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Freshman Gitte Heynemans

Women's Tennis Camila Wesbrooks, Arizona Athletics

Women’s Tennis Wraps Up First Fall Weekend

Tucson, Ariz. –Senior Abby Amos picked up her first career ranked win defeating the 108th-ranked player in the country. Talya Zandberg reached the semifinals of doubles with partner, Amos when they fell 4-8 to the No. 2 seed. Zandberg finished the tournament with a record of 2-3 and Amos with a record of 1-2 at the Battle In The Bay Classic. 
 
Quotable
"We took this first weekend and worked out some jitters," said head coach Ryan Stotland. "We learned what it's going to take to be at the top level and we know what we need to work on to get there.  We can take some positives on what we have been working on and improve them for the next one." 
 
Freshman Kayla Wilkins picked up her first collegiate win for the Wildcats in her second match and finished with a record of 2-3. Gitte Heynemans and Wilkins started off the doubles strong by winning their first round and falling short in the round-of-16. Heynemans finished with a record of 0-3 at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic. 
 
Quotable
"All the matches we competed in at the MTC were high quality," said assistant coach Denise Dy.  "Overall we learned a lot about ourselves and came out with experience we were hoping for. Looking forward to preparing for the ITA Regionals in San Diego." 
 
Battle In The Bay Results
Singles:
Campana(WF) defeated Amos (ARIZ) 6-4,6-4
Colyer (USF) defeated Zandberg (ARIZ) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Amos (ARIZ) defeated Stoica (WI) 6-3, 6-4
Zaar (PEP) defeated Zandberg (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-4
Maxfield (USF) defeated Zandberg (ARIZ) 3-6, 6-3, 10-5
Zandberg (ARIZ) defeated Saca (USC) 6-0, 6-2
Zaar (PEP) defeated Amos (ARIZ) 7-5, 6-2
Amos (ARIZ) defeated Capogrosso (USF) 6-2, 6-3
Colling (USD) defeated Amos (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-4
 
Doubles:
Amos/Zandberg (ARIZ) defeated Bui/Maxfield (USF) 8-7 (11-9)
Amos/Zandberg (ARIZ) defeated Ewing/Jaeger (USC) 8-2
Kuczer/Zaar (PEP) defeated Amos/Zandberg (ARIZ) 8-4
Colling/Goldsmith (USD) defeated Amos/Zandberg (ARIZ) 8-6
Kuczer/Zaar (PEP) defeated Amos/Zandberg (ARIZ) 6-4
 
Milwaukee Tennis Classic
Singles:
Delgado (VCU) defeated Wilkins (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-1
Romero (OU) defeated Heynemans (ARIZ) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
Wilkins (ARIZ) defeated Hofbauer (ECU) 6-3, 6-3 
Popovic (MARQ) defeated Wilkins (ARIZ) 6-2, 6-1
Zdrubecka (MSU) defeated Heynemans (ARIZ) 2-6, 7-5, 10-4
Turconi (MARQ) defeated Heynemans (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-3
Wilkins (ARIZ) defeated Teixido Garcia (MEM) 3-6, 6-2 ,10-7
Foe (MARQ)  defeated Wilkins (ARIZ) 6-3, 2-6, 10-3
 
Doubles:
Heynemans/Wilkins (ARIZ) defeated Pozo/Streng (NU) 8-4
Korashvili/Asghar (OU) defeated Heynemans/Wilkins (ARIZ) 8-6
Bente/Teixido-Garcia (MEM) defeated Heynemans/Wilkins (ARIZ) 8-3
 
The Wildcats will compete again on Thursday Oct. 17 until Oct. 22 at the ITA Southwest Regionals in San Diego, Calif. The team will continue to train hard in preparation for this event. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Gitte Heynemans

Gitte Heynemans

Sophomore
Talya Zandberg

Talya Zandberg

Sophomore
Abby Amos

Abby Amos

Senior
Kayla Wilkins

Kayla Wilkins

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Gitte Heynemans

Gitte Heynemans

Sophomore
Talya Zandberg

Talya Zandberg

Sophomore
Abby Amos

Abby Amos

Senior
Kayla Wilkins

Kayla Wilkins

Freshman
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