San Diego, Calif. –The Wildcats came out strong on the first day of the ITA Regionals, collecting a total of five singles wins and three doubles wins. Khim Iglupas and Kirsten Prelle picked up their first wins for Arizona. Iglupas finished with a record of 1-2 and Prelle with a winning record of 3-1. Freshman Kayla Wilkins finished with a record of 2-3.

Quotable
"We learned a lot from the is tournament and I think we are growing stronger each day.  The most important thing I think we learned was that Arizona is going to never give up and we are only going to get better." 
 
Juniors Talya Zandberg and Gitte Heynemans participated in their second ITA Regionals for the Wildcats. Zandberg finished with a winning record of 3-1 and Heynemans won a pair of matches. Senior Abby Amos finished the tournament with a record of 1-2.
 
Singles Day 1:
Arnold (SDSU) defeated Zandberg (ARIZ) 6-2,6-0
Prelle (ARIZ) defeated Prudhomme (GCU)6-0, 6-2
Prelle (ARIZ) defeated Goldsmith (USD) 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3
Wilkins (ARIZ) defeated Fossorier (UCI) 6-1, 6-2
Kukaras (USD) defeated Amos (ARIZ) 6-0,6-0
Heynemans (ARIZ) defeated Amiri (UCI) 7-5, 6-2
Ewing (USC) defeated Heynemans (ARIZ) 6-2, 7-5
Iglupas (ARIZ) defeated Occhipinti (GCU) 7-5, 6-3

Doubles:
Prelle/Wilkins (ARIZ) defeated Markovic/Takamura (UH) 8-4
Amos/Heynemans (ARIZ) defeated Jaeger/Neffa (USC) 8-2
Iglupas/Zandberg (ARIZ) defeated Ewing/Van Alphen (ARIZ) 8-5
Colling/Goldsmith (USD) defeated Amos/Zandberg (ARIZ) 8-6
Kuczer/Zaar (PEP) defeated Amos/Zandberg (ARIZ) 6-4
 
Singles Day 2:
Johnson (UCLA) defeated Prelle (ARIZ) 6-4, 6-4
Garcia (USD) defeated Wilkins (ARIZ)6-4, 6-3
Lev-Ari (UCSB) defeated Iglupas (ARIZ) 6-4, 7-5
Amos (ARIZ) defeated De Lucas (LMU) 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
Zandberg (ARIZ) defeated Anderson (LMU) 6-3,6-0
 
Doubles:
Altick/Johnson (UCLA) defeated Prelle/Wilkins (ARIZ) 8-6
Morales/Kukaras (USD) defeated Amos/Heynemans (ARIZ) 8-3
Zaar/Kuczer (PEP) defeated Iglupas/Zandberg (ARIZ) 8-6
 
Singles Day 3: 
Heynemans (ARIZ) defeated Coetzee (CSUN) 3-6, 6-4, 10-3
Wilkins (ARIZ) defeated Khattab (UCR) 6-3, 6-2
Zanberg (ARIZ) defeated Rutkowska (LBSU) 6-0,6-0
Lenon (LBSU) defeated Wilkins (ARIZ) 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
Gabrielsen (LMU) defeated Heynemans (ARIZ) 6-2,6-2
Prelle (ARIZ) defeated Klanecek (ASU) 7-6(2), 6-4
Zandberg (ARIZ) defeated Francati (USD) 6-3, 3-6,10-6
Kim (HAWAII) defeated Amos (ARIZ) 6-4, 6-3
Paterova (UCSB) defeated Wilkins (ARIZ) 6-1, 7-5
Heynemans (ARIZ) defeated Acidera (CSUF) 6-1,6-3
 
Doubles:
Amos/Heynemans (ARIZ) defeated Jaeger/Saca (USC) 8-2
 
Doubles Day 4:
Kukaras/Francati (USD) defeated Wilkins/Amos (ARIZ) 6-1
Bendetti/Vagramov (UCLA) defeated Heynemans/Iglupas (ARIZ) 7-5
Prelle/Zandberg (ARIZ) defeated Takumura/ Storchi (UH) 6-1
Wilkinks/ Zandberg (ARIZ) defeated Dolakova/Kim (HAWAII) 6-2
Tyrina/Morales (USD) defeated Prelle/Heynemans (ARIZ) 6-2
Morales/Goldsmith (USD) defeated Zandberg/Heynemans (ARIZ) 6-2
Francati/Tyrina (USD) defeated Iglupas/Wilkins (ARIZ) 6-3

The Wildcats will compete again on Friday Oct. 25 at the ITF Pro Circuit Women's Wildcard Tournament. The tournament will be held here in Tucson at the Westward Look Resort and Spa.