A combination of solid play with a couple of unfortunate breaks for two of MMI'sthe Tiger's opponents, enabled members of the MMI women's tennis program to post a combined 8-11 record at the ITA Women's Regional Tennis Championship hosted by Bevill State CC in Jasper, Alabama Sept 26th-28th. This year's field included five nationally ranked programs from last season's ITA final rankings.

Maasiai Sales lead the way fighting her way to the quarter finals of the A Draw with a first-round win over Isabella Roa from USC Sumter 6-2, 6-0 followed up with a round of 16 win over Samantha Paris of Coastal Alabama CC South 6-3, 6-0 before falling in the quarter finals to Thaimuagphol Pawarada of USC Sumter 5-7, 1-6. "Maasiai is definitely playing some of her very best tennis right now. She is starting to see the efforts of her hard work paying off with more consistent play resulting in a few better wins this fall as opposed to last. It is great to see her development." head coach Trey Bogue remarked.

Carli Hurtt followed up a tough first round loss to Oxford College of Emory's Zari Haque 3-6, 5-7 in the A Draw but was able to follow up with wins over Coastal Alabama CC South's Katie-John Crow 8-1 and Amber Langendries 8-5 before a 6-8 loss to Coastal Alabama's Neda Kocyte in the A singles consolation semifinals.

K'Sheria Briggins was the recipient of a first round walk over as her first-round opponent had to withdraw from the event due to a family emergency.  She fell in the second-round to Ruby Smith of Bevill State CC 3-6, 2-6. Briggins earned another victory with a 3-4 injury retirement from Natalie Carter of Central Alabama CC followed by a 0-8 loss to Jenna Dobbs of Central Alabama CC.

Ashley Zhu continues to gain valuable match experience with a round of 16 loss to Maggie Puckett of Snead State CC 0-6,1-6 after receiving a first-round bye. In the consolation draw Ashley fell to Zoie Mcguirk of Bevill State CC 0-8 in a match that was much closer than the score indicated.

The women's tennis team returns to action on Friday Oct. 10th at Huntingdon College. Start time is scheduled for 1:30.