Box Score
The Keiser University women's tennis team competed in the 2026 ITA Cup at the Rome Tennis Center.
Lena Couto played singles and doubles, and
Ceylin Ipek and
Emily Kim also played doubles. Couto won the singles title at the ITA Regional, and Ipek and Kim won the doubles title there.
Singles: Couto, ranked No. 50 nationally, opened with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 win over Marian's Michelle Irigoyen, who is ranked No. 28. She lost in the quarterfinals to Concordia (Neb.)'s Seohyeon Jang 6-0, 6-4. She then beat Lindsey Wilson's Hang Nguyen, ranked No. 26, 6-2, 6-3 in her third match.
Doubles: Couto and
Fredrikke Trollsaas lost their opening match to Georgia Gwinnett's Maria Zotti and Marta Machado 6-3, 7-6 (5). They bounced back with a 6-3, 6-2 win over SCAD's Adrianna Kluska and Asia Chum Liverani, then a 6-3, 6-4 win over Stanton's Claudia Coombes and Romy Pol.
Ipek and Kim beat Morningside's Line Jensen and Brooke Marshall 6-1, 6-3. They lost in the quarterfinals to Georgia Gwinnett's Marylove Edwards and Suryamshi Suryanshi, ranked No. 41, 6-4, 6-4. They then dropped a match to Southeastern's Maria Bylina and Esma-Nur Dodooglu, winning the first set 6-2, losing the second 6-4, and falling 10-6 in the match tiebreak.
The Seahawks will next take on Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers, Florida on Oct. 29.
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