Anastasia Abramyan, Madeline Almeida and Samantha Smith advanced to the second round of singles play at the ITA Mountain Region Championships on Thursday.
Abramyan, seeded ninth in the singles draw, advances to the second round of play after defeating in-state foe SUU’s Daniela Cozzi, 7-6, 6-2. Almeida also clinched a win in singles play against another SUU athlete, Ghita Nassik, 6-3, 6-2. Smith won her first tournament match, 7-6, 6-3, against Andriana Sosnowska from NAU and was the third Cougar to advance.
Kate Cusick, ranked in the 25-32 seed, took a 2-6, 5-7 loss in singles against Annabelle Andrinopoulos from CU.