Okuda Moves on to Round of 32 at ITA Regionals

Saturday, October 22

New Haven, Conn.

TBA

Dartmouth College

Regionals - Day 2

Okuda Moves on to Round of 32 at ITA Regionals

10/22/2011 9:07:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

NEW HAVEN, CONN. — The women's ITA Northeast Regionals continued on Saturday and Dartmouth freshman Akiko Okuda (Tenafly, N.J.) advanced to the Round of 32 after winning two matches.

In the first round, Okuda faced Ksenia Kuzmenko and won easily, 6-2, 6-2. Okuda took on the eighth seed, Rachel Salontz of Princeton, in the Round of 64 and won in straight sets, 7-6(6), 6-4.

Sophomore Melissa Matsuoka (Newport Beach, Calif.), the tournament's 17th seed, had a bye in the opening round, but lost to Monica Yajima of Fairfield, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, in the second. Freshman Janet Liu (Palo Alto, Calif.) also made the second round after besting Erin McCarthy of Marist, 6-2, 6-1. In the second round, Liu lost to the seeded Ryann Young of Cornell, 6-4, 7-6(3).

In doubles, the duo of sophomore Rachel Decker-Sadowski (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Lui lost to the top seed, Norton and Tachlbana from Harvard, in the Round of 16, 8-3.

On Sunday, Okuda plays Hanna Yu of Yale at 1 p.m.

Results
Doubles Round of 16
Rachel Decker-Sadowski/Janet Liu lost #1 Hideko Tachibana/Kristin Norton Harvard: 8-3

Singles 1st Round
Janet Liu defeated Erin McCarthy Marist: 6-2, 6-1
Akiko Okuda defeated Ksenia Kuzmenko: 6-2,6-2
#17 Melissa Matsuoka had a bye

2nd Round
Janet Liu lost to #17 Ryann Young Cornell: 6-4,7-6(3)
#17 Melissa Matsuoka lost to Monica Yajima Fairfield: 4-6,6-3,7-5
Akiko Okuda defeated #8 Rachel Saiontz Princeton: 7-6(6),6-4.