Three Advance to ITA Southeast Regional Semifinals

(FREDERICKSBURG, Va.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's' tennis team had a singles player and doubles team advance to the semifinals of the USTA-ITA Southeast Regional Women's Tennis Championship on Sunday, September 27. The regional is being held on the campus of University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va.  

Senior Brooke Tsu (Hillsborough, Calif./Burlingame) advances to the semifinals in singles play while the tandem of junior Vanessa Pavia (Thornwood, N.Y./Academy of our Lady of Good Counsel) and sophomore Cori Sidell (Redwood Shores, Calif./Carlmont), who are seeded second, advance to the semifinals of doubles play.

In Tsu's round of 16 match she defeated April Weaver from Washington College 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 before topping third seeded Shelby Harris of Mary Washington in the quarterfinals. The junior won, 6-4, 6-1 over Harris.   

Pavia and Sidell started the day with an 8-2 win over Michelle Fleenor and Melinda Kauffman of Washington & Lee.  The duo then blanked Michelle Hung and Olivia Kasten of Johns Hopkins University, 8-0, in the quarterfinals.   

Doubles play is set to start at 8:00 a.m. and the finals are scheduled to be played at 10:00 a.m. Monday morning. Tsu's semifinal match will take place at 12:30 p.m. with the finals set to begin at 3:30 p.m.