ALBEQUERQUE—The Idaho Vandals began the 2016 fall season at the ITA Mountain Regional hosted at the University of New Mexico.
Freshman Shion Watabe led the group of Vandals going 4-1 over the weekend. Watabe dropped her first match, 6-3, 7-5, to Weber State's Tereze Pilzova. The first-year player dropped down into the consolation draw advancing all the way to the consolation finals. Watabe met Utah State's Monika Van De Vondel in the championship match, winning the bracket in a tight 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-4 battle.
"I thought it was a good tournament for us," head coach Abid Akbar said.