The William Smith tennis team will travel to Saratoga Springs, New York, for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Women's Northeast Regional Championships this weekend, Oct. 1-4, at Skidmore's McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center.
The singles bracket will feature 64 players, while the doubles bracket has 32 teams. The singles and doubles champions, as well as the runners-up, will compete in the ITA Cup, the small college national championship, in Rome Georgia, Oct. 15-18.
Five Herons will represent William Smith this weekend. First-years
Katelyn Gray and
Lillian Stukovsky as well as senior
Grace Magna will play in the A Flight singles bracket, while Magna and Stukovsky will also play in the A Flight doubles bracket. Junior
Bethany Walker and sophomore
Katie Hardy will compete in the B Flight doubles bracket.
At this year's Mary Hosking Invitational, Stukovsky and Gray made impressive collegiate debuts with Stukovsky reaching the semifinals and Gray advancing to the final of the A Flight consolation bracket. In doubles play, Magna and Stukovsky notched an 8-3 win in A Flight before falling in the quarterfinals.
At last season's ITA Northeast Regionals, the duo of Walker and senior
Mae Kellersman advanced to the B draw doubles semifinals while Haley Lavine '26 and Magna competed in the main doubles draw. Magna also competed in last year's main singles draw with Walker and Hardy representing William Smith in the B draw singles bracket.
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