A women’s doubles tennis team from Washington has reached the finals of the ITA Northwest Regionals for the first time since 2002.
Katarina Kopcalic, a senior, and Sedona Gallagher, a sophomore, made a comeback in the semifinals Monday at Stanford, beating Oregon’s Rifanty Kahfiani and Allison Mulville, 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (4). Tuesday, the Huskies face a Stanford pair, with the winning team qualifying for the ITA National Fall Championships.
The Huskies lost the first set Monday, but battled back to dominate the second and breezed to a tiebreaker victory in the third. They are the first UW doubles team to reach the final since 2002 when Claire Carter and Darija Klaic made their way to the final before falling.