{"id":464828,"date":"2026-10-13T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464828\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:20:08","slug":"gajete-muzichenko-lead-kats-at-ita-texas-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464828\/","title":{"rendered":"Gajete, Muzichenko lead Kats at ITA Texas Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"

WACO \u2013 Freshmen Maria Gajete<\/a> and Veronika Muzichenko<\/a> each earned singles victories to lead Sam Houston at the ITA Texas Regional Championship, which concluded Monday at Baylor’s Hurd Tennis Center.<\/p>\n

Gajete and Muzichenko both bounced back from opening-round qualifying losses with straight-set victories in the consolation draw. Gajete defeated UTSA’s Aoka Nagasawa 6-1, 6-2, while Muzichenko earned a 6-4, 6-4 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Adriana Jimenez Casado.<\/p>\n

Gajete also teamed with Sara Khamitova<\/a> for a victory in the opening round of the doubles draw. The Bearkat duo defeated Abilene Christian’s Jessica Board and Alejandra Corroto Etchenique 8-5 before falling to Houston’s Iva Sepa and Petja Drame in the second round.<\/p>\n

Anamaria Kurtsikashvili<\/a> represented the Bearkats in the main singles draw and advanced in the consolation bracket following a walkover. Kurtsikashvili and Muzichenko also competed together in the doubles draw.<\/p>\n

Sam Houston will return home to host the Bearkat Invitational on Oct. 16-18 at the Chuck and Wanda Beckner Tennis Center.<\/p>\n

2026 ITA TEXAS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS \u2013 Oct. 8-12, 2026

\nMAIN SINGLES DRAW

\nFirst round \u2013 Gabriela Felix da Silva (UTSA) def. Anamaria Kurtsikashvili<\/a> (SHSU) 6-0, 6-4<\/p>\n

MAIN SINGLES CONSOLATION

\nConsolation \u2013 Kurtsikashvili (SHSU) advanced over Yana Mykytyn (AMCC), walkover

\nConsolation \u2013 Carolina Laydner (UNT) def. Kurtsikashvili (SHSU), withdrawal (injury)<\/p>\n

QUALIFYING SINGLES DRAW

\nFirst round \u2013 Victoria Jordana Salcedo Franklin (UIW) def. Sara Khamitova<\/a> (SHSU) 6-3, 7-6 (5)

\nFirst round \u2013 Gabrielle Villegas (Baylor) def. Maria Gajete<\/a> (SHSU) 6-3, 6-1

\nFirst round \u2013 Kim Kuehbauer (Texas State) def. Veronika Muzichenko<\/a> (SHSU) 6-0, 6-2<\/p>\n

QUALIFYING SINGLES CONSOLATION

\nConsolation \u2013 Celine Absawi (UTSA) def. Khamitova (SHSU) 6-1, 6-0

\nConsolation \u2013 Gajete (SHSU) def. Aoka Nagasawa (UTSA) 6-1, 6-2

\nConsolation \u2013 Muzichenko (SHSU) def. Adriana Jimenez Casado (AMCC) 6-4, 6-4<\/p>\n

DOUBLES DRAW

\nFirst round \u2013 Khamitova\/Gajete (SHSU) def. Jessica Board\/Alejandra Corroto Etchenique (ACU) 8-5

\nFirst round \u2013 Victoria Correa\/Alem Cote (ACU) def. Kurtsikashvili\/Muzichenko (SHSU) 8-4

\nSecond round \u2013 Iva Sepa\/Petja Drame (Houston) def. Khamitova\/Gajete (SHSU) 8-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WACO \u2013 Freshmen Maria Gajete and Veronika Muzichenko each earned singles victories to lead Sam Houston at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-464828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}