MIDDLEBURY, VT – This weekend, the Amherst women's tennis team played at the 2025 ITA New England Regional Championships at Middlebury College. They wrapped up play on Saturday, with several Mammoths making notable runs in both singles and doubles before falling to Northeast rivals. The ITA Regional Tournament determines the qualifiers to the ITA Fall National Tournament later in the fall.
A Draw:
- Sophomore Tina She, who made a semifinal run at the MIT Invitational, fell in the Round of 32 to MIT's Katie Driscoll 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, 10-5, after a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win over Peyton Gaudreau of Springfield.
- Senior captain Karolina Dobiecka fell in the opening to Diya Pachamuthu of the hosts, Middlebury, 6-1, 6-2.
- First-year Anwitha Duduka also went down in the opening round. She was bested by Colby's Waka Aida with the score of 6-4, 6-3.
- Senior captain Maddie Swire battled in a three-set opening round, losing to Lulu Wu of Middlebury 1-6, 6-2, 2-10.
- Lastly, in the A Draw, Sophie Diop gained a 6-0, 6-1 win in the first Round over Connecticut College's Maryella Prendergast. The senior was taken down in the second Round by Brandeis's Marie Reyes 6-2, 2-6, 9-11.
B Draw:
- Sophomore Cody Huang reached the Round of 16 but lost to Soumya Wijesekera of Colby 6-4, 6-3.
- Rachel Roth also fell in the Round of 16 to Lucinda Gatsiounis of Wesleyan.
- First-year Maya Muhunthan overcame Grace Starcher of Babson and Anne Rende of Colby before falling to Wesleyan's Kendall Smith.
- Finally, Sameera Talwar bested Milana Sofizade of Brandeis in the first Round, but lost to Claudia Grove of Tufts in the second.
- Doubles
- The Amherst duo of Dobiecka and She advanced past the opening round with an 8-5 win over Lucinda Gatsiounis and Agnes Guggenheim from Wesleyan. In the Round of 16, they pushed Babson's Matia Cristiani and Sandra Sikharulidze to a score of 8-5.
- Rachel Roth paired with senior Katja Jules Viberg, getting two wins: over Payton Dugan/Isabella Gutierrez (Colby-Sawyer) and Allie Francis/Emilia Romano (Trinity), but were eliminated by the first-seed duo of Alaina Kolli/Artemis Pados of MIT. They were able to push them to a tiebreak, losing 8-7.
- Sophie Diop/Anwitha Duduka duo fell in their opening Round to Tufts's Claudia Grove and Lucy Mitchell.
- Cody Huang and Maddie Swire were eliminated by Williams's duo of Katelyn Wu and Ellie Stark with a score of 8-5.
UP NEXT:
Amherst turns its focus to the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament (NEWITTs), set for October 10–12 at Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges, where the Mammoths will test themselves again against the region's top programs. This event will be the women's team's last event for the fall.
