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\nThe Vikings played their way into three entries in the singles draw. Marta Giglio<\/a> received an automatic berth into the draw, but Hana Abdelhamid<\/a> and Nikhitha Suresh<\/a> won two qualifying matches Thursday to earn their way in.
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\nAbdelhamid and Suresh’s reward for playing their way into the draw? First-round matches against two Power Four opponents in Washington’s Nela Jandova and Anna-Marie Weissheim, respectively. Both Vikings lost in straight sets, as did Giglio, who won more games but still fell 6-2, 6-4 to Saint Mary’s Kei Kato.
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\nThe doubles stage proved to be just as difficult as in the main draw, the Vikings’ star duo of Abdelhamid and Giglio was felled, 8-2, by the ninth-seeded team in the bracket, Saint Mary’s standouts Priya Nelson and Stella Remander.
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\nIn the consolation doubles draw, the duo of Scarlett Perkins<\/a> and Stoney Cooks<\/a> eliminated Seattle U’s Daria Nazarenko and Montserrat Sierra with a 6-3 win.
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\nThe rest of the doubles teams lost their opening matches in the consolation draw. Kasumi Hirayama<\/a> and Nene Uemura<\/a> were knocked out by Emma Fantousis and Soledad from San Jose State after a good game, 6-3. The freshman duo of Suresh and Sofiia Ziukyna<\/a> fell to the University of Portland’s Naomi Gracelyn Tio and Abi Anderson, also by a 6-3 score.
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\nAll three doubles teams will play in Saturday’s extra doubles starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
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\nITA Northwest Regional\u00a0Day Two Results
\nSingles – Main Draw
\nRound of 64
\nNela Jandova (Washington) def. Hana Abdelhamid<\/a> (Portland State), 6-0, 6-1
\nNo. 6. Anna-Marie Weissheim (Washington) def. Nikhitha Suresh<\/a> (Portland State), 6-1, 6-1\u00a0
\nKei Kato (St Mary’s) def. Marta Giglio<\/a> (Portland State), 6-2, 6-4
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\nDoubles – Main Draw
\nRound of 32
\nNelson\/Remander (St Mary’s) def. Abdelhamid\/Giglio (Portland State), 8-2
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\nDoubles – Consolation Draw
\nRound of 32 – Qualifiers\u00a0
\nAnderson\/Tio (Portland) def. Suresh\/Ziukyna (Portland State), 6-3\u00a0
\nNo. 9. Fantousis\/Capilla Fayos (San Jose State) def. Hirayama\/Uemura (Portland State), 6-3
\nCooks\/Perkins (Portland State) def. Nazarenko\/Sierra (Seattle), 6-3<\/p>\n