Women’s Tennis Set For 2022 ITA Atlantic Regional
10/19/2022 10:20:12 AM | Women's Tennis
The Liberty women’s tennis squad will start its journey at the 2022 ITA Atlantic Regional, hosted by Virginia Tech, on Thursday.
The five-day event will be held at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg, Va. Virginia Tech most recently hosted the tournament in 2019.
Nine Liberty Lady Flames will compete at the event. The action will get under way on Thursday with two rounds of qualifying singles matches beginning at 8 a.m. Liberty’s Priscila Janikian, Tiffany Nguyen and Micaela Ode Mitre are entered in the qualifying singles draw and will begin competing tomorrow. Doubles begins on Friday as well as the round of 64 and 32 for the singles main draw.
Event/Days/Location: ITA Atlantic Regional | Thursday-Monday | Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center | Blacksburg, Va.
Liberty Flames Players Participating: Maretha Burger (doubles), Marina Davtyan (singles and doubles), Priscila Janikian (singles and doubles), Elsa Kirch (doubles), Esther Lovato (singles and doubles), Tiffany Nguyen (singles and doubles), Micaela Ode Mitre (singles and doubles), Maria Juliana Parra Romero (singles and doubles), Willa Rogers (doubles), Bruna Sampaio (doubles)
Tournament Website: https://bit.ly/3eN9OOa
Live Video: https://bit.ly/3TvNpnt
Schedule:
Thursday – 8 a.m. start – Two rounds of Qualifying singles
Friday – 8 a.m. start – Round of 64 doubles, Round of 64 and 32 singles
Saturday – 8 a.m. start – Round of 32 and 16 doubles, Round of 16 singles, consolation matches
Sunday – 9 or 10 a.m. start – Quarterfinals and Semifinals of doubles, Quarterfinals of singles, consolation matches
Monday – 9 or 10 a.m. start – Finals of doubles, Semifinals and Finals of singles
Tournament Breakdown:
The main draw finalists in both singles and doubles will receive berths into the 2022 ITA Fall National Championships, contested Nov. 2-6 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif.
During the fall 2021 campaign, the ITA Atlantic Regional took on a different form, as the region split its teams in half. The ITA Atlantic Regional, with half of it hosted by Liberty just over a year ago (Oct. 1-3, 2021), served as a qualifying event for the ITA Atlantic Super Regional, hosted by Virginia (Oct. 22-25, 2021). This year, the ITA Atlantic Regional has returned to its normal format as a one-site event featuring all of the teams from the Atlantic Region.
Last year, Maria Juliana Parra Romero and Esther Lovato qualified for the Super Regional and won a total of three matches. Parra Romero finished with a 2-1 mark, while Lovato closed with a 1-2 record. During the ITA Atlantic Region portion of the event at the Liberty Tennis Complex, the Lady Flames posted a 9-7 combined record (3-2 doubles, 6-5 singles).
Parra Romero is off to a strong start to her sophomore campaign with a 7-2 singles record and 3-0 doubles mark. The Bucaramanga, Colombia native became the first player in program history to win four matches at the ITA All-American Championships. The sophomore went 4-2 at the event (Oct. 1-4) and earned her first career ranked singles victory.
Liberty’s Micaela Ode Mitre is unbeaten so far this fall with a 6-0 doubles mark and 4-0 singles record. Lovato is 6-0 in singles and 2-2 in doubles. Collectively, Liberty sports a 16-9 doubles mark for a .640 winning percentage while employing 14 unique pairings. In singles, the Lady Flames are 31-25 for a .554 winning percentage.
