the University of Illinois.

The ITA Regional Championships are an opportunity for collegiate tennis players all across the US to compete against one another, both in singles play and doubles play, without affecting their programs' record. These championships allow teams and players to see where they stack up nationally, prior to each teams' conference schedule and the NCAA championships in the spring.

Adamopoulou's day began on Thursday by beating DePaul University's Helin Alvarez 6-3, 6-4. In the second round, Adamopoulou faced off with University of Michigan's fourth seeded Ava Bruno. Adamopoulou stunned the Wolverine with a 6-1, 6-4 victory that would send her into Friday's main draw.

Surprisingly, Adamopoulou wasn't originally scheduled to be in the event in the first place.

Adamopoulou will continue in the main draw on Friday, as she faces Autumn Rabjohns from Northwestern University at 4:00PM. She will join fellow Falcon Tia Clemens in the main draw, who is scheduled to take on Ellison Reynoldson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday at 2:30 pm.