BATON ROUGE, La. – Action got underway Thursday for two Auburn women's tennis student-athletes at the ITA Southern Regional Championships, hosted by LSU.
Freshman Caraline Scheufler picked up a victory in the first round of qualifying singles with a 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 win over UAB's Dominika Hrabalova. She then dropped her second round match to Southern Miss' Ebru Yazgan, 6-1, 6-4.
Junior Lindsay Song dropped a pair of matches, falling to Jacksonville State's Cristina Moll Alles, 6-4, 6-3, then dropping a three-setter to McNeese's Carlotta Romito, 0-6, 6-3, 1-0 (2).
Scheufler and Song also played in the qualifying doubles draw, dropping an 8-1 decision to Ugarte/Beltrame of Samford.
Main draw action begins Friday with all eight Auburn student-athletes in action. Doubles play gets underway at 9 a.m. CT, followed by one round of singles play. Results will be updated at LSUsports.net throughout the day.
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Auburn Women's Tennis Results – Thursday, Oct. 17
ITA Southern Regional Championships
Qualifying Singles
Caraline Scheufler (AU) def. Dominika Hrabalova (UAB), 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
Ebru Yazgan (USM) def. Caraline Scheufler (AU), 6-1, 6-4
Cristina Moll Alles (JSU) def. Lindsay Song (AU), 6-4, 6-3
Carlotta Romito (McNeese) def. Lindsay Song (AU), 0-6, 6-3, 1-0 (2)
Qualifying Doubles
Ugarte/Beltrame (SAM) def. Song/Scheufler (AU), 8-1